With the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine in full swing, the Los Angeles Rams are among the teams doing their due diligence in Indianapolis.
Although head coach Sean McVay has managed to make his rounds, he has opted to make his business trip a brief one. Instead, he will be leaving matters into the hands of a few position coaches and the scouting department under general manager Les Snead.
After all, the Rams ushered in some significant changes to McVay’s coaching staff with the arrival of coordinators Brandon Staley, Kevin O’Connell, and John Bonamego. It appears he has already shifted gears toward working on their scheme for the 2020 NFL season.
McVay acknowledged that he and his new group have plenty of work to do back in Los Angeles, via Stu Jackson of the team’s website:
“I think it’s an interesting situation that presented itself this year,” McVay told reporters during his podium session Tuesday morning. “We’ve got great continuity in a lot of spots on our coaching staff, and we have three new coordinators on offense, defense and special teams. So I’m not going to be here the whole week.”
McVay added that he is confident in the ability of his position coaches and Snead’s staff to pick players that fit their roster needs:
“Les and his group do a great job in the vetting process and then our position coaches have a great feel of, ‘okay what do we want to do, what are the things that we want to get out of the combine,'” McVay said. “So being able to empower them and then feeling like, let’s get back to L.A., still be able to study the film which is the most important part of the evaluation, trusting some of the vetting on the backgrounds with these guys and then being able to kind of continue to get a jump on the schemes that we’ll implement specific to the offense and defense, that’s really what went into it.”
McVay’s approach is certainly understandable considering the Rams have a tall task ahead of them if they hope to spark a potential resurgence in the 2020 campaign. He is clearly hoping to take advantage of all the time he can get to work on the adjustments that need to be made in all phases of the game.
Los Angeles already has its key pieces in place with the exception of a few notable starters that could be on their way out in free agency this offseason. Regardless, there is still more than enough to work with when it comes to finding ways to improve their scheme.
The onus will ultimately fall on the remaining members at the combine to do their homework on positions that could potentially become an area of need such as the linebacker corps and offensive line.
