Sean McVay has only been a head coach for three years, but he’s already established himself as someone who bucks the trend every now and then. Whether it’s by hiring a coaching staff full of guys in their 30s or sitting his starters for just about the entire preseason, McVay approaches things differently.
His plan for the 2020 NFL combine will be out of the ordinary, too. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Rams’ new coordinators – Brandon Staley and Kevin O’Connell – will not attend the combine in Indianapolis because the team “would rather have them in Los Angeles, implementing the team’s new offensive and defensive schemes.” The Broncos aren’t sending their assistants to Indy, either.
Additionally, McVay’s time at the combine will be limited, too. He will attend the first few days in Indianapolis to speak to the media, but he’ll then return to Los Angeles and continue working on “implementing his systems with his two new coordinators.”
The rest of the Rams’ coaching staff, as well as their scouts and personnel evaluators such as GM Les Snead, will be in attendance at the combine.
This is an interesting move by the Rams, but one that does make some sense. It’s the first time McVay will have a mostly new coaching staff, so there is a lot that needs to be done with regards to their scheme on both sides of the ball. And given the fact that they won’t be making personnel decisions in the draft, their attendance in Indianapolis isn’t exactly required.