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May 22, 2024 at 1:43 am #151005znModerator
Rams GM Les Snead spoke about Bennett in a recent interview on News19 in Alabama and he shed some light on the quarterback’s absence in 2023. He didn’t say why he was away from the team all year, but he said it was good for Bennett to be able to take a step back and spend some time out of football.
Snead says Bennett was “an exhausted human being” because of everything he went through during his college career, so spending a season away from football was good for him, according to Snead.
“I know this: Last year was very beneficial for him. I think he took advantage of that year away from the game,” Snead said. “You know what, he’s an exhausted human being based on everything he had done to walk on, to go to JUCO, to come back, to turn down small schools, say ‘I’m going to try to do this Georgia thing.’ To win a job, then to win the thing, and then to determine, ‘I’m going to come back.’ And when you come back, it’s really win it again or you failed. And that does take a toll on a human being, so I was jacked for Stetson to be able to take that moment and breathe a little bit.”
Snead was asked whether he’s glad the Rams drafted Bennett, and he didn’t leave much doubt about that. He and the Rams are happy to have drafted the Georgia quarterback in 2023.
“Looking back, for sure. I think our ecosystem was going to be very good for him and we had a plan for him, whichever direction it went,” Snead said. “And so there was a luxury that we had. And we had gone through it the year before where we had won a Super Bowl and it really started when we lost our first one but we were an exhausted building so there was an element of understanding the toll it takes to put a team, to do your part. The responsibility of the QB, and in our sake, we saw what taking a break, giving some guys a break from the game to get refreshed – I call it, to get bored and fall back in love with the game you grew up playing in the backyard.”
Snead added that he’s excited to see Bennett play this summer because “preseason football – and I’ll probably get in trouble for this – is absolutely boring to watch,” but Bennett brings some fun to the position with his ability to make plays off-schedule.
“But when you get a player like Stetson, he’s fun,” Snead said. “He’s got a little backyard ball to him where he uses his mobility to make some off-schedule plays, that makes preseason football fun. So I look forward to seeing how he evolves.”
Bennett is getting reps behind Stafford and Jimmy Garoppolo this spring and will compete to be the Rams’ No. 3 quarterback this season, assuming they keep three passers on the 53-man roster come September.
June 1, 2024 at 4:51 pm #151094znModeratorLes Snead earns PFWA’s 2024 Jack Horrigan Award
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https://www.therams.com/news/les-snead-earns-pfwa-s-2024-jack-horrigan-award
Les Snead’s professionalism off the field has earned him recognition from the Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA).
The PFWA on Friday announced the Rams general manager earned its Jack Horrigan Award, which is awarded to a league, club or person for his or her qualities and professional style in helping the pro football writers do their job.
“Les believes that football is an endless source of curiosity. He is also in a position of power to where, should he want to seek and find the answers to a million questions about the evolution and dynamics of the sport, he could very well keep that gate shut for himself and his staff, and keep those answers for himself and everyone else out. Instead, when Les comes across journalists who are ALSO curious, who want to learn, and who are on the outside of buildings looking in — he opens that gate,” PFWA Los Angeles Rams chapter vice president Jourdan Rodrigue, who covers the Rams for The Athletic, said in the PFWA’s release. “When I arrived in Los Angeles — a young, female beat reporter hungry to learn — Les’ open-door policy about all things football changed my life. A two-dimensional world became three and four-dimensional. By explaining things and answering endless questions and saying ‘yes’ to endless ideas, Les empowered curiosity, and he helped preserve in history some of the key stories that are shaping this league.
“When people in power open the door of access to those who are seeking knowledge, particularly underrepresented voices who have something to contribute to the fabric, the sport we love progresses. When ideas are shared, they challenge everybody to push forward. Les embodies this and is so deserving of this award.”
The 52nd Horrigan Award winner, Snead is the second member of the Rams franchise to receive the award, joining head coach John Robinson (1992). According to the PFWA, he is the first general manager to win the award since the Bills’ Brandon Beane in 2021, and the third general manager in the last five years to be recognized with the award by its membership.
In that same release, the PFWA said Snead “has maintained an open-door policy with the media, who have relied on him to discuss and analyze his decisions.”
The 2023 season marked Snead’s 12th as general manager of the Rams. While Los Angeles entered last season with second-youngest active roster in the NFL, the collection of talent assembled by its scouting department and guided by its coaching staff finished 10-7 and earned the No. 6 seed in the NFC playoff picture.
In 2021, Snead and Los Angeles’ scouting department – in partnership with head coach Sean McVay and his staff – helped build a team that won Super Bowl LVI that season.
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