Rams trade running back Cam Akers to Vikings as part of 2026 draft pick swap: reports

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The Los Angeles Rams are trading veteran running back Cam Akers to the Minnesota Vikings in a swap of 2026 draft picks, according to ESPN. 

There's a familiarity for Akers in Minnesota because he worked with Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell during O'Connell's time as Rams' offensive coordinator from 2020-2021. 

The Vikings are wasting no time trying to improve their run game this season.

They are the worst in the NFL after two games with just 69 total rushing yards.

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Cam Akers of the Los Angeles Rams leaves the field after minicamp at California Lutheran University June 13, 2023, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)

Alexander Mattison was expected to take a leap in production after the Vikings released Dalvin Cook earlier this year. But Mattison only has 62 rushing yards on 19 carries over his first two games — 34 yards on 11 carries against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 1 and 28 on eight carries in Week 2 against the Philadelphia Eagles. 

Mattison does have a receiving touchdown but only six catches for 21 yards. 

O’Connell knows quarterback Kirk Cousins can’t be throwing the ball all game long, and with the Vikings 0-2 on the year, he wants some competition to possibly get the run game going again. 

RAMS' CAM AKERS ‘CONFUSED’ AS HE'S DEACTIVATED FOR GAME VS. 49ERS

The Rams have had an interesting relationship with Akers since last season, and it leaked into Week 2 when he was a healthy scratch against the San Francisco 49ers. Akers tweeted that he was "just as confused as everybody else" why he was deactivated for the game after being active in a Week 1