At QB, McVay has shown preference for experience over youth

McVay needs experience to run his offense

Will Sean McVay ever turn his offense over to a young quarterback again?

Despite reaching the playoffs three times and advancing to the Super Bowl once in his first four seasons at the helm, McVay made the decision to move on from Jared Goff and obtain a 33-year old veteran in Matthew Stafford who hadn’t won a playoff game in his 12 years in the NFL. The risk paid off with a Lombardi Trophy in Stafford’s first season with the team.

That was then and this is now. The offseason buzz surrounding a potential Mattew Stafford departure has turned from a classic rumor to a probable scenario with veteran quarterbacks being linked to fill his position. Aaron Rodgers makes an enticing story line but Jimmy Garrapolo, who filled the role as backup last season, and $180 million QB Kirk Cousins have been floated as possibilities.

But if Les Snead can find a way to get a top-five pick in this year’s draft for Stafford, would the Los Angeles Rams be comfortable putting their season on the shoulder’s of a rookie?

There are of course the obvious problems with this. This year’s draft doesn’t have the kind of talent it did last year at the quarterback position with Shadeur Sanders and Cam Ward likely going within the first three picks. Even if there were more options, I doubt they look for a starting caliber QB in the early rounds of any draft.

As long as McVay is on LA’s payroll the team will always be in a win-now scenario. The Super Bowl winning head coach is on a clock after already flirting with the idea of moving on from head coaching for other opportunities in the media. McVay doesn’t seem to have any real interest in developing another young quarterback and proved that when he traded away Goff in favor of Stafford. If Stafford does not come back it seems highly likely McVay would prefer to go the veteran route once again.

And if it is Rodgers that ends up as the Rams quarterback next season after signing a league-minimum deal for a year, my money would be on LA looking for another veteran the next year as well. As amazing as Bo Nix and Jayden Daniels played in their rookie seasons, that kind of production is rare to see which is why as long as the Rams have McVay they will always go the veteran way.

The dream scenario would to get a third to fifth round quarterback to develop under Stafford or another veteran to learn and grow in McVay’s offense for a few years before handing over the keys, but even that rarely works out. Stetson Bennett was drafted for that reason but it at the moment it seems obvious that he would have no real shot at taking over the starting position outside of some very unfortanute injuries.

The likelihood that the Rams finish as a bottom-five team in the NFL is also highly unlikely as long as McVay is still the leader of the orginization and realisticly will not have a shot at a top-QB prospect outside of some crazy trade scenarios.

What do you think the Rams should do? Would you like to see them draft a quarterback in the first round or fill other needed positions on the roster?