Poona Ford out for season

[den-the-coach]

Please no more trades.

I agree it worked once & then failed. Time to regroup & retool.

 

[Ramstien]

I don't think the players are the problem as much as the coaches are. McVay needs to give up the play calling to possibly Scheelhouse. Vetrone along with Shula need to be given their walking papers, that's just my opinion based on what I have observed this season.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

I think it depends how the season goes. I think McVay is 100% stepping away regardless of outcome, but if the team finishes strong and wins a couple playoff games or more, I could see them doing a mild rebuild but keeping the core pieces together (Puka, Kobie, McDuffie, Garrett). But if they crash and burn and go 5-12 or 6-11, I think they just blow it all up and start over with a full rebuild.

Also if Stafford improves his play and gets back to a top 5-7 level… which is possible…I don’t think he’s gonna retire. I think there’s an underdiscussed scenario where McVay steps away but Stafford keeps playing. And in that scenario I think Stafford and the Rams part ways and Stafford ends up on a QB needy contender next year (Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Denver). And Snead gets to roll with his new handpicked young QB.

Don't think he's stepping away. I guess I just don't see it. Brutal year so far though for sure.

 

[jrry32]

Getting absolutely destroyed by injuries this year. Ridiculous.

 

[DragonOfBlood]

Don't think he's stepping away. I guess I just don't see it. Brutal year so far though for sure.

I'd put big money down this is his last year as Rams HC. He has been coaching like a man who has completely lost his edge and passion, save for that one sideline meeting against the Eagles.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

No. Depending on the HC, whether its McVay or somebody else, Ty Simpson is ready to come in and keep this team at 10 win/Playoff-level Football. If we get a HC that knows what he’s doing on Defense, Special Teams, and Time Management we'll be just fine with Simpson at the helm and we can keep Myles, even with AD retiring again.

Garrett in the front, McDuffie in the back is still the proper formula for success. Now, if we can finally find OUR Fred Warner......????

We don't even know if Simpson is any good to say all that lol.....he looked good in the preseason but that means nothing unfortunately. If Stafford did retire, Simpson would at least have the opportunity to show his stuff though. I'm not seeing Stafford retiring though. Just my hunch.

 

[den-the-coach]

Getting absolutely destroyed by injuries this year. Ridiculous.

True, but having no draft capital to retool is worse.

 

[SWAdude]

There is no way we can overcome all of this. Just being real.

I think this season will be too much for McVay.

We do have a talented core coming back next year and The Rams will always attract top tier players and coaches.

With an aging HOF QB and a burned out head coach we will be heading to a new era of Rams Football next year.

And it has been one hell of a ride these past 10 years.

GO RAMS!!!

 

[El Chapo Jr]

True, but having no draft capital to retool is worse.

We'll have some cap room to work with though won't we? Who's our cap specialist out there? Give us some numbers please

 

[jrry32]

True, but having no draft capital to retool is worse.

They went after the ring. Understandable. We've generally not had major injury issues during the McVay era. We're getting pounded this year. Frankly, if Garrett would return, that would solve a lot of our problems, even with Poona's and Kobie's injuries.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

We don't even know if Simpson is any good to say all that lol.....he looked good in the preseason but that means nothing unfortunately. If Stafford did retire, Simpson would at least have the opportunity to show his stuff though. I'm not seeing Stafford retiring though. Just my hunch.

The plan was for Simpson to sit TWO years. If its forced to be accelerated based on Stafford, so be it. I still see a scenario, like you, where Stafford is our Quarterback for the '27 Season. And more likely than not Sean McVay is still our Coach.

 

[Spider2YB]

Don't think he's stepping away. I guess I just don't see it. Brutal year so far though for sure.

McVay is totally burnt out. He needs a reset. He already made up his mind he was going to step away back in 2022. But his wife basically guilted him into feeling like a quitter so he stuck around. The team improved each of the next 3 seasons, making it a step closer to SB each time. I think this year was always going to be the end barring something totally unforeseen. He can tell himself he willed this team through a rebuild and got us to the precipice of another Super Bowl. He gave it his best shot.

I also think McVay has become so embarrassed by the special teams debacle that he will spend much of his time away from coaching working on special teams. It’s clearly a cultural thing as the team has cycled through special teams coaches only to get worse each time. McVay is the only constant. I think he knows it cost him one Super Bowl and may well have cost him another this year. Everyone’s tv contracts are up this year at the various networks. McVay will walk into a $15M/yr gig where he works 2 days a week and gets to spend the rest doing whatever he wants.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

The plan was for Simpson to sit TWO years. If its forced to be accelerated based on Stafford, so be it. I still see a scenario, like you, where Stafford is our Quarterback for the '27 Season. And more likely than not Sean McVay is still our Coach.

We'll have zero choice but to play Simpson if Stafford retires because the only option would be to add a clip board QB and I just don't see that happening (could be wrong though). I hope Stafford and the team come out fighting and turn it around. Everyone is going to shit on the Rams, show em that we don't fuckin give up.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

McVay is totally burnt out. He needs a reset. He already made up his mind he was going to step away back in 2022. But his wife basically guilted him into feeling like a quitter so he stuck around. The team improved each of the next 3 seasons, making it a step closer to SB each time. I think this year was always going to be the end barring something totally unforeseen. He can tell himself he willed this team through a rebuild and got us to the precipice of another Super Bowl. He gave it his best shot.

I also think McVay has become so embarrassed by the special teams debacle that he will spend much of his time away from coaching working on special teams. It’s clearly a cultural thing as the team has cycled through special teams coaches only to get worse each time. McVay is the only constant. I think he knows it cost him one Super Bowl and may well have cost him another this year. Everyone’s tv contracts are up this year at the various networks. McVay will walk into a $15M/yr gig where he works 2 days a week and gets to spend the rest doing whatever he wants.

No matter what you said, I just don't agree nor see it. Basically agreeing to disagree lol

 

[Coliseum Ram]

We'll have zero choice but to play Simpson if Stafford retires because the only option would be to add a clip board QB and I just don't see that happening (could be wrong though). I hope Stafford and the team come out fighting and turn it around. Everyone is going to shit on the Rams, show em that we don't fuckin give up.

Still a scenario where we recover and win it all. These games have been THAT close, and we arguably got fucked over by refs TWICE, that turned wins into losses.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

They went after the ring. Understandable. We've generally not had major injury issues during the McVay era. We're getting pounded this year. Frankly, if Garrett would return, that would solve a lot of our problems, even with Poona's and Kobie's injuries.

Well first they need to find a way to beat the Raiders because Garrett is definitely not playing against them. Hopefully we get McDuffie back and play some inspired, disciplined football. Everyone is going to kick this team while its down, hope the Rams dig deep and turn it around.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

Still a scenario where we recover and win it all. These games have been THAT close, and we arguably got fucked over by refs TWICE, that turned wins into losses.

Yeah refs have been a big pain in the ass. The Rams gotta give them less opportunities to impact the end of games because the refs have seemed to take those crucial opportunities and run with em.

 

[Loyal]

Yeah refs have been a big pain in the ass. The Rams gotta give them less opportunities to impact the end of games because the refs have seemed to take those crucial opportunities and run with em.

I MISS MEVIS!!! ~ @El Chapo Jr

 

[El Chapo Jr]

I MISS MEVIS!!! ~ @El Chapo Jr

 

[PhillyRam]

The plan was for Simpson to sit TWO years. If its forced to be accelerated based on Stafford, so be it. I still see a scenario, like you, where Stafford is our Quarterback for the '27 Season. And more likely than not Sean McVay is still our Coach.

His contract is set up for a 2 yr run for sure. They take a considerable dead cap hit if he retires this year.
So what happens in the next few weeks might reflect what Stafford tells them, or told them, regarding his timeline.

If they don't sell, despite a few more losses by the deadline, that might indicate Stafford's & possibly McVay's future plans. The otherside of that is if they sell a core guy, whose contract is up, that also just could mean they weren't planning on bringing that player back.

So who knows? However, there will be a lot of mind reading and speculation over the next month, depending on what they do.