'Ready to Go!' Rams Coach Sean McVay 'Motivated' After Playoff Loss
The Los Angeles Rams had an unceremonious end to a miraculous midseason turnaround in a 24-23 Wild Card loss to the Detroit Lions, but the gears have already shifted to next season.
On Wednesday, Rams head coach Sean McVay was asked if he takes time to reflect on the previous campaign before moving his focus to the next season. In his mind, he's already ready for kickoff.
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“No, I'm ready to go," McVay said. "Obviously I got a little sick. It's like your body is in constant fight or flight mode, but no, I'm more excited about the next season, and really, we weren't ready for the year to end. I don't think anybody anticipated or expected that."
The Lions picked up the thrilling win in their first home playoff game in 30 years, but McVay states that L.A. really thought that its season would continue after Super Wild Card weekend.
"I thought our guys were ready to go," McVay said. "It's really hard to get to those points. I think what you appreciate the more experience you have, it's really difficult to even put yourself in a position to be one of those 14 teams in the tournament.
"It went wire-to-wire, just came up short, but we've got a lot of continuity coming back, and we'll have a lot of resources relative to draft capital and even just some flexibility to be able to add some players or re-sign some that wasn't afforded to us last year."
The hope now is that the momentum the Rams found midseason in 2023 will carry over to the 2024 campaign and that the playoff loss to Detroit will serve as some extra motivation.
"I'm really excited and motivated," McVay said, "and I think I speak for our players and coaches, nobody was ready for the season to end. But definitely an excitement and a motivation to move forward. These feelings that you have from the other day will carry you to try to be better next year.”
