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FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd believes the Rams are poised to bounce back in 2023, primarily because the tandem of McVay and Stafford is the second-best of any coach-quarterback combo in the NFL.
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“It’s a head coach-quarterback league,” Cowherd said Monday. “Quarterback is probably 60% of it, coach is probably 40% of it. Brady-Belichick, Reid-Mahomes. People have just decided that the LA Rams off a bad season are done. Well, Arizona’s a tire fire in their division, the NFC’s weaker, San Francisco doesn’t quite know who the quarterback’s gonna be – they’re all young – and Seattle, I don’t think is going to duplicate a Geno Smith magical year, not to that level. But if you look at what wins in the NFL, it’s a wealthy, non-meddling owner: check. A dominating defensive line presence: check. A great weapon, Cooper Kupp, who was getting MVP consideration: check. An offensive coach: check. And a star quarterback: check.
“Outside of Andy Reid and Mahomes, let’s take them off the board, what is the best – (the Rams) also have 11 picks, so they’ve got a chance to find some gems in the draft – what is the best quarterback-coach combo in the NFL? … Stafford and McVay are No. 2. They are.”