McVay #1

[I like Rams]

All I have to say is, if OBJ takes a pay cut to stay, we get Woods back, Higbee is healthy, Akers is healthy, Hopkins gains confidence, Harris is healthy and with a year of learning., Stafford has the pressure off his back... this offense has the potential to be insane with mcvay.

 

[dieterbrock]

Coaching is about so many things.... but leadership and culture building are right there at the absolute top. McVay absolutely excels in this area.. in understanding how to have fun.. and cultivate a collaborative spirit. It's incredible.

So many people say the right things, but actually executing what they claim to be their plan? Very few do. McVay is absolutely practicing what he preaches, and like you said, it's incredible

 

[Kupped]

All I have to say is, if OBJ takes a pay cut to stay, we get Woods back, Higbee is healthy, Akers is healthy, Hopkins gains confidence, Harris is healthy and with a year of learning., Stafford has the pressure off his back... this offense has the potential to be insane with mcvay.

Stafford gets a full offseason to just work on his body. No learning an offense.. no learning a new team.... no moving the family.

Just go full TB12 and get your body the best it can possibly be.

 

[Gandalf]

McVay is still growing and should only get better.

 

[Wisconsinram]

The guy is simply special. Yes, he makes errors. But he learns from them. He's not narcissistic and can self-reflect.
It has to be a daunting task to lead that may future HOF's on one team while in your 30's!
BTW, I LOVED that he stuck with the run for so long (even though it wasn't working) and then had Staffod and Kupp play catch during the final drive. My goodness, love that guy!

 

[LA_vision]

He can be infuriating but I’d never want to get rid of him. Obj went down and I still though we’d win the game. That’s how much I respect him. Loved the jet sweep to Kupp on 4th and 1.

 

[Riverumbbq]

Stafford gets a full offseason to just work on his body. No learning an offense.. no learning a new team.... no moving the family.

Just go full TB12 and get your body the best it can possibly be.

Just let him take his wife to Tahiti for a month first.

 

[Tailback]

The offensive line will need a complete rebuild. Whitworth is gone. That being said....there's lots of pieces still around. If Higbee was available I don't think this would have been close.

 

[Psycho_X]

A lot of Debbie downers in the game thread. Calling out McVay. Saying we gonna lose. Screw that nonsense. REAL FANS DONT GIVE UP!!

Best to just ignore them. They don't contribute anything except talking about how bad coaches and players are and how they all suck and always say the game is over in the first quarter and then disappear after the inevitable victory. Most won't be seen again until week 1 next season when they'll be calling the game over in first quarter and talking about how terrible McVay is.

 

[badnews]

I never lost faith in this game.
I was a wreck the whole game.... but never thought we would lose....

This was destiny.


I respected and appreciated Stafford in Detroit but was caught off guard by his acquisition and didn't immediately get behind it. By the time training camp rolled around, or before, I was already fully sold. Just took me a second.

 

[dieterbrock]

Well, I think if you look thru the GDT you can see I never gave up the faith. Although I do have to admit that the thought of seeing Joe Burrow on the talk show circuit as the new hero of the NFL did make my stomach turn....

 

[Mojo Ram]

He actually did not call a very good game today, IMO, but he did enough to get it done, and that is all that matters.

I don't know. It wasn't masterful by any stretch but you HAVE to factor in the loss of OBJ, no Higbee. Van Jefferson may have been exposed tonight. That discussion i'll save for another time and place.

Bottom line is his QB had very few options in the passing game and the run wasn't working. Whaddya do? Give the keys to your QB, trust him and get out of the way i suppose.

 

[Kupped]

I don't know. It wasn't masterful by any stretch but you HAVE to factor in the loss of OBJ, no Higbee. Van Jefferson may have been exposed tonight. That discussion i'll save for another time and place.

Bottom line is his QB had very few options in the passing game and the run wasn't working. Whaddya do? Give the keys to your QB, trust him and get out of the way i suppose.

Yeah.. I don't get that take.
Down 3 of your top 4 targets.. and you dial up that game winning drive?

 

[OntarioRam]

I don't know. It wasn't masterful by any stretch but you HAVE to factor in the loss of OBJ, no Higbee. Van Jefferson may have been exposed tonight. That discussion i'll save for another time and place.

Bottom line is his QB had very few options in the passing game and the run wasn't working. Whaddya do? Give the keys to your QB, trust him and get out of the way i suppose.

Agreed, and I did defend McVay on those points in the game day thread. I do not think he was bad, necessarily, but I also cannot say he was good, at least not in my estimation. I'll leave it at that rather than derail the thread and/or lose sight of the rightful celebrations!

 

[LA_vision]

I don't know. It wasn't masterful by any stretch but you HAVE to factor in the loss of OBJ, no Higbee. Van Jefferson may have been exposed tonight. That discussion i'll save for another time and place.

Bottom line is his QB had very few options in the passing game and the run wasn't working. Whaddya do? Give the keys to your QB, trust him and get out of the way i suppose.

No Blanton too and Jefferson’s wife was in labor. An absolute disaster situation for him today and he still won.

 

[Merlin]

I don't know. It wasn't masterful by any stretch but you HAVE to factor in the loss of OBJ, no Higbee. Van Jefferson may have been exposed tonight. That discussion i'll save for another time and place.

Bottom line is his QB had very few options in the passing game and the run wasn't working. Whaddya do? Give the keys to your QB, trust him and get out of the way i suppose.

Agreed. Winning this was a hell of a coaching job in fact after OBJ went down. Offense was on fumes because the Bengals played great on both sides of the LOS.

I gotta give a lot of cred to them too. Bengals left it all on the field they were physical and disciplined all night.

We are very fortunate that our defense held up like they did in the clutch. And that our offense found a way. Sometimes that's the part of QBing that is most underrated late IMO. Doesn't have to be pretty just get it done.

 

[Riverumbbq]

Agreed. Winning this was a hell of a coaching job in fact after OBJ went down. Offense was on fumes because the Bengals played great on both sides of the LOS.

I gotta give a lot of cred to them too. Bengals left it all on the field they were physical and disciplined all night.

We are very fortunate that our defense held up like they did in the clutch. And that our offense found a way. Sometimes that's the part of QBing that is most underrated late IMO. Doesn't have to be pretty just get it done.

True enough. The media really undersold the Bengals defensive front 7, the way they built a wall around our running game was relatively unexpected. And until the Rams defense took over midway thru the 3'rd quarter, Burrow had me feeling pretty uncomfortable.

 

[MachS]

How about finding a way to score with 2 top WR out.. and 2 Top TE out and no running game.... truly amazing.

This right here just blows my mind. We were so stagnant after OBJ went down. They started playing press man, and doubling Kupp, and no one on the roster could win except Brycen Hopkins. The defense kept us in it by completing dominating the 2nd half, and at the end Stafford just said fuck it I'm going to Kupp in double coverage who cares..and we drove down and won the game. Truly unbelievably great.

 

[Ellard80]

I don't know. It wasn't masterful by any stretch but you HAVE to factor in the loss of OBJ, no Higbee. Van Jefferson may have been exposed tonight. That discussion i'll save for another time and place.

Bottom line is his QB had very few options in the passing game and the run wasn't working. Whaddya do? Give the keys to your QB, trust him and get out of the way i suppose.

yeah I disagree that he didn't call a very good game... he was down to 3rd string receivers and they couldn't run the ball - that last drive was just amazing considering everything they were missing and how the Bengal's were playing them.

 

[jjab360]

Amidst all the celebration, I have to admit I can't stand the early retirement talk.

Money talks though, I think Kroenke steps up and pays the man. Make him the highest paid HC in the NFL, hell, make sure it's not even close. He deserves it.