O'Connell Joins McVay and Rams

Kevin O'Connell is reportedly heading west instead of staying in the "NFC Least" to join former Redskins offensive coordinator, Sean McVay, as the new boss on offense for the Rams.

Kevin O’Connell has been out in LA interviewing with Sean McVay, who was stretched thin last year. As part of his quest to rectify it, he’s hiring the respected O’Connell. https://t.co/9Bwav4F9xh
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 11, 2020

On Friday, O'Connell was said to be considering the Rams, Brown and Eagles. It would have been a great fit in my opinion for him in Philadelphia with Doug Pederson and Carson Wentz.

Now, his job will be to try and squeeze some good juice out of Jared Goff and Todd Gurley after the Rams disappointed everyone by being eliminated with a week to go in the season after making the Super Bowl less than a year ago.

An interesting twist: O'Connell and McVay never worked together with the Redskins as K.O.C. didn't join the Washington staff as quarterbacks coach until after McVay had left for Los Angeles.

Clearly, McVay has been consumed by making changes to his team and staff. He also allowed Wade Phillips contract to expire and leave, while he reportedly has bypassed former Redskins Defensive Coordinator, Joe Barry.

Rams also hiring Broncos’ outside linebackers coach Brandon Staley as their new defensive coordinator to replace Wade Phillips, per source. https://t.co/ytgkR8L0s1
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 11, 2020

It might be because Barry is heading back to USC to become their new defensive play caller.

What's interesting and curious to me is that McVay possibly could have hired the man who retained him in 2014, Jay Gruden, in a reverse flip.

It's possible McVay and Gruden talked about the role and perhaps it just did not work out.

Gruden recently said he wanted to get back to work in 2020.

Jay and Jon together? Jay Gruden tells RapSheet + Friends on a potential #Raiders landing spot: "He’s got a staff right now. They don’t have any job openings. ... I’ll have to look at different avenues first.” More from Gruden & all the coaching news: https://t.co/yGplUseycG
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 2, 2020

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