3 reasons Rams Sean McVay, not Doug Pederson should be NFL Coach of the Year

It was a topic rich environment in 2016 as the Los Angeles Rams seemed to be in a race to the bottom of the NFC West and to NFL obscurity. Hard Knocks aside, then head coach Jeff Fisher seemed to lose his grasp and his team before the midway point of the season. The ridicule of a contract extension added to the confusing and dysfunctional arena LA ran in every day.

The blow out loss to Atlanta in the Coliseum was the logical, if not long coming conclusion to a campaign that began with promise, but quickly dissolved into a team that likely quit on the season before Kroenke finally cut bait on Fisher.

Enter McVay.

I mean, who knew accountability could provide such a positive bump?

But that’s an oversimplification.

McVay trusts and the the team trusts him. Where Fisher had adopted a CEO type of approach that made him more aloof, this 31 year old is engaged in his gig and what he knows best: offense.

Let’s be honest, in that McVay trusts Wade Phillips when Jared Goff and the Rams offense is on the sidelines. He trusts his special teams coach John Fassel when the offense stalls out.

It’s a dynamic Fisher ran out of long before 2016 got to November of last season.

The best thing for this organization and fans in Los Angeles is that credibility has been restored on the field. As needed as the Fisher firing was, the credibility restored by McVay and the Rams sidelines is something that only happens with this hire.

The Los Angeles Rams absolutely hit the jackpot with this head coach, and already the payoff is being felt with LA leading the NFC West heading into Week 16, the playoffs ahead, and all in his inaugural season.