LA Rams News: Head coach Sean McVay likely rebounds in 2020

Failure is a better instructor

Success is a great feeling, but there is very little to learn from success. Success confirms what you already knew. Failure is a learning experience because it forces the human mind to accept that its beliefs proved false, and so a new set of beliefs and understanding is required. That means that the Rams’ presumption of investing so many salary cap dollars into only a few offensive skill players turned out to not be the right approach to return to the Super Bowl.

The contracts, as player-friendly as they were, paid Todd Gurley, Brandin Cooks, and Jared Goff top dollar for players at their position, whether or not they performed at that level. The simultaneous drop in production from Goff, Gurley, and Cooks was far too coincidental. In summary, it forced the LA Rams to jettison the contract of Todd Gurley, trade the contract of Brandin Cooks, and swallow the financial penalty of doing so in 2020.

Lesson learned.

Now the Rams mad scientist is back in the laboratory, working to build a better offense for the LA Rams 2020 season.  This time, he will have help.  McVay wisely selected another rising offensive star in the NFL coaching circles in former Washington Redskins offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell.  While other teams try to mimic the offensive success of the San Francisco 49ers, the Rams are creating their own path to success.