Blake Corum enters Week 8 as a fantasy FLEX option after a week in which he ran 17 times for 93 yards and a touchdown. That line gave him three straight games with a score, the kind of run that can change how a DFS slate is built when a back is still priced at $5,000.
That price matters because this is not a premium play asking for premium production. In DraftKings DFS, Corum sits in the lower-cost range, which makes him the kind of runner fantasy players can use to free up salary elsewhere. The case for him is simple enough: he has been productive, he has found the end zone in three straight games, and he comes at a tag that does not force a lineup to bend around him.
The setup also fits the way the Rams are being viewed right now. They do not seem to be in a good spot to throw the ball, and that pushes the offense toward the ground game. In that kind of script, a back like Corum becomes more than a speculative name. He becomes the player most likely to get the touches that matter, especially when a matchup looks the way the Chargers do on the ground.
That is where the caution comes in. Even with the scoring streak, the expectation is not that he turns into a weekly lock. There are going to be down weeks for Corum, and that is part of the math with a lower-priced FLEX option. The appeal is not that he is immune to variance. It is that the price leaves room for those swings while the recent production gives him a usable floor.
For fantasy players, the simplest read is to keep Corum in lineups while the number stays where it is. He has already shown the burst that produced 17/93/1 last week, and he has now scored in three straight games. The next question is not whether he has earned another look. It is how long the Rams keep feeding him before that $5,000 tag starts to rise.
Related fantasy context can be found in Arizona Cardinals Vs Los Angeles Rams Player Stats Match: Blake Corum Gets Week 6 Look, which framed his growing role before this latest Week 8 push.
