Rams tweets etc… 6/4 – 6/9

The MMQB@theMMQB
The Rams were ranked 23rd in @GManzano24’s defensive triplets rankings in 2025. Where do they check in now after acquiring Myles Garrett?

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from https://www.si.com/nfl/ranking-nfl-best-defensive-triplets-every-team-2026

1. Los Angeles Rams

Triplets: Myles Garrett, Nate Landman, Trent McDuffie

This new-look trio hasn’t played a game together yet, but it shouldn’t be difficult to plug in Garrett, perhaps the best player in the league, regardless of position. The challenge here may be getting L.A.’s new stars to play collectively and not just flex their muscles individually, and that’s where Sean McVay and his coaches come in as the right staff to maximize this star-studded roster.

from PFF, Ranking the NFL’s 10 best head coaches entering the 2026 season: https://www.pff.com/news/ranking-the-nfls-10-best-head-coaches-entering-the-2026-season?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=null

[me note: the rest, in order, are Reid, Shanahan, McDonald, Campbell, LaFleur, Ryans, Payton, Vrabel, and Jim Harbaugh. Rams play against those teams, counting division rivals twice, in 8 games.]

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1. Sean McVay, Los Angeles Rams

The poster child for hiring a wunderkind head coach, McVay has established himself as the clear top leader in football. The Rams head man has compiled a 92-57 record over nine seasons at the helm, including two trips to the Super Bowl — and a win coming in 2021.

What makes McVay unparalleled is his ability to blend game-planning with team success. Calling the offensive shots, McVay has propelled Los Angeles to three top-six finishes in EPA per play over the last five years. Most impressively, McVay has displayed an aptitude to evolve — such as going from more of a wide zone scheme to ushering in Matthew Stafford’s gunslinging mentality in 2021 to pioneering more of a 13-personnel approach in 2025.

In McVay’s nine years in LA, the Rams have netted a gaudy seven top-10 finishes in overall PFF grade. Plus, McVay’s coaching tree spans both conferences and continues to sprout despite him being only 40. Now, the league’s best will get to work with another loaded squad — one which just landed Myles Garrett.

Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
The Rams’ potential deal for AJ Brown fell apart when LA couldn’t work out a trade with another team for Davante Adams, per Albert Breer.

LA also had concerns about Brown’s knee.

Brock Vierra@BrockVierra
I was a big proponent of the Rams adding A.J. Brown, but never at the cost of Davante Adams. It can not be understated what Adams means to the maturity of the receiver room.

Interesting the Rams were willing make this move after fixing their maturity issue on defense.
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wv wrote:

So, has any reporter asked Davante how he feels about the fact the Rams would have traded him for AJ Brown if they could have worked out a trade with a third team for Davante?

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He was reportedly quite professional about it.

This is the Rams. Culture, community, belonging and unified purpose starting after the post-season. In the post-season–it’s a cutthroat business first mentality. And letting receivers go seems to be one of their favorite things to do.

wv wrote:

I know Davante is a professional, and i dont doubt he ‘took it well’ — but how do you take McVay’s words seriously after that? Would you go to war for a coach that did that?

I dunno.

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That is a very mixed bag, that tendency of McVay’s. On the one hand, they dumped decent players to get Ramsey, Stafford, Adams, and Garrett. Turns out the grass actually can be greener. On the other hand, as you say–-he’s a greedy creature of the moment and full-in when he wants a player, and then equally a greedy creature of the moment when he sees something new he wants and unloads players (like Woods and Kupp and almost Adams).

It’s the opposite of Vermeil, who always wanted to keep players around, even when it was guys like Lawrence Phillips.