Daryl Richardson is the Rams' starter at tailback, but it's unclear who's backing him up, reports the Post-Dispatch. Benny Cunningham and Zac Stacy impressed in the final preseason game, making Isaiah Pead no lock for the job when he returns from his suspension in Week 2, the report said.
Cunningham, an undrafted rookie from Middle Tennessee State, ran eight times for 76 yards against the Ravens. Stacy ran 11 times for just 37 yards, but "once again displayed a knack for gaining tough yards by burrowing his way across the goal line on a one-yard TD plunge in the second quarter," the report said. Pead gained 27 yards on seven carries but fumbled on a kickoff return.
"At face value, it looks like nothing more was settled at running back in the preseason other than the fact that Richardson is the starter," the paper said.