Sean McVay details tequila-fueled rant that helped Rams land Matthew Stafford

A tequila-infused telephone name by Rams head coach Sean McVay finally put the staff on a path to Tremendous Bowl glory.

In a brand new profile for ESPN, McVay divulged new particulars about his broadly identified run-in with quarterback Matthew Stafford in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, which later resulted within the Rams buying and selling for the longtime Lions signal-caller. Because the 36-year-old head coach revealed, he was “just a few tequilas in” when he known as Rams brass over FaceTime to champion for Stafford, who needed out of Detroit.

“Right here’s the f–king deal, OK? We will sit right here and exist, and be OK successful 9 to 11 video games, and dropping within the f–king divisional spherical and really feel like, ‘Oh, the whole lot’s OK.’ Or, we might let our motherf–king nuts hold, and go commerce for this f–king quarterback, and provides ourselves an opportunity to go win a f–king world championship. You able to f–king do that or what?” McVay recalled of the dialog, which drew laughs from Rams staffers on the opposite finish of the telephone.

Quarterback Matthew Stafford (proper) landed with Sean McVay (left) within the Rams in January 2021.

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Matthew Stafford (left) and Sean McVay (proper) received their first Tremendous Bowl collectively in February 2022 after the Rams defeated the Bengals, 23-20.

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On the time, McVay was in a darkish place following the Rams’ divisional spherical ouster to the Packers in the course of the 2020 playoffs. Thankfully for him, he obtained no pushback from the group in regard to Stafford, who landed in Los Angeles in January 2021.

As a part of the commerce bundle, the Rams despatched two first-round picks, a third-round choice, and quarterback Jared Goff to Detroit. Although Goff, a former first-overall choose, helped lead the Rams to a Tremendous Bowl look in 2019, he struggled in what can be his last two seasons in Los Angeles, which precipitated his relationship with McVay to deteriorate.

On the time, McVay coached Goff tougher however it as an alternative appeared to fracture the quarterback’s confidence consequently.

Sean McVay (left) and Matthew Stafford (proper) at Rams apply in June 2022.

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With the Tremendous Bowl champion title now hooked up to each of their names, McVay and Stafford are able to run it again with many of the Rams’ 2021 roster intact.

The Rams will open the season at residence on Sept. 8 towards the Payments.