“He certainly has earned that ‘C’ on his chest this year,” McVay said of his 30-year-old captain.
This will be the last time this particular group of players and coaches are together. And while that’s true of every team, it feels different this year because they know it’s over after Week 18.
According to Spotrac, here’s the Rams 2023 free agent class.
Unrestricted: Baker Mayfield, Nick Scott, Troy Hill, Matt Gay, Taylor Rapp, Ty Nsekhe, Riley Dixon Brandon Powell, Matt Skura, Malcolm Brown, David Long Jr., Matthew Orzech, Greg Gaines, A’Shawn Robinson, Grant Haley, David Edwards.
Some of those names will be back in Los Angeles.
Others who are under contract will not be. That’s the nature of the NFL, and this figures to be an offseason of change for an organization that went from lifting the Lombardi Trophy to a losing mark.
Those decisions and that conversation are for another day.
In this space, I just wanted to offer gratitude to those who’ve contributed their time and talent to the organization. You were easy to root for while you were Rams, and we’ll look forward to cheering on the remainder of your careers and lives.
As for the waiver-wire addition at quarterback, I asked McVay on Monday how much Mayfield’s next step will be influenced by this five-game sample – parachuting in as he did, behind a patchwork offensive line, with targets he’d never worked with and were hardly atop the Rams depth chart in September.
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