Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, here’s the payment for both celebrations.
Rams get: conditional 2026 select
Vikings get: RB Cam Akers, 2026 conditional seventh-round choice
Comp upgrade: Rams are trading running back Cam Akers and a conditional 2026 seventh-round choice to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for a conditional 2026 sixth-round choice.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 20, 2023
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The Rams had currently transitioned running back Kyren Williams to be the starter in their rotation this season priorto Akers was traded, so this relocation feels like more of a rule at this point.
A swap of conditional draft chooses in 2026 would tip that a release was not at all out of the concern, so it was muchbetter that the Rams get something as opposed to simply letting a talented gamer like Akers go outright.
It’s a difficult method for Akers’ time in Los Angeles to end, however this needto’ve simply been what was possible for payment in a trade like this.
It’s great to see that the Rams sentout Akers to a training personnel that has some experience with makinguseof his skills, so they did do right by their previous rush. That has to count for something.
Now, they’ll simply have to hope that Williams, 2023 draft choice Zach Evans and 2022 UDFA Ronnie Rivers can provide the Rams the running back rotation they requirement to keep rate in the NFC West.
Trade grade: B
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The Vikings didn’t waste a lot of time finding a option to their hasahardtime on the ground, including Akers to back up Alexander Mattison.
Mattison just has 62 backyards hurrying this season, so Akers may even have a possibility to supplant him on the depth chart if he co