TV preference ‘flatters’, but where is the Rams ‘I want to be’

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Amid reports that broadcasters are interested in hiring Sean McVay as an analyst for next season, The Los Angeles Rams The head coach said the continued interest is “flattering”, “but I want to be here right now, focus on that and that’s where I am.”

McVay said the interest is in part because he hasn’t “evaded the fact that later on, or whenever that happens, that’s what interests me.”

McVay currently has a contract through the end of the 2026 season, after he signed an extension after the Rams won Super Bowl LVI.

The week before that game, McVay responded to a question by saying he “wouldn’t make it” if he were to coach until he turned 60 and talked about the things he wants to pursue. outside football.

“I know I love football and I’ve invested a lot in this and where I am now,” McVay said in February. “But at some point, if you say what do you want to do? I want a family and I want to be able to spend time with them.”

After the Rams’ Super Bowl win, McVay was asked if he would return to Los Angeles in 2022. He replied, “We’ll see.” But less than two weeks after the Super Bowl, McVay told ESPN he wouldn’t be pursuing any TV opportunities and would return to coaching the Rams.

The Rams’ 5-11 record under McVay is the worst since he was hired in Los Angeles in 2017. This will be his first losing season as head coach. However, when McVay was asked if he had questions about continuing as a coach in the future, he said, “no.”

McVay said: “I don’t know if you have to necessarily see it that way, it’s just… I’ll be open and honest about everything because you care so much. “And it can be honest with those things.

“I think that recognition will get me through it. That doesn’t mean it changes the passion and love you have for it.”