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Los Angeles Rams News and Links for 6/6/25
RotoPat from NBC Sports recently put out a list of top general managers in the NFL, and in his top-3 is none other than the Los Angeles Rams with Sean McVay and Les Snead, I guess in some cases he’s doing best GM’s and head coach combos? Or he considers some head coaches to be lock-step with the GM?
The two teams ranked ahead of the Rams would be the Kansas City Chiefs with Andy Reid and Brett Veach and then at number 1, the writer just lists Howie Roseman of the Philadelphia Eagles. Is that a shot at Nick Sirianni?
I won’t debate the list, it’s favorable for the Rams, but it seems about right. If you disagree, please let us know in the comments, and while you’re at it, comment on whatever you want!
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“3. Sean McVay/Les Snead, Rams
Football eras tend to be defined by quarterbacks. That’s one of just many ways Sean McVay has been a mold breaker. No one would call this Rams project the “Jared Goff years” or “Matthew Stafford epoch.” But don’t be fooled: McVay had a franchise player. Aaron Donald will soon be an inner-circle Hall-of-Famer. Donald anchoring the defense provided McVay with an unusually large margin of team-building error. His retirement left McVay with not only a crater along the defensive line, but the need for an entirely new approach to roster-building. Consider the first test passed. Marking a first-round pick together for the first time during their eight-year partnership, McVay and GM Les Snead … drafted the defensive rookie of the year, Jared Verse. Although Verse was an EDGE rusher to Donald’s interior menace, second-rounder Braden Fiske spent more time at tackle. He finished third in DROY voting. Alrighty then. It was just the latest confirmation there is no football problem too big for McVay to solve. Quarterback issues, offensive line woes, assistants constantly departing for head-coaching jobs … McVay has weathered it all. McVay has made plenty of mistakes — see his history of trade and free agent additions at receiver — but he always admits them quickly. McVay doesn’t get bogged down by the sunk cost fallacy or “the way we’ve always done things.” He adapts. And wins. A lot.”
“However, there isn’t anything truly average about Bennett. After missing the 2023 season due to personal issues, he returned in 2024 and was up and down. Bennett was launching interceptions left and right during the 2024 preseason and yet, made critical throws to win both games he participated in.
In two preseason games, Bennett threw five interceptions. He also led the Rams on two straight game-winning touchdown drives. Against the Cowboys, Bennett was sailing the...
