After about a month and a half of Zoom meetings and conference calls, Sean McVay has seen enough from his team. McVay announced on a conference call Thursday that he’s ending the Rams’ virtual offseason program.
This comes on the same day that the NFL extended the program through June 26, if teams wanted to go that long. McVay clearly doesn’t, saying his team has made enough progress to feel good about ending it early.
Rams head coach Sean McVay said the team wrapped up its virtual offseason program today. Even though clubs can go for another two weeks, he felt good about calling it based on what they were able to accomplish since April 27.
— Stu Jackson (@StuJRams) June 11, 2020
Not to mention, he’s pretty much had enough of video calls, which can be exhausting when you’re holding them for a few hours several days per week. He’s looking forward to getting back on the field, whenever that is.
Rams coach Sean McVay on the virtual NFL offseason: “I feel great right now, but you do get more tired. You realize that you feed off people. You do draw on other people’s energy. I’m virtual-meetinged out right now.” pic.twitter.com/LgUqCLXnpu
— Greg Beacham (@gregbeacham) June 11, 2020
Coaches are allowed to return to their respective facilities as of last week, and the Rams were reportedly opening their building to coaches on an optional basis June 15. It doesn’t seem like McVay will be among the coaches reporting that day, though, as he’s content with working from home.
“I’m not going to be at the facility until I absolutely have to.”
McVay says he may go back to the building next week, but doesn’t mind working from home.
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) June 11, 2020
As for training camp, no one knows exactly when that will take place. McVay doesn’t have a set timeline for it to begin, primarily because the coronavirus pandemic has created a level of uncertainty not felt in a long time.
However, McVay did set two target dates for players to report to camp: July 23 for rookies and July 28 for veterans.
Nothing is finalized for the Rams yet for training camp (except Cal Lu as the location), but Sean McVay says they are targeting July 28th for vets and as early as July 23 for rookies.
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) June 11, 2020
McVay said he doesn’t anticipate any players being limited when they do report to camp. Darrell Henderson is still rehabbing an ankle injury that landed him on IR late last year, but he’s expected to be a full-go. He even said he’d be fine to practice right now if the Rams were to take the field.
McVay said there were no last-minute surgeries or anything this offseason, with everyone on track to practice when camp does begin.