Sunday Night · Week 3

Evidence: low. Stash priority: 75/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.

Rostered in 75% of ESPN leagues when this board was built. Your league may differ; if he is taken, check the rest of the stable for a lower-rostered back.

• NFL Week 3 inactives: Players ruled out for Sunday's 14 games
• Puka Nacua inactive for Week 3 vs. Broncos
• Rams Injury Report, Week 3 at Broncos: Puka Nacua and Kam Kinchens doubtful for Sunday Night Football

Fact: the NFL's Week 3 inactive list, updated 23:07 UTC Sept 27, and the Rams' inactive report, updated 23:04 UTC, name no Los Angeles running back, so Kyren Williams, Blake Corum and Dean Connors are all available for this 00:20 UTC kickoff. Fact: the Rams' official Week 3 report, published Sept 25 at 21:12 UTC, lists no running back with an injury designation, and the same release noted Ronnie Rivers placed on injured reserve. Projection: Corum already splits this backfield and would step into a genuine every-down role, goal line included, if Williams could not go; with Williams active this is a handcuff hold, not a standalone start. Corum is widely rostered and gone in many leagues. Behind him the room is thin: Dean Connors is the listed RB3 and off the inactive list, but his path to real volume is much narrower.

Backfield news: The Rams' Sunday night inactive list carries no running back: Puka Nacua, Kam Kinchens, CJ Daniels, Tutu Atwell, Ty Simpson, Maximus Pulley and Bill Murray are down, so the absences are concentrated at receiver and in the secondary. The official Sept 25 injury report gave no Rams back a designation, and the same release noted Ronnie Rivers going on injured reserve. Kyren Williams stays the lead back with Corum in a real complementary role, which makes Corum the contingency to hold rather than a start on his own this week.

Scouting: The premium handcuff in the NFL: Kyren Williams rarely splits work evenly, so an injury would hand Corum a true every-down role in one of the league's best offenses. Already carving out a timeshare on merit — durable, decisive and trusted on all three downs.

Starter injury history: 2023: high ankle sprain (his second in two years) cost him four games on IR. 2024: played every game but the meaningless finale, when McVay rested starters. 2025: 295 touches across all 17 games, including an in-game ankle scare vs. CAR in late November that did not cost him a start. Two clean seasons after an injury-marred start to his career.

Evidence: low. Stash priority: 81/100. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.

Rostered in 69% of ESPN leagues when this board was built. Your league may differ; if he is taken, check the rest of the stable for a lower-rostered back.

• NFL Week 3 inactives: Players ruled out for Sunday's 14 games
• Marvin Mims headlines Broncos' inactives
• Injury Report: RBs RJ Harvey and J.K. Dobbins not assigned game statuses, RB Jonah Coleman ruled out for Week 3 game vs. Rams

Fact: the NFL's Week 3 inactive list, updated 23:07 UTC Sept 27, and Denver's own inactive report at 22:56 UTC name no Broncos running back, so J.K. Dobbins, RJ Harvey and Tyler Badie are all active for this 00:20 UTC kickoff. Fact: Denver's official Week 3 report, published Sept 25 at 20:29 UTC, left Dobbins (hip) and Harvey (hamstring) without game designations after both practiced fully Friday, and ruled rookie Jonah Coleman (ankle) out after three DNPs. Projection: Harvey is the RB2 and already handles receiving work, so he inherits the carries and passing-down snaps if Dobbins cannot finish; with Dobbins active this is a contingency, not a standalone start. Harvey is widely rostered and gone in many leagues. The lower-rostered fallback is Tyler Badie, free almost everywhere, but his path is far thinner because he needs both Dobbins and Harvey unavailable to see real volume.

Backfield news: No Broncos running back appears on the Week 3 inactive list released about an hour before the Sunday night kickoff; Denver's inactives are headlined by WR Marvin Mims. The official Sept 25 report gave neither Dobbins (hip) nor Harvey (hamstring) a game designation after both closed the week as full practice participants, and Harvey had been held out of the Week 2 win while listed questionable. Rookie Jonah Coleman (ankle) was ruled out after three straight DNPs. Badie is active and is the only other back behind the top two.

Scouting: Denver's passing-down back, cleared for Week 3 after missing Week 2 with a hamstring. Jonah Coleman's high-ankle IR placement on Sept. 26 removes the rookie who had been eating into this role, so Harvey is again the uncontested handcuff behind the chronically injured Dobbins. The most valuable stash in this backfield.

Starter injury history: Career: ACL tear (2021), Achilles tear (2023), MCL sprain costing four weeks (2024), Lisfranc surgery ending 2025 at 10 games; no season above 13 games since 2020. Aug. 11, 2026 (date-only): camp soft-tissue issue. Left Week 2 vs. JAX early; the team listed it as a hip, not the hamstring first reported. Full participant Thursday and Friday, no game status for Week 3 vs. LAR - no games missed.