Rams head coach Sean McVay said that Akers won't play Sunday against the Panthers after missing practice for the past two days for what was listed as a personal matter, Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic reports.
McVay wouldn't go into specifics about Akers' situation and declined to speculate on when the 23-year-old running back might rejoin the team, merely noting that Akers is "working through some things." Akers' absence for at least the Rams' Week 6 contest should free up more work for Darrell Henderson, who had already cleared 50 percent of snaps in each of the Rams' first five games but has served mainly as a change-of-pace/pass-catching option the past three weeks. Henderson should be in store for more early down work sans Akers, though reserve back Malcolm Brown is still likely be involved on offense in some capacity.