JANUARY 8: Illustrating a notably different situation in McVay’s case, Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reports that the Super Bowl winner is leaning towards stepping away (video link). Specifically, he adds that members of the organization would be “more surprised if he came back than if he left.”
Glazer also predicts that McVay is not, in fact, likely to take a significant period of time to arrive at his ultimate decision. That stands in stark contrast to previous reporting on the matter, but will no doubt add to the speculation that a parting of ways could be imminent. In the event McVay does step aside, Glazer names defensive coordinator Raheem Morris as a candidate to replace him. When speaking to the media after today’s loss to the Seahawks, McVay declined to comment on his future, leaving his status in the air as the offseason begins in Los Angeles.
JANUARY 7: As the offseason approaches for non-playoff teams, speculation has once again ramped up that Rams head coach Sean McVay will be headed elsewhere in the near future. Regardless of what his next move will be, the Super Bowl winner will take time in the coming weeks to weigh his options. 
McVay, 36, has continued to draw the interest of TV networks eyeing him as an addition to their broadcast teams. The possibility of a move from the sidelines to the booth was a top storyline for Los Angeles’ 2022 offseason, one in which a number of key players, general manager Les Snead and McVay himself each signed multi-year extensions.
Now, however, things are once again in danger of changing dramatically. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that McVay’s immediate future with the Rams “is in limbo” and that he will “take some time” following tomorrow’s season finale to determine his next steps. Ian Rapoport of Network confirms that the next few weeks will see the sixth-year HC spend time away from football “to consider his future” (video link).
Schefter notes that a number of events both on and off the field have taken their toll on McVay over the course of the past several months, beginning with the Rams’ Super Bowl victory last February. That result – coupled with the fact that a number of core pieces remained with the team during the offseason – led to considerable expectations once again in 2022. The Rams have fallen well short, though, going 5-11 to date amidst a slew of injuries and a substantial regression in efficiency on offense.
That has guaranteed the first losing season of McVay’s tenure, one which includes a .619 winning percentage in the regular season and another Super Bowl appearance aside from last year’s victory. Los Angeles faces a number of issues in the coming offseason after the disappointment of this campaign, as they are yet again without their first-round pick for the upcoming draft and in worse shape with respect to projected 2023 cap space than most teams.
McVay declined to comment on the Schefter report concerning his short-term future, but he confirmed earlier this week that he would be interested in a media role “down the line,” suggesting that a move to broadcasting could be less likely now than it was one year ago. In any event, his thought process in the weeks to come will be one of the league’s top storylines.
don’t see this happening after the season rams had this year. he’s WAY to competitive to go out with this horrible taste in his mouth.
This is an interesting storyline. Star QB goes down with a spinal cord contusion and numb legs. All world WR goes down. Terrible relationship with Star RB. RB leaves team for a few weeks. Star def tackle submitted retirement papers in May and later changes mind.
Something tells me HBO will want the Rams for the upcoming Hard Knocks season…and McVay would not miss out of that opportunity.
It says something about you when you sell your future picks and cap room for a Super Bowl on your watch but you don’t want to be around to deal with the ramifications of having no picks or cap room.
I mean, he did that but actually won the Super Bowl, so it was a good deal. The Stafford extension was crazy, though.
It was because he won, but jumping ship when times are about to get hard isn’t the best look.
Totally agree. Payton did the same thing. They maxed out the salary cap and he walks away. This may be a thing of the future for coaches.
The money he was offered is almost 4x his rams salary as a commentator he was offered 20
Million a year for Amazon. And no stress call a game once a week and who knows what that turns into he could be the next Gruden or John madden. And he knows the game imagine pairing him with Al
Michael’s or Tony romo or Tom Brady
his wife is smokin hot
All of McVay’s off the field activities have been a giant distraction this year – and it showed.
So wait, the other coaches don’t have off field distractions? This is just a ploy to get him out of LA. The team is going downhill real fast and he doesn’t want to be part of it. If he knew they would be 5-11 this season, he would have left after the Super Bowl.
Between McVay or Jim Harbaugh, I’m not sure which seems to want to be the center of attention more. Prima donnas that are affecting their respective team’s focus.
The boy genius doesn’t want to hang around for the rebuild and endless Cap drama?
He thinks everyone needs to hear him ramble on aimlessly about football all day with that raspy voice. I for one hope he stays coaching, we already have to listen to one Tony Romo, no need for another.
Not sure why you do not like Romo as a color guy you haven’t had to have Sanchez doing most of your games he is horrible. Aikman is not good a few others I can’t remember. The jury will be out on him until he succeeds or fails miserably. He will also be on Prime so not a tough place to learn. Payton was bad too.
The money he will make as a television commentator will be unreal 4 x his coaching salary
In the game yesterday in Seattle Sean basically conceded to the SeaHawks. Rams have fourth and 2 with a couple of minutes left, score tied, and he punts.. Horrible decision. Rams had nothing to lose, go for it, a couple of first downs, kick a field goal, maybe game over… Very disappointing Sean . As soon as he chose to punt , I knew the Lions were done…