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  • December 20, 2025 at 4:50 pm #160444
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    i posted this in the falcons thread but thought it might deserve a thread of it’s own.

    bad timing. don’t know how much of a difference it will make at this point.

    December 20, 2025 at 5:01 pm #160447
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    Too many problems with that unit.

    Now…who replaces him? On paper, that would be assistant special teams coach – Ben Kotwica. He’s been coaching special teams in the league since 2007. Has coached for Washington, Atlanta, Minnesota, and Denver. Rams hired him in 2025.

    December 20, 2025 at 5:08 pm #160448
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    How rare is this? This represents the first in-season coaching change that Rams head coach Sean McVay ever has had.

    December 20, 2025 at 5:14 pm #160450
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    Honestly surprised that this didn’t happen earlier in the season. The Eagles game seemed like a big enough reason.

    December 20, 2025 at 5:33 pm #160451
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    Damn. Hate to see someone lose their job like that, but special teams has been the weak link.

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    December 21, 2025 at 4:20 am #160465
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    from Adam Grosbard, LA Daily News: https://www.dailynews.com/2025/12/20/sources-rams-fire-special-teams-coordinator-chase-blackburn/

    After a punt return for a touchdown played a pivotal role in the Rams’ 38-37 overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night, head coach Sean McVay fired special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn on Saturday, two sources confirmed.

    It marks the first time in McVay’s nine-year tenure with the Rams that he has dismissed a coach in the middle of the season. Blackburn was in his third season with the Rams. An interim had yet to be determined, per one source, but the Rams still have Ben Kotwica on staff as a special teams assistant.

    Thursday marked the third time in four losses that special teams played a critical role in the Rams’ defeat. With the Rams leading by 16 in the fourth quarter, Rashid Shaheed returned a punt 58 yards for a touchdown. That was the play that sparked Seattle’s comeback to force overtime and eventually wrest control of the NFC West away from the Rams.

    “I saw a flat, low kick that was not at all intended for what we wanted,” McVay said of that play Friday. “You give a guy like that an opportunity, that’s where the momentum flipped.”

    That miscue helped lead to Blackburn’s dismissal, as the Rams decided they could not keep losing games because of special teams.

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