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NEW ORLEANS — Kyren Williams was glad to hear it.

Rams coach Sean McVay and normal supervisor Les Snead have mentioned publicly that engaged on an extension for the Rams operating back was amongst offseason priorities.

Does Williams need to stay with the Rams?

“Heck yeah,” Williams mentioned Thursday on the Super Bowl’s media middle. “I don’t want to go play for anybody else besides the Los Angeles Rams, coach McVay, under Les Snead and just around all my teammates I’ve been with the last three or four years.

“I hope that we can get that done, and I hope it doesn’t take away from all the other stuff that’s going on with the Rams, and we can get that over with and get back to focusing on ball.”

Williams’ scenario shouldn’t be probably the most urgent for a Rams crew coming off a 10-7 document and NFC divisional-round loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Cooper Kupp, a cornerstone of McVay’s offense for many of his eight seasons, introduced this week that the Rams had knowledgeable him they’d search to commerce the receiver.

“It sucks,” Williams mentioned. “It’s the nature of this business. Cooper is a guy that before I ever got to the Rams, Cooper was a pillar of the Rams and was somebody that when you think of the Rams, you think of Cooper Kupp.”

Williams mentioned he would miss not having Kupp as a function model for how to be a skilled. However, the scenario additionally presents Williams and receiver Puka Nacua the chance to grow as leaders, he mentioned.

“To be able to be that person Cooper was in the locker room for the young guys that are coming in,” he mentioned.

The Rams additionally should work by way of quarterback Matthew Stafford’s contract scenario. The Sixteenth-year veteran has given no indication publicly that he desires to retire, and he’s anticipated to need his contract adjusted for the second 12 months in a row.

In the meantime, Williams will put together for his fourth NFL season.

Williams, who will flip 25 in August, has rushed for two,582 yards and 26 touchdowns because the Rams chosen him within the fifth spherical of the 2022 draft out of Notre Dame.

This season, he rushed for 1,299 yards and 14 touchdowns.

“I’m excited to go back, after three years of a body of work, to really know what I’m good at, where I need to get better and continue to keep working,” he mentioned. “I think this is going to be my best offseason. … I’m going to go back to work and get my body right and come out next season on fire.”