McVay says Rams ‘helped me accumulate my methodology again’

DETROIT — Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay stood at the podium at Ford Self-discipline on Sunday evening, restful in disbelief that his team’s season had ended with a 24-23 playoff loss to the Detroit Lions within the wild-card round.

Relatively of more than a 12 months within the past, McVay stood at a definite podium, this one in Los Angeles, and acknowledged he used to be no longer certain if he would be support as coach of the Rams in 2023. Nonetheless no longer long after the in vogue season ended — with a 5-12 file, McVay’s worst since he used to be employed in 2017 — he decided he wasn’t ready to chase away.

After a 3-6 delivery to the 2023 season and injuries to quarterback Matthew Stafford and working support Kyren Williams, it regarded worship the Rams were headed down the identical course. As yet another, Los Angeles obtained seven of its absolute best eight games of the season to clinch the No. 6 seed within the NFC.

“I’m so proud of this football team,” McVay acknowledged. “And the finality of it is restful more or much less … it doesn’t totally resonate. Nonetheless man did I learn plenty and if truth be told treasure this community. They helped me accumulate my methodology again and how unparalleled I relish this and relish the those that I’m round.”

Rams rookie nostril address Kobie Turner acknowledged McVay told the team that “there’s diverse room to grow, plenty to indulge in off of, and the inspiration that we laid this 12 months will chase on to confidently pause diverse bigger and better things.”

“So correct retain pushing and that this team is absolutely, in spite of the culmination here tonight, is going to chase down as one among essentially the most special teams that he is ever been round,” Turner acknowledged of McVay’s message to the team after the game.

Stafford, who acknowledged he plans to be support next season, acknowledged he used to be “so proud of this team” for defying preseason expectations. The Rams’ over/under for wins heading into the season used to be 6.5, a note Los Angeles bested with a 10-7 in vogue-season file.

“No one gave us a enormous gamble to even be sniffing the set up we are merely now, and [we] gave a terribly merely football team a journey for their money,” Stafford acknowledged. “Didn’t get it done, but proud of the fellows, proud of their effort from the educating workers, gamers, each person desirous about it. It used to be a fun 12 months, a hell of a 12 months and one thing to be proud of.”

Huge receiver Puka Nacua ended his rookie season with yet another file-surroundings performance. With 9 catches for 181 yards and a touchdown, Nacua region the NFL rookie file for most receiving yards in a playoff game.

On the ruin front, the Rams imagine tight pause Tyler Higbee, who took a success from Lions safety Kerby Joseph within the fourth quarter, tore his ACL, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Higbee will possess an MRI on Monday to substantiate the initial diagnosis.

Though the loss to the Lions used to be restful settling in, McVay acknowledged he thinks there’s “plenty” the Rams can indulge in on going forward.

“I deem the extra that you get far off from the uncooked emotions of it, the more appreciation they’ll have for what they did,” McVay acknowledged. “And I deem there’s diverse things that we can indulge in on, but to win to entire it. … And this community is an example of it. The preseason stuff doesn’t imply s—. To ranking with a notion to chase operate it. And each single 12 months is a recent 12 months, but I pause deem we have bought diverse if truth be told key and annoying guys that we’re enthusiastic with building and persevering with to manufacture and work with.”