Sean McVay reveals just how close Rams were to signing Aaron Rodgers

The important thing to remember throughout this blog is that Aaron Rodgers is on the Steelers. Really, he is. He can't hurt you all the way from Pittsburgh.

It was close, though. Throughout the wildly-overdramatic process of finding his new one-year pit stop, Rodgers and the Rams openly flirted. At times, it really felt like it was a possibility – especially when right around the time that the Giants were offering Matt Stafford a $400 billion contract. It was a dark time. [Redacted Aaron Rodgers joke.]

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But all's well that ends well, and turns out Stafford wasn't actually all that interested in spending the last few seasons of his career thousands of miles away from his home winning 4 games a year. It always seemed like that was the logical outcome, but on Wednesday, while doing an interview on Good Morning Football, Sean McVay revealed just how close the Rams were to signing Rodgers instead.

Sean McVay admits there was a 'possibility' that the Rams were going to sign Aaron Rodgers

"Our first priority, which was consistently communicated, was, 'Hey, let's work something out with Matthew,'" he said. "And we were very fortunate that it worked out that way. If that wasn't able to occure, than that was definitely conversations and a possibility for us. I have a ton of respect for the body of work. I've gotten to know Aaron and really enjoy the conversations, and just the approach, the way that he thinks about the game and in life. And so that was a possibility. But our first priority was always to be able to get Matthew back ... I know that there's a lot of people in Pittsburgh that are really excited that that's finally come to fruition, and I'm a big fan of his."

I don't think there's anything all that surprising in McVay's answer, except for maybe the idea that Rodgers was their bonafide (and potentially only) backup plan. And while extending the Stafford window for all it's worth may not end super well, it's leagues better than extending the Rodgers window for all it's worth. Or, at the very least, way less of a headache.