Sean McVay is sick of hearing it suggested he is a magician who will succeed with any quarterback, therefore the Los Angeles Rams don’t need to pay Jared Goff a Carson Wentz-type of deal.
The coach told NFL Network’s Michael Silver he’s fed up with the suggestion that the Rams aren’t dedicated to Goff long term.
“Whether it ends up happening this season or next year, there is a zero percent chance this guy is not gonna get an extension he’s worthy of,” McVay said. “Each of the narratives out there are wrong. Jared and I could not be connected, and that I could not be more appreciative of him. He’s important and crucial for us and our achievement. This extension will get done. It’s a matter of when, not if.”
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Phew. That’s about a rebuke of a media-driven narrative a coach gets.
The lecture follows speculation that the Rams could be hesitant to lock down Goff because McVay is the puppet-master who’s the only reason for the quarterback’s victory, and therefore L.A. might balk at paying him $30-plus-million per season on a new deal, especially after his struggles from the Super Bowl.
At the very least, the idea that McVay could take any sin, such as, Blake Bortles, for example, and twist golden magic belies the reality of the connection a coach and quarterback construct over time and how much that plays to the achievement and yearly development.
For his role, Goff is not fretting about his next deal with the Rams, realizing his cash is still on the horizon so long as he stays healthy and continues his yearly advancement under McVay.
Goff is on the Rams’ books for the following two seasons of his rookie contract, at salary of $4.26 million and $22.783 million, respectively, then L.A. owns the ability to overthrow the franchise tag for an additional two seasons. Theoretically, the Rams could employ Goff for the next four seasons (at escalating salaries) without giving him a long-term thing.
L.A. notoriously took a very long time to pay Aaron Donald before making him the highest-paid defender in the NFL (temporarily ). Even if the front office carries a similar approach to Goff’s contract, McVay insists he’s discovered his long-term Gee.