GM Les Snead: Rams must ‘delegate’ to make life easier for Sean McVay
Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead sounds like somebody who understands head coach Sean McVay could burn out at any time.
“I’ve often said to Sean, when he got the job at age 30, the guy’s been basically running an 800-meter sprint every week since he got our job, adding the head coaching title, and probably had been running an 800-meter sprint as an offensive coordinator for the two previous seasons in Washington,” Snead explained during Thursday’s end-of-season news conference, per Stu Jackson of the Rams’ website. “At some point, a hamstring’s gonna get tight, a hamstring’s going to get pulled, and you’re not going to be able to do it, and (there’s) just ways to probably delegate more, but somehow take his weekly rhythm and make it more sustainable.”
As noted by Kevin Patra of the NFL’s website, the Rams signed both Snead and McVay to extensions that are set to run through the 2026 season coming off the club’s Super Bowl LVI win over the Cincinnati Bengals last February. However, Los Angeles endured numerous injury woes throughout the 2022 campaign en route to finishing the season with a 5-12 record. McVay then raised eyebrows after Week 18 when he initially didn’t commit to remaining with the organization, but he’s since made it known he’s running it back with the Rams for at least one more year.
Interestingly, Snead offered his comments one day after NFL insider Jason La Canfora of the Washington Post reported that the Rams could contact former Indianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich about replacing offensive coordinator Liam Coen after Coen returned to the University of Kentucky. La Canfora mentioned the Rams want Reich or presumably a different individual with head-coaching experience to serve “as associate head coach/offense — or whatever job title is necessary” because it’s thought “McVay is year-to-year as head coach.” Thus, the club wants a potential successor on the coaching staff sooner rather than later.
Snead’s remarks coupled with La Canfora’s story suggest those associated with the Rams understand McVay is unofficially on a one-year contract that includes a personal option for the following season, an option that allows him to explore available broadcasting opportunities as soon as next January. The 36-year-old admitted before Week 18 that he has “been interested in” making an eventual jump from the sidelines to the booth.
