Analysis: McVay kicking himself over dubious decisions that doomed Rams on a wacky wild-card weekend
Associated PressRegrets, Sean McVay has a few. Less than two years after shepherding the Los Angeles Rams to a triumph in Super Bowl 56, McVay’s dubious decisions doomed LA to a 24-23 loss to the Detroit Lions and his former quarterback Jared Goff. He opted to punt, a decision the Surrender Index rated as pretty jittery, saying, “this punt ranks at the 99.2nd percentile of cowardly punts of the 2023 season, and the 98th percentile of all punts since 1999.” The Lions took over at their 13 and coach Dan Campbell put both the game and his trust in Goff’s hands, calling for a pair of passes that netted first downs. Certainly regret that decision now.” McVay remains one of the game’s brightest young minds and deserves plenty of credit for getting a 3-6 team to win seven of its final eight games after their bye and return to the playoffs after a year away. This loss dented his reputation a little bit, however, and it came two days after he lost his title as the NFL’s youngest head coach when the New England Patriots replaced icon Bill Belichick with 37-year-old Jerod Mayo, who’s a month younger than McVay.
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