Sean McVay makes surprising trade deadline admission as Rams rivals reload
The San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks are loading up for an NFC West arms race, but Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay apparently has no intention of joining them. At least not yet, anyway. With the November 10th NFL trade deadline approaching and the Rams desperately trying to salvage a season that began with Super Bowl expectations, McVay revealed Wednesday that Los Angeles currently has no plans to make a splash, despite watching its division rivals bolster their rosters this week. Instead, the Rams are banking on a different kind of blockbuster acquisition: getting their own injured stars back on the football field.“Based on our situation, the good thing for us is, hopefully, some of those trades will be guys getting back from injury that haven’t played for us,” McVay said.“That’s kind of the way that we look at it.”It’s a bold strategy for a team that entered the season as a Super Bowl favorite and stumbled to a 2-4 record through six games.Seattle acquired All-Pro offensive guard Quenton Nelson from the Indianapolis Colts on Tuesday, while San Francisco added three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle DeForest Buckner from the same team.Meanwhile, Rams general manager Les Snead appears content to stand pat while the competition reloads.
Which begs the question, what he and McVay must be thinking as they try and claw their way back into the NFC Playoff picture as their rivals add ammunition. The Rams made most of their big moves in the offseason, when they acquired All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie, and reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award winner Myles Garrett. However, Garrett hasn’t played since Week 1 and McDuffie has missed the last two games with a groin jury.Things have clearly not worked out as the Rams had planned, and now the preseason Super Bowl favorites have fallen behind the 49ers and Seahawks in the division. If there’s one place of need for the Rams, it’s the same position they did not address during th...