CHICAGO (AP) — Playing without their best two receivers, the Los Angeles Rams made four trips to the red zone. Kyren Williams scored their only touchdown. That wasn't enough.
Not for Williams or the rest of the Rams. Williams had another solid performance Sunday, finishing with 94 yards on 19 carries. But the Rams were left lamenting their missed opportunities after Joshua Karty kicked four field goals in a 24-18 loss to the Chicago Bears.
“I think there was little things in the game, even for myself, that we could have been better on," Williams said, "to allow the execution to be better on the offensive side of the ball and be able to put more points on the board.” The Rams (1-3) were once again without star receivers Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua . Kupp missed his second straight game with an ankle injury.
Nacua was placed on injured reserve after he aggravated a sprained ligament in his right knee during a season-opening loss at Detroit on Sept. 8. Williams, a fifth-round pick in the 2022 draft out of Notre Dame, has helped fill the offensive void with Kupp and Nacua out.
He has 73 carries for 258 yards and five touchdowns on the ground, and 13 receptions for 68 yards and a TD out of the backfield. He scored three times in last weekend's 27-24 victory over San Francisco. He had a 3-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter against Chicago, trimming the Bears' lead to 17-15.
“I thought he did a really good job,” Rams coach Sean McVay said. “I thought he impacted the .