Sean McVay confirmed Tuesday that he plans to be again as the pinnacle coach of the Los Angeles Rams throughout the 2024 season.
The Rams clinched a playoff berth with their Week 17 win in opposition to the New York Giants and have gained three video games in a row and six of their final seven.
After making a pair of appearances within the Tremendous Bowl throughout McVay’s first 5 seasons with the Rams from 2017-2021 (together with a victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in February 2022), Los Angeles fell to 5-12 final yr.
The staff’s offense noticed beginning quarterback Matthew Stafford and Tremendous Bowl LVI MVP extensive receiver Cooper Kupp each restricted to 9 video games because of accidents and little manufacturing from the operating backs. On protection, three-time AP Defensive Participant of the 12 months Aaron Donald missed six video games due to a sprained ankle.
Following the tough 2022 marketing campaign and amid heavy hypothesis, McVay confirmed in January 2023 that he would return for the following season. In March, the 37-year-old stated his resolution to return was possible going to be for “years to come.”
The well being and play of Stafford, Kupp and Donald, plus a dominant season from second-year operating again Kyren Williams, have spearheaded the Rams playoff berth.
The one-time Professional Bowl signal-caller has missed only one recreation and has posted a completion proportion of over 70% in 4 of his final 5 contests. Stafford’s additionally had 5 video games with over 300 passing yards this yr (together with the final two weeks) after recording only one in 2022.
Stafford’s favourite wideout missed the primary 4 video games of 2023 with a hamstring difficulty however has been largely stable since his return. Kupp is second solely to rookie sensation Puka Nacua for the staff lead in targets (95), receptions (59) and receiving yards (737) and is tied with the first-year professional with a team-high 5 touchdowns.
Since scoring two touchdowns in Week 1, Williams has been the Rams starter within the backfield all season. He missed 4 video games from Weeks 7-11 because of a sprained ankle however nonetheless leads the squad by a large margin in speeding makes an attempt (228), speeding yards (1,144) and speeding touchdowns (12) whereas including 32 catches for 206 yards and three touchdowns through 48 targets.
Regardless of the missed time, the Notre Dame product is second within the NFL solely behind Christian McCaffrey of the San Francisco 49ers in speeding yards.
Donald has suited up for all 16 video games so far and leads the Rams in quarterback hits (23) and tackles for loss (16) and is second to Kobie Turner in sacks (8.0).