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  • June 22, 2026 at 2:11 pm #164584
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    Stu Jackson@StuJRams
    Via NFL Communications: Rams rookies and veterans will report to training camp at Loyola Marymount University on July 25.

    The team will also host joint practices with the Cowboys (Aug. 11) and Saints (Aug. 20).

    June 22, 2026 at 9:48 pm #164587
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    June 23, 2026 at 2:33 am #164588
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    DJ Siddiqi@DJSiddiqi
    Andrew Whitworth on #Rams’ Super Bowl expectations:

    “You’re going to start getting the best shot everybody has,” said Whitworth. “I’m excited for them. I love the moves they’ve had. I think they’ve had an unbelievable offseason of building a team that could be successful for the future, not just this year, but going forward. But it’s a long road, man, and you got to earn it every week, and adversity is coming.”

    June 23, 2026 at 11:20 am #164590
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    from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2026/06/23/ex-rams-star-explains-why-sean-mcvays-coaching-tree-is-so-deep/90656428007/?taid=6a3a871387e61100016dd5c8&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

    Former offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur was the most recent example after he took the Arizona Cardinals job, but there have been several others. From Zac Taylor and Kevin O’Connell to Matt LaFleur and Raheem Morris, McVay’s coaching tree has grown into one of the most prolific and successful in modern football history.

    While outsiders often attribute this phenomenon entirely to McVay’s sharp football mind, Rams legend Andrew Whitworth recently revealed that the real secret lies within the culture of the team. McVay doesn’t just design plays; he actively forces his assistants to grow by relinquishing the spotlight.

    “Sean isn’t one of these people where he’s the only voice,” Whitworth told Pro Football Network. “To give you an example: Every coach has a moment in the day or a meeting where it’s their job to give the presentation. It’s their job to set the scene for what we’re doing this day. Every one of them has a different part where they get put in front of the room.

    “That’s why when you say, ‘Hey, Sean McVay has a lot of guys who go on to be head coaches,’ well, guess what? He’s been putting them in that scenario over and over and over again the whole entire time they coached for him. He wants guys to grow.”

    This intentional approach ensures that assistant coaches are actively developing their public speaking, structural presentation, and leadership qualities daily, rather than just typical assistant responsibilities. By the time a coordinator or position coach leaves Los Angeles for a head coaching interview, they have already logged hundreds of hours commanding a room of professional athletes.

    According to Whitworth, this lack of ego is exactly what defines McVay’s philosophy as an elite program builder. He wants his staff to succeed, even if it means losing them to a competitor down the road.

    June 23, 2026 at 1:07 pm #164591
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    1st & Tuna@1standtuna
    Rams single-season team record for sacks is 57 (1999 season).

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    Me: sometimes people forget that the 99 defense was very good. It was

    6th in yards
    4th in points
    2nd in INTs & 2nd in INT% + 7th in TOs generally
    6th in both YPA passing and rushing as well as 1st in yards rushing (fueled by the fact that teams had to pass against the Rams)
    3rd in opposing qb rating

    June 23, 2026 at 4:36 pm #164592
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    Stafford with Chris Long

    June 23, 2026 at 4:44 pm #164593
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    Tnat Chris Long / Stafford interview is good, btw.

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    June 23, 2026 at 7:01 pm #164594
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    Rams Bros.@RamsBrothers
    I love this stat: Rams had 41 explosive plays last season out of 13 personnel, which led the NFL by 30 (next closest was Steelers at 11, per @FB_FilmAnalysis).

    Stafford said today on @greenlight that the Rams didn’t run a single play out of 13P in training camp. And McVay found a solve for every look with WR’s banged up.

    Insane.

    June 23, 2026 at 9:30 pm #164595
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    zn wrote:

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    …Stafford said today on @greenlight that the Rams didn’t run a single play out of 13P in training camp. And McVay found a solve for every look with WR’s banged up.
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    I was thinking about this after the switch to 13. McVay didnt switch out of some genius-Eureka moment — it was simply out of necessity. He didnt have Puka.

    When i was watching the Knicks in the playoffs this year, they were down two games to one against the Atlanta Hawks. So their coach Mike Brown changed the way he used their center, Karl Anthony Towns. Made him a point-center. The knicks then win 13 playoff games in a row. And the coach gets all kinds of credit, blah blah. But they went the entire season without thinking of the point-center approach. They stumbled on it, out of necessity. Same as McVay.

    So, does a coach get credit for essentially stumbling on stuff?

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    June 23, 2026 at 10:04 pm #164596
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    wv wrote:

    I was thinking about this after the switch to 13. McVay didnt switch out of some genius-Eureka moment — it was simply out of necessity.

    well. they say necessity is the mother of invention. if the offense was fine there’d be nothing to fix.

    June 23, 2026 at 11:36 pm #164597
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    wv wrote:

    So, does a coach get credit for essentially stumbling on stuff?

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    InvaderRam wrote:

    they say necessity is the mother of invention. if the offense was fine there’d be nothing to fix.

    I think it’s an interesting issue. They had 4 TEs on the roster, including Ferguson, who was their 2nd round pick last year and would have been their 1st round pick if they hadn’t traded down. They already had Higbee, Parkinson, and Allen. So they had a great TE room. They also didn’t change the offense, just the line up. That is, they ran their traditional “11” ie 3 wr offense, which means there weren’t huge adjustments for the offense (especially the OL). Of course we know that McV likes to keep the WRs lined up in tight, so it was no stretch to run the 11 offense with 13 personnel.

    I like in the vid where Long says that lining up with 3 TEs increases the number of run gaps the defense has to account for, while also of course threatening defenses with the pass. He spoke as a defensive player there. He said that the 3 TE line up “makes you have to think, and we don’t like to think”– the “we” of course being defensive players, who basically just want to react without hesitation.

    June 23, 2026 at 11:59 pm #164598
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    zn wrote:

    They also didn’t change the offense, just the line up. That is, they ran their traditional “11” ie 3 wr offense, which means there weren’t huge adjustments for the offense (especially the OL).

    i wonder how that changes moving forward. we know that they’re trying to expand the 13 personnel offense this offseason. so what kind of wrinkles do they add on top of just running the same 3 wr offense? or maybe i’m just assuming that?

    June 24, 2026 at 12:40 am #164599
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    InvaderRam wrote:

    i wonder how that changes moving forward. we know that they’re trying to expand the 13 personnel offense this offseason. so what kind of wrinkles do they add on top of just running the same 3 wr offense? or maybe i’m just assuming that?

    Running the same offense with different personnel, TEs instead of WRs, allowed an easy mid-season adjustment. They didn’t practice the 13 in training camp. So the couldn’t really do anything else.

    But I think that now they will. With Klare, they have 5 TEs, and in addition, don’t really know yet who their #3 WR will be. So my guess is that they do run a lot of 13 in camp, and as you suggested add wrinkles to it.

    So this year, the 13 offense will be much more wrinkly.

    June 24, 2026 at 11:51 am #164600
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    June 24, 2026 at 3:27 pm #164601
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    Puka Nacua has 4,191.

    A full season will put him past Flipper, and possibly Fears.

    June 24, 2026 at 3:31 pm #164602
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    Zooey wrote:

    Puka Nacua has 4,191.

    A full season will put him past Flipper, and possibly Fears.

    To say the obvious in the spirit of fandom, Rams have long lists of absolutely great players at 4 positions:

    Defensive line
    Offensive line
    Receiver
    Running back

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