Blake Corum carried 17 times for 93 yards in the Rams’ win over Las Vegas last week. Their defeats have generally asked much less of him on the ground: he has finished with ten carries or fewer in all four Rams losses this season. If your Chargers parlay picks begin with an upset, that workload difference is worth comparing with the Rams’ receiving options.
The 0–6 Chargers return from their bye to face the 3–4 Rams. This edition of Side & Support Parlay Plays looks at three opposing players around that scenario: Corum under 10.5 carries, Kyren Williams at 15 receiving yards and Puka Nacua at 70. Rams receivers can still produce while the Chargers get the result you’re backing.
Chargers parlay picks: compare the Rams’ workload and receiving targets
These records cover Rams appearances from August 1, 2025 through October 31, 2026, including the playoffs. Each losing-game record uses the same dates, club and participation rule as its all-game comparison: a carry for Corum or a receiving target for Williams and Nacua. The individual DraftKings offers below are snapshots and can change.
| Player & prop | Odds | In Rams losses | All games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Corum Under 10.5 carries |
−126 | 90.0% 9 of 10 LAR losses |
63.0% 17 of 27 appearances |
| Kyren Williams 15+ receiving yards |
−229 | 90.0% 9 of 10 LAR losses |
61.5% 16 of 26 appearances |
| Puka Nacua 70+ receiving yards |
−261 | 88.9% 8 of 9 LAR losses |
79.2% 19 of 24 appearances |
The losing samples contain six games from last season for each player, plus four this season for Corum and Williams and three for Nacua. That’s useful context, but still a limited number of defeats to build around.
Blake Corum: under 10.5 carries
Corum’s latest game is the main reason to take the other side of this option seriously. He had 17 carries against Las Vegas, one more than Kyren Williams, and turned them into 93 yards and a rushing touchdown. He’s listed behind Williams, but being the second back doesn’t keep him from a substantial workload.
The four Rams losses this season brought ten carries against San Francisco, six against Denver, five against Buffalo and nine against Arizona. At −126, under 10.5 lets Corum get ten attempts and still clear. You’re choosing a limit on his opportunities rather than asking him to be ineffective whenever he gets the ball.
The San Francisco game shows why that distinction matters. Corum ran for 54 yards on ten carries in the loss. That would clear the carry under but miss the available under-47.5 rushing-yards offer at −112. Across the two-season sample, that yardage under landed in only five of ten Rams losses, compared with nine for the carry under. The slightly lighter yardage price comes with a materially different requirement.
There is a losing-game counterexample, too. Corum had 14 carries for 48 yards in the 38–37 defeat at Seattle last December. He had nine carries in the later playoff loss there. A Rams loss can still leave room for his rushing workload; the argument is the repeated lower carry count, not a rule that trailing teams stop running.
Kyren Williams: 15+ receiving yards
Williams gives you a different backfield angle. He reached 15 receiving yards in all four Rams losses this season, with 24 against San Francisco, 70 against Denver, 27 against Buffalo and 17 against Arizona. The Arizona game is especially useful when deciding how high to go: he caught three passes on six targets, yet finished below 20 yards.
Fifteen or more yards was −229. Dropping to ten cost −414 without adding another Rams loss to the successful games in this sample. Moving up to 20 brought the price down to −149, but reduced the losing-game record from nine of ten to six of ten. Besides Arizona’s 17 yards, last season’s 18 against Philadelphia and 15 in the December Seattle loss sit between those two targets. Those modest receiving afternoons are the cushion you’re buying at 15.
The bigger games shouldn’t become the expectation. Williams had 13 targets and ten catches in the win at Philadelphia this season, but only two targets and two catches for 22 yards in the latest win at Las Vegas. He reached the selected target in both, through very different amounts of work. His only current-season miss was 12 yards in the Giants win.
The older losing miss was more complete: no catches for no yards on one target at Carolina last November, even though Williams had 13 carries for 72 rushing yards. He can have a real role in the offense and still miss as a receiver. His RB1 listing makes the receiving option worth considering, but rushing involvement doesn’t supply receiving yards, and Corum still shares the backfield.
Puka Nacua: 70+ receiving yards
Nacua caught eight passes on ten targets against Las Vegas and still finished with 68 receiving yards. That’s the most immediate caution for a 70-yard option. He added ten yards rushing, but those wouldn’t help a receiving-yards bet.
The losing-game history favors leaving some space below the main line. Nacua had 74 receiving yards against San Francisco, 138 against Buffalo and 80 against Arizona in his three targeted games in Rams losses this season. Seventy or more yards was −261, compared with −406 for 60. Both targets cleared in the same eight of nine Rams losses across the two seasons. Sixty buys more room in the all-game record, including last week’s 68-yard win, but it doesn’t recover another loss in this sample.
Eighty yards offered −177 and would have landed in six of those nine losses, losing San Francisco’s 74 this season and Carolina’s 72 last season. The main over-92.5 line at −112 cleared in four of nine losses, including only the Buffalo game among this season’s three. That’s a much larger ask than the selected 70 yards, even with Nacua’s ability to put together a huge game.
His lone losing miss at 70 was 47 yards against Atlanta last December, despite ten targets. The Buffalo game’s 17 catches on 24 targets also shouldn’t become an ordinary workload assumption. Davante Adams is on injured reserve after hamstring surgery, while Jordan Whittington is questionable with a back injury. Those personnel changes matter to the Rams’ receiving group, but they don’t establish how many targets Nacua will get or how far those catches will take him.
Decide which part of the Rams’ offense fits your view
Corum’s carry under is the direct workload choice if you expect the Rams to lean less on his rushing attempts. Williams at 15 receiving yards offers room for a modest afternoon through the air. If you prefer Nacua, the choice between 60 and 70 is whether the extra cushion across all games is worth the heavier price; the losing-game record alone doesn’t separate them.
These options all concern Rams players, and Williams and Corum share the same backfield while Williams and Nacua share passing opportunities. You can choose the route that fits your Chargers view without taking every leg. If you combine any option with the Chargers to win, use the sportsbook’s actual same-game parlay quote. Related legs may affect that price; these separate records don’t establish combined odds or a probability.
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