Sean McVay turned heads with his hire of soon-to-be offensive assistant Kliff Kingsbury on Friday. The Los Angeles Rams plan to turn a former division rival into a key coach.
I can’t help but wonder whether this move foreshadows the offseason plan for the Rams.
Kingsbury has a wealth of positive experience developing young quarterbacks. He was Patrick Mahomes’ college coach. He drafted Kyler Murray and guided him to the best seasons of his still-early NFL career. Kingsbury also pulled the strings for Jayden Daniels on the way to his offensive rookie of the year award and an NFC championship berth for the Washington Commanders.
What is McVay’s motivation behind bringing Kingsbury to Los Angeles? Is the plan to have the quarterback whisperer help develop the Rams’ next franchise quarterback and prepare for life after Matthew Stafford?
LA isn’t really in a position to land a quarterback in the draft; however, we do know they have plenty of early capital and a history of making aggressive maneuvers up and down the order.
It wouldn’t make a ton of sense to deploy both first-round picks in a move for a quarterback. Now that Stafford has committed to return, the Rams are probably better served to maximize their Super Bowl chances in 2026.
But that’s not exactly how Les Snead is wired. This is one of the youngest rosters of all the 2025 playoff teams. Los Angeles successfully transitioned from a star-studded (but older) 2021 Super Bowl roster and rebuilt their defensive depth chart on the fly. The retooled for the future while remaining sufficiently competitive in the short term.
Why can’t they have it both ways yet again?
Maybe bringing in Kingsbury is part of the “all in” moves. If you can develop young quarterbacks well, it’s also reasosonable that you can help lead veteran quarterbacks to new heights. Potentially Kingsbury is only looking to attach himself to McVay and improve his chances to land a head coaching role next offseason.
It’s difficult at this point to read the tea leaves.
At least in my view, the Rams’ likelihood to draft a quarterback early in hopes of sticking the landing from Stafford to the next quarterback just ticked upwards with their hire of Kingsbury.
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