The Rams are trying to find a starting running back among Daryl Richardson, Zac Stacy and Isaiah Pead, but CBSSports.com Senior NFL Columnist Clark Judge said Richardson is the favorite.
Judge reports that Richardson is the favorite "mostly because he's the only guy with a resume." As Jackson's understudy last season, he ran for 475 yards, averaged 4.8 yards per carry and demonstrated big-play capability.
The report says Pead could push him, and the Rams would like that. But he was a huge disappointment as a rookie, with only 10 carries. That's not what the Rams were expecting from their second-round pick, nor is this: Pead must serve a one-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy.
Look for Richardson and Pead to compete with Stacy in what could be a crowded, running-back-by-committee approach.