I see packers fans are taking this well https://t.co/g4W4lV6r36

— HoldenCantor (@HoldenCantor) January 9, 2023

Here's what I know about a very fluid Sean McVay situation: https://t.co/IULIWsZYcd

— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) January 8, 2023

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Rams’ Sean McVay evaluating short-term future in ‘fluid’ situation: Sources

Jourdan Rodrigue

SEATTLE — Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay is in the process of evaluating his options for 2023, multiple team and league personnel told The Athletic over the last several days. The people who spoke were granted anonymity so they could provide deeper context to what has been characterized as a “fluid” situation.

McVay, 36, is deciding whether he wants to coach or take a break after a 5-11 season he has referred to as a “professional failure” and that has clearly taken a toll on his psychological well-being.

While McVay has been openly courted with high-dollar offers by broadcasting companies for a few years, including this year, his pending decision does not correlate to any current offer in that field, a person with knowledge of McVay’s process said. Instead, McVay is deciding whether it is healthiest for him to take a break from football. McVay has publicly reiterated that he would like to go into broadcasting at some point in the future.

The Rams have worked through this conversation with McVay on multiple occasions before, including after the 2022 season (though that had more to do with the offers McVay was receiving from media companies at that time).

After winning the Super Bowl last February, McVay signed a contract through 2026 with the Rams that placed him among the higher-paid coaches in the NFL, and the team also extended core players Matthew Stafford, Aaron Donald and Cooper Kupp.

The Rams have made it clear to McVay that they support however he wants to proceed, a person directly familiar with his process said — whether he needs to take a break, or perhaps if they can make changes as an organization in 2023 to give him what he needs to work at his best. This could be inclusive of coaching changes at assistant positions to help with McVay and his staff’s workload management, among other support ideas.

But, the people who spoke on the condition of anonymity added, McVay’s mind is not made up. Instead, he will take some time to evaluate his decision. The Rams have not given McVay a deadline.

Multiple team personnel who spoke with The Athletic also noted that they would not be surprised by whatever the decision is that he ultimately makes, either way.

One person with direct knowledge of the Rams’ contingency plans for either option, who was granted anonymity in order to speak freely, said that even if McVay decided to step away in 2023, the organization does not currently believe he would permanently retire from coaching.

After Sunday’s season finale, a loss at Seattle, McVay declined to discuss his immediate future with the Rams. When asked directly whether he would be coaching the Rams in 2023, he said, “I’m not thinking about that right now. Nothing has changed from … where we left things off on Friday. I’m right here, right now, and we’ll deal with that stuff at a later time.”

McVay was then asked why he was unsure of a specific answer at this time.

“I’ll talk about stuff as it relates to the game,” McVay said. “Anything that relates to what is gonna happen with me, like I said, I’m not thinking about that right now.”

Quarterback Baker Mayfield, who started for the Rams after joining the team in Week 14, has gotten to know McVay more since their initial meeting on a plane ahead of his rookie season. While multiple players said postgame that they aren’t sure what will happen with McVay, Mayfield noted, “(McVay) is so truly invested in (putting) everything he has into this game. Everything he thinks about is about football. That’s why you see the toll that it takes on him.”

In terms of the McVay legacy, if he steps away after his first season of real adversity, then, I will probably think less of him. He never had to rebuild a team the way Vermeil did. He had kind of an entitled entry into the profession, taking over a team that had a lot of young pieces already (he added to the WRs and got Whitworth).

There’s a lot to McVay and he’s obviously a tremendous coach, but, he does have his little character flaws.

Then so did Vermeil. Remember the “so-called superstar” remark? And retiring after 99 then regretting it?

Ah the fortunes of Rams fans. 😎

Yo @bakermayfield, let’s see if we can get Higs (@Ty_Higs19) his bacon before the end of the first quarter? @RamsNFL 🥓 🐏 ⬆️ pic.twitter.com/WqdIs0wc1y

— 𝒥𝒾𝓂 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓉 (@Jim_Everett) January 7, 2023

Torry “Big Game” Holt always seemed to deliver against Seattle. Posted below, #81 had 126 yards and a TD against the Seahawks in 2005.#Holt4HOF #AllHands
The Hall Of Fame finalist has the resume! Only needs the knock at the door! pic.twitter.com/oRhqPWOMB3

— RAMS ON FILM (@RamsOnFilm) January 8, 2023

“The Lions have one of the most fun offenses to watch…”@GregCosell appears smitten with Lions OC Ben Johnson: pic.twitter.com/w3XwSM6VgX

— Ross Tucker Podcast (@RossTuckerPod) January 7, 2023

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Want to know something depressing? Morris’ defense forced 40 three and outs this year, with highs of 5 (vs Carolina), 5 (@Tampa) and 4 (vs N.Orleans). Our offense has had 52 of them on 157 possessions. That’s 33% of our possessions and more than 3 a game. The only game we didn’t have at least two 3 and outs was Denver. We had at least three in 12 games, 4 or more in 7 games with a high of 8 against…….Tampa

Harry from Facebook. He’s a very old friend of mine who has been a zookeeper for decades.

we’ve had an interesting set of observations here at Zoo Boise involving crows. We have an African species in our Gorongosa National Park exhibit, and shortly after they were introduced to their outside enclosure, native crows started flocking to the exhibit, where they would sit on top and chatter incessantly. As this progressed, what initially sounded like two distinct dialects began to merge into a single language! Very cool! But now, three years later, they rarely talk with one another.