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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rams-news-sean-mcvay-makes-major-revelation-about-tredavious-whites-play-in-2024');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rams’ Sean McVay makes major revelation about Tre’Davious White’s play in 2024');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Rams-news-Sean-McVay-makes-major-revelation-about-TreDavious-Whites-play-in-2024.jpg"></figure><h1>Rams’ Sean McVay makes major revelation about Tre’Davious White’s play in 2024</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T22:52:54-07:00">October 15th, 10:52pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T22:52:54-07:00">October 15th, 10:52pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In 2024,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sean-mcvay-explains-rams-decision-to-bench-tredavious-white-in-week-5" rel="noopener"> Tre’Davious White’s play for the Los Angeles Rams</a> has been a disappointment.</p><p>Long considered one of the better man-press cornerbacks in the NFL, White has been beaten at crucial spots on the outside against receivers elite and middle-of-the-road and simply hasn’t displayed the deep speed needed to catch up if his technique isn’t perfect. Factor in the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-sean-mcvay-provides-fans-with-encouraging-update-on-injured-starter" rel="noopener"> return of Darious Williams</a> and the concerted effort to make Cobie Durant into a premier talent for the Rams, and White was a healthy scratch in Week 5 and may not play for the team much anymore.</p><p>Is White cooked? Maybe yes, maybe no, but things might actually be a bit more complicated than fans might have initially expected, as, according to Sean McVay in his first press conference after the bye, White<a href="https://rams.1rmg.com/quotes/rams-transcripts-monday-october-14-mcvay/" rel="noopener"> hasn’t been playing at close to 100 percent</a>.</p><p>“Oh yeah, it did. Yeah, first things first, when you talk about Tre White, what an impressive human being, A pro’s pro. A guy that has continuously responded and shown the work capacity [and] the character capacity to be able to handle a lot of different situations,” McVay told reporters.</p><p>“I think you always have plans. A lot of the plans that we had relative to this team or as it relates to what you’re asking about were very different from what’s unfolded. That’s our reality. Because we were so injury prone at that spot, defensively in particular [and] some other spots offensively, that did accelerate the amount of snaps that he was going to play. He did a great job of being ready to go and he’s a competitor. Ultimately, [I] can’t say enough good things about him and we’re really looking at it alright, what’s the best thing for the Rams? Tre White’s a pro in every sense of the word. It did unfold a little bit differently as a result of those injuries to answer your question.”</p><p>Wait, could this absence from the starting lineup actually lead to some time for White to get his body right over the next few weeks and potentially play at a high level before the end of the season? Well, if the Rams can go at least a few weeks without an injury at the position, then who knows? Maybe the LSU product could surprise people down the line, assuming White isn’t released or traded over the next few weeks.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TreDavious-White-on-the-practice-field-for-the-Ram.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Sean McVay hints at more changes for the Rams moving forward</b></h2><p>Asked about the decision to move Williams into the starting lineup in place of White in Week 5, McVay noted that he plans to keep things the same way moving forward, with the former Jaguar on one side and Durant on the other, assuming health.</p><p>“I do. I would say some of those things specific to different personnel groupings were specific to the Packers [and] exactly how we approached the Raiders,” McVay noted. “In terms of getting Darious [Williams] back, having some of those things with Cobie Durant at the outside corner, those guys did a nice job. We’ll move forward with that.”</p><p>While Williams and Durant will likely get the initial nods in Week 7, that doesn’t mean the Rams don’t have some other ideas moving forward, as McVay would like to see a few more personnel changes on defense to really get Chris Shula’s defense humming.</p><p>“There’ll be some. I’ll talk to you guys about that. There’ll be some different things that we’ll look at. I do think where it’s available, competition brings out the best in guys,” McVay said. “[It] might be some different things you see offensively that we will explore to see guys compete and then defensively it’s the same sort of thing [or] looking at ways to get guys involved. Those are definitely things that you’ll see.”</p><p>Translation: the Rams are still looking for the right recipe to get their defense on track, as they clearly feel as though they have the talent in place to be better than 1-4.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rams’ Sean McVay makes major revelation about Tre’Davious White’s play in 2024

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rams-news-sean-mcvay-reflects-coaching-tree-amid-kevin-oconnells-vikings-success');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sean McVay reflects on his Rams coaching tree amid Kevin O’Connell’s Vikings success');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sean-McVay-reflects-on-his-Rams-coaching-tree-amid-Kevin-OConnells-Vikings-success.jpg"></figure><h1>Sean McVay reflects on his Rams coaching tree amid Kevin O’Connell’s Vikings success</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T21:46:59-07:00">October 15th, 9:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T21:46:59-07:00">October 15th, 9:46pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In 2024, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/packers-matt-lafleur-celebrates-unlikely-stars-of-week-5-win-over-rams" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Rams aren’t doing so hot</a>, starting the season off 1-4 due in no small part to a wild string of injuries, but one team who is having a fantastic start to the campaign is the Minnesota Vikings, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-vikings-reasons-concern-after-close-victory-over-jets-london" rel="noopener">who sit atop the NFC North at 5-0</a>.</p><p>Why, you may ask, is this relevant? Well, because their head coach, Kevin O’Connell, used to work under Sean McVay and credits his former head coach for easing the NFL transition.</p><p>Asked about their time together in LA during his first press conference post-bye, McVay celebrated his success, noting he’s <a href="https://rams.1rmg.com/quotes/rams-transcripts-monday-october-14-mcvay/" rel="noopener">proud of his former assistant for forging his own path</a>.</p><p>“He has a great presence about himself. There are certain guys… I met Kevin at a camp a long time ago, and I knew who he was as a player. It’s a small fraternity of people in coaching and I was always really impressed with the way that he had handled himself. And then we got connected and you could hear the capacity, the character of the human being, and his ability to relate in an authentic way to a bunch of different people,” McVay told reporters.</p><p>“When you have an opportunity to really… it wasn’t even an interview; it was more of an opportunity to say, ‘Alright, we’d like to have you come here in 2020.’ You could immediately feel there’s a leadership, there’s a connection, there’s a capacity for the game, there are different experiences that he had, whether it was as a player or as a coach, that he accelerated his progress. I’m not in the least bit surprised. He’s a special guy, and I think even just watching the way that he’s navigated his first two and a half years, you can’t help but say what a great leader he is. You listen to the way that his staff talks about him, and none of that is surprising to me in the least bit.”</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kevin-OConnell-coaching-the-Rams.jpg"><figcaption>Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Sean McVay appreciates all the thriving ex-Rams coaches</b></h2><p>While O’Connell may be the highest-profile member of the McVay coaching tree in 2024, he isn’t the only one thriving outside of LA. From Zac Robinson in Cleveland to Raheem Morris in Atlanta, McVay is proud to have formed the NFL’s great talent incubator.</p><p>“I think we just try to be an open environment. A lot of the ways that we do things are a reflection of where I felt like I was treated really fairly and really well in terms of the inclusivity that you can provide for everybody. I also think opening up the communication and the dialogue for guys to be able to have the comfort in disagreeing too. It’s not just me… when we say it and you mean it, a lot of these guys have gone on to get other leadership roles outside of this building, you miss them tremendously, but they also contribute tremendously to what goes on in here,” McVay noted.</p><p>“Whether that’s guys that you’re asking about [Falcons Head Coach] Raheem [Morris], [Buccaneers Offensive Coordinator] Liam [Coen], Zac… you’re watching all those guys [and Falcons Defensive Coordinator] Jimmy Lake do a great job yesterday as you sit there as a fan and watch. It’s all part of the journey, and you use those things constantly. The most important thing is let’s continuously improve and let’s make impacts. Those guys impacted me, and I hope their experience here impacted them as well.”</p><p>Though he may not be considered the wunderkind offensive mind that every owner around the NFL wants a piece of moving forward, McVay has still produced talented coaches around the NFL, many of whom will surely branch off their own talent in the future, too. All things considered, that must feel pretty special.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sean McVay reflects on his Rams coaching tree amid Kevin O’Connell’s Vikings success

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rams-news-cooper-kupp-injury-status-positive-update-raiders-clash');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rams star Cooper Kupp’s injury status gets positive update ahead of Raiders clash');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cooper-Kupps-injury-status-gets-positive-update-ahead-of-Raiders-clash.jpg"></figure><h1>Rams star Cooper Kupp’s injury status gets positive update ahead of Raiders clash</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T19:07:48-07:00">October 14th, 7:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T19:19:50-07:00">October 14th, 7:19pm</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/when-are-rams-planning-for-cooper-kupp-to-return-from-ankle-injury">Los Angeles Rams have been without Cooper Kupp</a> since Week 2 as he battles through a high-ankle sprain. But as the Rams prepare to take on the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 7, Los Angeles may receiving some Kupp-sized reinforcements.</p><p>The star wide receiver had a ‘positive’ workout on Monday, <a href="https://x.com/RapSheet/status/1845997421169410489" rel="noopener">making his return to action more likely</a>, via Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. Los Angeles will continue to monitor Kupp and see how his ankle responds to continued practices.</p><p>While nothing is set in stone, seeing Kupp return would be a massive boon for the Rams. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-cooper-kupp-puka-nacua-week-7-injury-updates">With Puka Nacua also down due to a knee injury</a>, Matthew Stafford was running out of pass catcher. Getting Cooper Kupp back on the field would give Los Angeles a reason to believe in their offense.</p><p>Cooper Kupp started the 2024 season on fire, catching 14 passes for 110 yards and a touchdown in Week 1. He had another four grabs for 37 yards in Week 2 before going down. His latest injury has continued Kupp’s career narrative. Dominant when healthy, with when being a major question mark.</p><p>The 2021 season was the last time Kupp appeared in all 17 games. Perhaps unironically, that was the first and only time he has been a Pro Bowler and an All-Pro. Still, over 12 games in 2023, Kupp caught 59 passes for 737 yards and five touchdowns. He has 585 receptions for 7,213 yards and 52 touchdowns over his eight-year Rams career.</p><p>With Los Angeles sitting at 1-4, Kupp’s return couldn’t have come at a better time. It’ll take quite the shovel to dig the Rams out of the whole they’ve dug. But if there was one offensive skill position player in LA to do it, it’d be Kupp.</p><p>The Rams are hopeful that he’ll be able to continue practicing throughout the week. Assuming he suffers no setbacks, Los Angeles is staying optimistic that Kupp will suit up against the Raiders.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rams star Cooper Kupp’s injury status gets positive update ahead of Raiders clash

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rams-news-cooper-kupp-puka-nacua-week-7-injury-updates');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rams’ Cooper Kupp, Puka Nacua get Week 7 injury updates');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Rams-news-Cooper-Kupp-Puka-Nacua-get-Week-7-injury-updates.jpg"></figure><h1>Rams’ Cooper Kupp, Puka Nacua get Week 7 injury updates</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T12:26:53-07:00">October 14th, 12:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T12:26:53-07:00">October 14th, 12:26pm</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After weeks of Cooper Kupp, and Puka Nacua being absent, the Los Angeles Rams have some insight on their progress. As <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/when-are-rams-planning-for-cooper-kupp-to-return-from-ankle-injury">Kupp has an ankle injury</a> that’s kept him out since Week 2. Nacua has been out since the opening game against the Detroit Lions. In that time, the Rams have amassed a 1-4 record with their only win coming against the San Francisco 49ers.</p><p>Regardless, Rams head coach Sean McVay said via Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Times about the <a href="https://x.com/LATimesklein/status/1845895657409990763" rel="noopener">star duo’s availability</a> heading into Week 7. McVay said “Rams WR Cooper Kupp will workout with trainers today but no determination has been made about his availability for Sunday’s game against Raiders. Puka Nacua will not practice this week.”</p><p>This is a step in the right direction for the Rams, as they’ve dealt with a plethora of injuries. They currently have <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/LAR/los-angeles-rams/injuries/" rel="noopener">10 players on the injured reserve</a>. Both Kupp and Nacua make up a huge chunk of the passing game for McVay and the offense.</p><h2><b>Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua highlight the passing attack for the Rams</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Cooper-Kupp-and-Puka-Nacua-get-Week-7-injury-updates-for-the-Rams.jpg"><figcaption>© Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After all, Kupp was a triple crown winner at his position in 2021. He had 145 receptions for 1,947 yards and 16 touchdowns. Although he’s been dealing with consistent hamstring and ankle issues, Nacua stepped up in a big way. The former BYU standout had about as good of a rookie season as one can have. He had 105 receptions for 1,486 yards and six touchdowns.</p><p>Kupp and Nacua share a similar skill set; excellent route running, great hands, and awareness when a play breaks down. Their tools are essential for McVay to maximize their skill sets. He’ll have the duo in motion, use them as a slot receiver or even as a decoy for the other.</p><p>Despite being 1-4, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-most-to-blame-for-week-3-loss-to-rams">Rams still have a win over the 49ers</a>. Not to mention that the NFC West could be a toss-up for any team to win the division at this point. Los Angeles has looked competitive despite losing the star duo. However, having both of them back before the halfway point could spice things up in an unstable NFC Conference.</p><p>Los Angeles still has to play the 49ers once more, along with the Arizona Cardinals. They have yet to play the Seattle Seahawks this season, and both Kupp and Nacua should be good to play by then, barring any injuries. In the meantime, McVay will be happy to potentially have at least one of his receivers play against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 7.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rams’ Cooper Kupp, Puka Nacua get Week 7 injury updates

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/2-best-trades-the-rams-must-make-before-the-2024-nfl-trade-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', '2 best trades the Rams must make before the 2024 NFL Trade Deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2-best-trades-the-Rams-must-make-before-the-2024-NFL-Trade-Deadline.jpg"></figure><h1>2 best trades the Rams must make before the 2024 NFL Trade Deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-11T21:44:19-07:00">October 11th, 9:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-11T21:44:19-07:00">October 11th, 9:44pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In the past, the Los Angeles Rams would be a hot name at the trade deadline for the right reasons.</p><p>A franchise known for their propensity for targeting marquee players to help on the field in addition to selling jerseys and marketing Jack in the Box deals, the Rams have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-matthew-stafford-three-word-reaction-to-making-super-bowl-after-lions-trade" rel="noopener">added big-name players like Matthew Stafford</a> and Jalen Ramsey via trade and largely won a Super Bowl because of it.</p><p>In 2024, however, the Rams look like certified sellers unless some team even worse off than them, like, say, the Cleveland Browns or the Tennessee Titans, are looking to make a move. They have a 1-4 record, have been without many of their star players all season long, and unless things really turn around in the NFC West in a way that puts them at the top of the heap by the November 4th deadline, they will likely have no hope for anything but a good draft pick.</p><p>Fortunately, in a seller’s market, that might not be the worst place to be, as if the right deal comes along, be it something small for a poorly fitting player or something huge for a true game-changer, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-rumors-matthew-staffords-rams-situation-one-to-watch-ahead-of-trade-deadline">the Rams at least need to consider making a deal</a>.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TreDavious-White-on-the-field-for-the-Rams.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Kartozian-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>1. Trade </b><b>Tre’Davious White</b><b> to the Ravens for a sixth-round pick</b></h2><p>As tough as it may be to admit, the Tre’Davious White experiment in Los Angeles has been an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sean-mcvay-explains-rams-decision-to-bench-tredavious-white-in-week-5">abject failure</a>.</p><p>In what felt like a chance to bring in a former All-Pro at the price of a mid-level starter, White has<a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WhitTr01.htm" rel="noopener"> allowed 12 catches on 18 targets for 178 yards</a> and has already allowed four touchdowns, which is tied for the highest mark of his career in just four games. He’s missed 25 percent of his passes and, in Week 5, was benched for a returning Darious Williams opposite Cobie Durant.</p><p>So, if White isn’t going to play for the Rams again in 2024 but another team, like the cornerback-hungry Baltimore Ravens, would be willing to give up even a sixth-round pick for his services, the Rams should do it, right? Think about it, the Ravens have allowed the second-most passing yards in the NFL through five games and have a very banged-up secondary; if they like White’s abilities as a press-man cornerback and believe they can provide enough support both up front and from the safety position to keep him effective, why not give up a late pick for his services?</p><p>Does a 2025 sixth-round pick really help the Rams in 2024? No. Would they be better off trying to snag a linebacker for White’s services? Sure thing, but do you know what? There really aren’t that many teams that would surrender an asset for White, let alone give up a promising linebacker for his services. Better to take a pick, use it at some point, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nick-sirianni-breaks-down-devin-whites-failed-eagles-tenure">take a flier on a player like Devin White</a> in free agency and just be done with it.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Matthew-Stafford-on-the-field-for-the-Rams.jpg"><figcaption>Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>2. Trade Matthew Stafford to the Dolphins for a first-round pick</b></h2><p>As the Rams’ season has fallen off a cliff in 2024, one of the hottest names on the trade market, real or imaginary, has been Stafford, the <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StafMa00.htm" rel="noopener">36-year-old two-time Pro Bowler</a> who has been doing his best with a diminished supporting cast in 2024.</p><p>On one hand, it’s hard to imagine the Rams trading away Stafford in the middle of the season, as he is not only the face of the team but the first man to bring a Super Bowl trophy to the LA iteration of the team, with all of their previous wins coming in St. Louis or before the Lombardi Trophy was christened. Stafford is still one of the elite passers in the NFL, and even in Year 16, he can still lead a quality roster to the Super Bowl.</p><p>Unfortunately, that probably won’t happen in LA this year, but could his fates be different in Miami, with Mike McDaniel calling the shots?</p><p>Now, if the Dolphins come calling, the Rams shouldn’t just hang up, as Stafford is their present, not their future, but they shouldn’t just give him away either, as he’s the sort of difference-maker who could not only swing a season but almost never comes available mid-season.</p><p>If the Dolphins are willing to surrender a first-round pick for Stafford, trade them to Miami.</p><p>With Jimmy Garappolo unsuspended and Stetson Bennett still holding the clipboard as QB3, the Rams could unquestionably be a worse team if they said goodbye to Stafford, but considering they are already 1-4, how much worse can they really bet? Bad enough to pick first overall in the 2025 NFL draft? Because frankly, that feels like an opportunity not a punishment.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Bryce-Young-playing-against-the-Panthers.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Bartel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Bonus: Trade a conditional second-round pick for Bryce Young</b></h2><p>Alright, the Carolina Panthers have made it pretty clear that they have no plans to move Bryce Young at the trade deadline. They still believe <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/panthers-news-carolinas-long-term-bryce-young-plan-trade-inquiries">he can be part of their future</a>, even if Andy Dalton is the present, and even if Carolina gets the first-0verall pick in the NFL draft for the third year in a row, they could use it on a player like LSU left tackle Will Campbell instead of a new QB1 like Carson Beck.</p><p>… but come on, would the Panthers really consider passing on Beck or another worthy quarterback who would have two more years on his rookie contract in order to give Young another try in Year 3? For everyone’s sake, getting the pride of Alabama to an offensive guru like Young makes all the sense in the world, as even if the price is semi-steep, say, a second-round pick that could become a first if he starts 15 games in 2025, the chance to get a number-one overall pick for at most a late first-round pick, especially with the oldest QB1 in the NFL under center, might just be a risk worth taking for the Rams.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2 best trades the Rams must make before the 2024 NFL Trade Deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl-rumors-matthew-staffords-rams-situation-one-to-watch-ahead-of-trade-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', 'NFL rumors: Matthew Stafford’s Rams situation is ‘one to watch’ ahead of trade deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Matthew-Staffords-Rams-situation-is-one-to-watch-ahead-of-trade-deadline.jpg"></figure><h1>NFL rumors: Matthew Stafford’s Rams situation is ‘one to watch’ ahead of trade deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-09T07:18:17-07:00">October 9th, 7:18am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-09T07:18:17-07:00">October 9th, 7:18am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Rams have had a terrible start to the 2024 NFL season. Los Angeles has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-puka-nacua-2-key-players-take-critical-step-in-injury-return-for-season-opener">dealt with a ton of injuries on the offensive side of the ball</a>, which has kept them from winning games. The Rams are 1-4 and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-sean-mcvay-preaches-bye-week-unity-after-week-5-defeat">at the bottom of the NFC West heading into their Week 6 bye</a>. Now trade rumors are beginning to bubble surrounding the Rams.</p><p>Rams QB Matthew Stafford <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/41680926/nfl-week-6-buzz-news-updates-fantasy-tips-predictions-questions" rel="noopener">is someone the rumor mill is talking about</a>, per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano. In their most recent article, Graziano pitches the idea that Matthew Stafford could be traded at the deadline if the Rams can’t start winning games. Fowler had an emphatic response to the question.</p><p>“Definitely,” Fowler began. “The Rams have looked at Stafford’s future as a year-to-year proposition. His reworked contract last offseason reflects that, pushing his 2024 pay into the $40 million range but lessening his guarantees in 2025, essentially allowing both sides to decide whether they want to remain married at that point.”</p><p>Those same contract moves could make Stafford an easy QB to trade. Any team trading for him could easily view him as a one-year rental who could become more depending on how things pans out.</p><p>“This is a situation to watch closely, because neither player nor team seems to know how or when it will end,” Fowler continued. “Stafford is 36 and has dealt with injuries recently. Does he want to play after this season?”</p><p>The injuries that the Rams have suffered on offense have nearly wrecked the season already. Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua are the main offensive weapons who are hurt, as well as multiple offensive linemen.</p><p>Fowler notes that it is unclear who would be interested in Stafford. However, the Las Vegas <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raiders-news-antonio-pierce-evaluating-qb1-week-6">Raiders jump to mind as a team with a glaring need at QB</a>.</p><h2><b>Rams coach Sean McVay hints at more changes after Week 5 loss against Packers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sean-McVay-coaching-the-Rams_070678.jpg"><figcaption>Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Sean McVay hinted that more changes could be coming after the Rams’ Week 6 bye.</p><p>“We’ll evaluate everything,” McVay said when asked if he’d consider making adjustments during the bye. “That was the result of Josh Wallace playing some star today. That enabled Quentin Lake to be able to play safety almost exclusively with the exception of a couple things. We’ll observe everything. When you’re in these situations, we have to make sure we’re doing a good job of looking at the totality of everything, regardless of position, and make sure we’re doing a great job of trying to make sure we’re playing as good of football as we can with the remainder of the season.”</p><p>McVay likely would have evaluated the roster either way. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-sean-mcvay-reveals-post-packers-bye-week-plans">He is a noted fan of self scouting</a>.</p><p>“You always want to be able to reflect [and] make sure that you’re doing an after-action review, really on a daily basis but a weekly basis. You’re saying, ‘Okay, with this five-week inventory, what’s important for us to go where we want to go, to continuously improve, to focus on the process and progress, and then who are the guys that we’re getting back that hopefully will elevate our team overall?’ There’ll be a lot of things that go into it. Here is the thing I feel good about is the guys have done a great job with the preparation this week and go into it with a quieted mind. Let’s compete to the best of our ability against an excellent opponent, and let’s see what the heck happens.”</p><p>The Rams need to get their act together <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/schedule/upcoming">before they face the Raiders in Week 7</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/sean-mcvay-explains-rams-decision-to-bench-tredavious-white-in-week-5');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sean McVay explains Rams decision to bench Tre’Davious White in Week 5');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sean-McVay-explains-decision-to-bench-TreDavious-White-in-Week-5.jpg"></figure><h1>Sean McVay explains Rams decision to bench Tre’Davious White in Week 5</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-08T15:51:49-07:00">October 8th, 3:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-08T15:51:49-07:00">October 8th, 3:51pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After spending the first month of the 2024 NFL season with a cornerbacks room that struggled mightily against the pass, Sean McVay made a pretty major change in Week 5, benching <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-bolster-secondary-tredavious-white-10-million-contract" rel="noopener">former All-Pro Tre’Davious White</a> in favor of a returning Darious Williams.</p><p>Earning his first snaps of the season following a spot on IR and his first snaps with the Rams since all the way back in 2021, Williams provided hope at a position that was largely hopeless and played pretty well, <a href="https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/darious-williams/55724" rel="noopener">allowing just one catch in his debut</a>. But why didn’t White play at all? Why was he inactive for the game when an injury could have thrust him back into action?</p><p>Asked this very question by reporters after the game, McVay <a href="https://rams.1rmg.com/quotes/rams-packers-postgame-quotes-10-6-24/" rel="noopener">broke down the decision</a>, which ultimately came down to special teams and the presence of another former starter, Ahkello Witherspoon.</p><p>“Not sure about those things quite yet. Once we reconnect, I’ll have a better answer for you. My mind has been on this group, where we’re at and we’ll be excited when we do get those guys back,” McVay told reporters. “With Tre’Davious White, it was a coaching decision. He’s been a pro in every sense of the word, but [we] get Darious [Williams] back [and] we felt like we were going to have a larger role for Ahkello [Witherspoon]. There are some special teams considerations that go into it. That was what resulted in him being inactive today.”</p><p>Was White’s benching just a Week 5 thing? Or will he be out of action for the foreseeable future, even if he is fully healthy? Could the Rams release White like the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/eagles-news-philadelphia-releases-devin-white" rel="noopener"> Eagles just did with Devin White</a>? Or is there a world where one of White, Williams, or Cobie Durant kicks it inside now that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-sean-mcvay-hints-more-changes-after-rams-lose-vs-packers">Quentin Lake is expected to play safety full-time</a>? Unless things take a major turn moving forward, it unfortunately looks like the White signing will go down as a bust for the Rams.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Darious-Williams-and-Sean-McVay-on-the-field-for-the-Rams-in-Week-5.jpg"><figcaption>Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Sean McVay felt good about his Rams CBs in Week 5</b></h2><p>Asked about his cornerbacks minus White in Week 5 and how they performed against a dynamic Green Bay Packers offense without Romeo Doubs or Christian Watson, McVay gave credit to his defensive backs for putting in work, even if they had a few miscues that cost them.</p><p>“I thought they did a good job. I have to go back and look at the long one that they had to [Packers TE Tucker] Kraft. You look at it overall; I was really pleased. We were sticky in coverage [and] we were connected. It wasn’t until really late in the game that they got their first third-down conversion. [Packers Wide Receiver Jayden] Reed makes a great play where we’ve got three guys in position. It was like the ball went in the only spot that it could be able to make that play. Overall, it seemed like they played pretty well.”</p><p>In the NFL, all it takes is one mistake to give up a touchdown. A corner can play 68 perfect snaps out of 70 and still leave the game with poor marks if their two miscues go for touchdowns. Still, the defensive secondary is hardly the reason the Rams lost in Week 5, as once again, they had a chance to score the decisive victory on the final drive, and a backup playmaker – if you can call Colby Parkinson that – didn’t come up clutch for Matthew Stafford. If the Rams can improve anything during the bye, it’s their availability, as that is the biggest reason why the team is 1-4 through five games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sean McVay explains Rams decision to bench Tre’Davious White in Week 5

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rams-news-sean-mcvay-preaches-bye-week-unity-after-week-5-defeat');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sean McVay preaches bye week unity after Rams’ Week 5 defeat');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Rams-news-Sean-MaVay-preaches-bye-week-unity-after-Week-5-defeat.jpg"></figure><h1>Sean McVay preaches bye week unity after Rams’ Week 5 defeat</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-07T21:03:35-07:00">October 7th, 9:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-07T21:03:35-07:00">October 7th, 9:03pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After four weeks of tragedy with one lone bright spot in the middle, Sean McVay’s Los Angeles Rams are currently sitting in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/when-are-rams-planning-for-cooper-kupp-to-return-from-ankle-injury" rel="noopener">basement of the NFC West with a 1-4 record</a>.</p><p>Their offense is bereft of explosive talent. Their defense has been bad against the pass and among the worst run defenses in the NFL. And with the team heading into the bye, there’s a real danger of everything falling apart in an even more spectacular way moving forward, as the team could stop giving it their all if they don’t believe there’s a point.</p><p>And yet, in his media availability after the Packers game, McVay addressed reporters, his players, and Rams fans alike about the team’s plans moving forward and <a href="https://rams.1rmg.com/quotes/rams-packers-postgame-quotes-10-6-24/" rel="noopener">how they’re going to stick together moving forward</a>.</p><p>“Yeah, just what I said to you guys. I think you look at it, and the reality is, you can tend to think you’re a lot further away than you are. There’s going be a lot of outside noise and we have to stay inside out more than anything. I’m excited about the opportunity to respond. I’m excited about the opportunity to say, ‘Alright, we’ve got some adversity. How do we handle that?’ Alright, here’s that storm that we talked about, and want to be proud of the way that we handle it,” McVay told reporters.</p><p>“Want to make sure that our guys get away, and then we do a good job as coaches being able to reflect, evaluate, and say, ‘alright, with these five games, are we getting guys back? Are we not? What does it look like to try to avoid some of the different things that we haven’t done well enough? And try to continue to replicate some things that have been some positives. But this one…you keep it real. This was tough because we put a lot of work into this week. There were plenty of opportunities that I thought we had to be able to change the outcome and we came up short. We all have our hand in it.”</p><p>While there are no moral victories in the NFL, the Rams really have tried their best to hold things down despite a string of injuries, with three of their four losses coming by a touchdown or less. Whether they can flip that differential after the bye and finally get back to winning games, however, remains to be seen, as it will rely just as much on who is healthy as anything McVay can control.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sean-McVay-coaching-the-Rams_070678.jpg"><figcaption>Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Sean McVay names the Rams player he wants to evaluate over the bye</b></h2><p>Later in his media session, McVay singled out one player in particular he wants to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-sean-mcvay-hints-more-changes-after-rams-lose-vs-packers">spend time evaluating over the next few weeks</a>, Quentin Lake, who he believes could become a good fit at safety full-time after splitting his time around the defensive secondary.</p><p>“I think everything. We’ll evaluate everything. That was a result of Josh Wallace playing some ‘star’ today. That enabled Quentin Lake to play safety almost exclusively with the exception of a couple things. But that’s a good observation,” McVay explained. “We’ll observe everything. When you’re in these situations, we have to do a good job of making sure that we look at the totality of everything, regardless of position, and make sure that we’re doing a great job of trying to make sure that we play as good a football as we can with the remainder of the season.”</p><p>One of the most popular players on the Rams, finding a way to get Lake more involved moving forward feels like a great idea, especially now that Los Angeles has four cornerbacks who would theoretically like to play moving forward. With John Johnson III still on IR, considering Lake at safety feels like a good use of the bye week.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sean McVay preaches bye week unity after Rams’ Week 5 defeat

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rams-news-sean-mcvay-hints-more-changes-after-rams-lose-vs-packers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sean McVay hints at more changes after Rams lose vs. Packers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><h1>Sean McVay hints at more changes after Rams lose vs. Packers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-07T08:50:15-07:00">October 7th, 8:50am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-07T08:50:15-07:00">October 7th, 8:50am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Rams have had a dreadful start to the 2024 NFL season. Los Angeles is 1-4 through five games and has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-sean-mcvay-provides-fans-with-encouraging-update-on-injured-starter">already sustained a ton of injuries</a>. The offensive line is in shambles and the team’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/matthew-stafford-celebrates-rams-breakout-wr-amid-cooper-kupp-puka-nacua-absence">top two offensive weapons, Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua</a>, are both nursing injuries.</p><p>Rams head coach Sean McVay is left looking for answers. The Rams are on a bye week in Week 6, so thankfully they will have a little extra time to diagnose what is going wrong.</p><p>McVay was asked after Sunday’s loss to the Packers if the Rams <a href="https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2024/10/06/rams-sean-mcvay-position-evaluate-starters-backups/" rel="noopener">would consider making any adjustments during their bye week</a>. Specifically on the defensive side of the ball.</p><p>“We’ll evaluate everything,” McVay said. “That was the result of Josh Wallace playing some star today. That enabled Quentin Lake to be able to play safety almost exclusively with the exception of a couple things. We’ll observe everything. When you’re in these situations, we have to make sure we’re doing a good job of looking at the totality of everything, regardless of position, and make sure we’re doing a great job of trying to make sure we’re playing as good of football as we can with the remainder of the season.”</p><p>One area the Rams may make a change is at linebacker. Both Troy Reeder and Christian Rozeboom have not played well in the early stretches of the season. This makes the loss of Ernest Jones IV to the Titans even more devastating for the Rams.</p><h2><b>McVay sounds like he’ll be focused on the Rams during bye week</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sean-McVay-at-the-podium-for-the-Rams.jpg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Sean McVay already sounded like he was leaning towards <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-sean-mcvay-reveals-post-packers-bye-week-plans">taking a closer look at the team during his bye week</a>.</p><p>McVay was <a href="https://rams.1rmg.com/quotes/rams-transcripts-friday-october-4-mcvay/" rel="noopener">asked how he plans to spend his bye week</a> during Friday’s media availability. He signaled that he may be spending a good amount of time thinking about his team instead of getting rest.</p><p>“We’ll see. Hopefully relaxing with my family a little bit, but it’s so early. There are a lot of things that we need to look at and then moving forward to hopefully getting some guys back. What do we need to be able to do schematically to continuously try to put our guys in the right spots?” McVay asked. “There have been a lot of unique things that we’ve experienced in the first four weeks and I’m sure some unforeseen things will end up coming up against Green Bay. We’ll see after that, but hopefully get a little bit of time and then make sure that we do our part to be ready to go when we get back.”</p><h2><b>McVay opens up on importance of self scouting</b></h2><p>McVay also shed some light on how important he believes that self scouting is to a football team.</p><p>“You always want to be able to reflect [and] make sure that you’re doing an after-action review, really on a daily basis but a weekly basis. You’re saying, ‘Okay, with this five-week inventory, what’s important for us to go where we want to go, to continuously improve, to focus on the process and progress, and then who are the guys that we’re getting back that hopefully will elevate our team overall?’ There’ll be a lot of things that go into it. Here is the thing I feel good about is the guys have done a great job with the preparation this week and go into it with a quieted mind. Let’s compete to the best of our ability against an excellent opponent, and let’s see what the heck happens.”</p><p>Rams fans will have a moment to catch their breath. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/schedule/upcoming">They will take on the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 7</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sean McVay hints at more changes after Rams lose vs. Packers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/when-are-rams-planning-for-cooper-kupp-to-return-from-ankle-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'When are Rams planning for Cooper Kupp to return from ankle injury?');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Rams-news-When-is-Los-Angeles-planning-for-Cooper-Kupp-to-return-from-ankle-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>When are Rams planning for Cooper Kupp to return from ankle injury?</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-06T07:19:54-07:00">October 6th, 7:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-06T07:19:54-07:00">October 6th, 7:19am</time><address><a>Preston Byers</a>Preston Byers is an experienced writer and journalist who currently serves as an associate editor for ClutchPoints and as a staff writer at The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle, where he covers sports in the Mahoning Valley. Previously, Preston worked as an associate editor for Dot Esports and a site expert for FanSided's Union and Blue.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2024 season has not gone according to plan for the Los Angeles Rams. Typically an annual contender to make it to the Super Bowl, the Rams have stumbled out of the gate with a 1-3 record, a mark that could only get worse without star wide receiver Cooper Kupp.</p><p>During a surprisingly lopsided 41-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals in Week 2, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-la-dealt-brutal-cooper-kupp-injury-update">Kupp went down with an injury</a>. The 31-year-old wideout suffered a high-ankle sprain in the second quarter of the game, which led to him leaving the stadium in a walking boot. Fortunately for Kupp and the Rams, the injury is not expected to keep him out for too much longer, <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1842855707311296781" rel="noopener">according to</a> ESPN’s NFL insider Adam Schefter.</p><p>“Rams are planning for WR Cooper Kupp — who will miss his third game in a row Sunday due to a high ankle sprain — to return after their bye next week in time for their Oct. 20 home game vs. the Raiders as long as there are no setbacks in practice, per sources,” Schefter wrote on X, formerly Twitter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Rams are planning for WR Cooper Kupp — who will miss his third game in a row Sunday due to a high ankle sprain — to return after their bye next week in time for their Oct. 20 home game vs. the Raiders as long as there are no setbacks in practice, per sources. <a href="https://t.co/JkoohnAd6c">pic.twitter.com/JkoohnAd6c</a></p><p>— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1842855707311296781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Despite missing most of the loss to the Cardinals and the entirety of the games vs. the San Francisco 49ers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-most-to-blame-for-week-4-loss-to-bears">and Chicago Bears</a> the last two weeks, Kupp still leads the Rams in receptions and accounts for half of the team’s receiving touchdowns this season.</p><p>Granted the Rams have only had two passing touchdowns — Kupp caught one and running back Kyren Williams caught the other — Kupp still has five more receptions than Williams and eight more targets than Colby Parkinson, the Matthew Stafford’s second-most-targeted option.</p><p>The Rams will have to battle the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-cooper-kupp-out-paclers-game-week-5">Green Bay Packers (2-2) today without Kupp</a>, but as Schefter said, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-sean-mcvay-reveals-post-packers-bye-week-plans">team will get next week off</a> and then get to focus on the Las Vegas Raiders on Oct. 20. Had Kupp been placed on the injured reserve at the time of his injury, he would have been forced to miss the Raiders game due to the IR’s four-game minimum stay.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

When are Rams planning for Cooper Kupp to return from ankle injury?

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rams-news-sean-mcvay-reveals-post-packers-bye-week-plans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sean McVay reveals the Rams’ post-Packers bye week plans');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sean-McVay-reveals-the-Rams-post-Packers-bye-week-plans.jpg"></figure><h1>Sean McVay reveals the Rams’ post-Packers bye week plans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-05T16:23:20-07:00">October 5th, 4:23pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-05T16:23:20-07:00">October 5th, 4:23pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Though they have one of the tougher matchups on their schedule lined up this weekend in the Green Bay Packers, if there’s any team in the NFL that could desperately use a bye week, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/los-angeles-rams-bold-predictions-for-week-5-vs-packers">it’s Sean McVay’s Los Angeles Rams</a>.</p><p>With seven players on the injury report, ten more on IR, and one more, Tyler Higbee, still on PUP, the Rams have rolled out a different starting lineup in every single game this season and will likely continue to do so heading into Week 5, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-sean-mcvay-provides-fans-with-encouraging-update-on-injured-starter">assuming Darious Williams returns</a> to the starting lineup for the first time in 2024.</p><p>Asked about how he <a href="https://rams.1rmg.com/quotes/rams-transcripts-friday-october-4-mcvay/" rel="noopener">plans to spend the bye</a>, be it rest or a deep dive into schematic adjustments, during his Friday media availability, McVay discussed where the Rams are at now and where he expects them to be after the Packers game.</p><p>“We’ll see. Hopefully relaxing with my family a little bit, but it’s so early. There are a lot of things that we need to look at and then moving forward to hopefully getting some guys back. What do we need to be able to do schematically to continuously try to put our guys in the right spots?” McVay asked. “There have been a lot of unique things that we’ve experienced in the first four weeks and I’m sure some unforeseen things will end up coming up against Green Bay. We’ll see after that, but hopefully get a little bit of time and then make sure that we do our part to be ready to go when we get back.”</p><p>With major issues in the run game on both sides of the ball, the Rams really could use a week to adjust their scheme, especially if a few players come off of IR after their time away. Throw in some recharged batteries, and who knows, maybe the Rams will turn it around down the stretch?</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sean-McVay-at-the-podium-for-the-Rams.jpg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Sean McVay has built the Rams on self-reflection</b></h2><p>Breaking down his own bye week process, McVay revealed how important self-scouting is to his process, with a week off serving as the perfect chance to evaluate a specific sample size closely.</p><p>“I would say regardless of what the outcome is, there still is a lot of work to be done and then a lot of planning based on some of the things that could be down the pipe with guys coming back. Last year… there’s no situation that’s comparable, but there were a lot of things that had occurred in the first nine weeks of the season last year. You had a little bit more inventory, you had a little bit more understanding, there’s unique situations that make this distinctly different, but there’s also some similarities,” McVay told reporters.</p><p>“You always want to be able to reflect [and] make sure that you’re doing an after-action review, really on a daily basis but a weekly basis. You’re saying, ‘Okay, with this five-week inventory, what’s important for us to go where we want to go, to continuously improve, to focus on the process and progress, and then who are the guys that we’re getting back that hopefully will elevate our team overall?’ There’ll be a lot of things that go into it. Here is the thing I feel good about is the guys have done a great job with the preparation this week and go into it with a quieted mind. Let’s compete to the best of our ability against an excellent opponent, and let’s see what the heck happens.”</p><p>Have the Rams put some good stuff on the field so far? Yes, Matthew Stafford has played very well, Tutu Atwell has emerged as a serious WR3 candidate, and the Florida State rookies look like they can be players long-term. But they also have plenty of room for growth, which is what the bye is all about.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sean McVay reveals the Rams’ post-Packers bye week plans

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He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After taking<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-la-dealt-brutal-cooper-kupp-injury-update" rel="noopener"> injury after suspension after injury</a> to start off the 2024 NFL season, the Los Angeles Rams have finally earned some good news heading into Week 5, as<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rams-news-la-places-key-defender-ir-ahead-lions-opener" rel="noopener"> Darious Williams, their Super Bowl-winning cornerback</a> who spent the last few seasons in Jacksonville, is officially set to make his return against the Green Bay Packers.</p><p>Discussing what he expects from the once and future starter upon his return during his Friday media session, Sean McVay celebrated Williams’ effort, noting that he’s a hard worker who<a href="https://rams.1rmg.com/quotes/rams-transcripts-friday-october-4-mcvay/" rel="noopener"> should make an impact moving forward</a>.</p><p>“Experience, confidence [and] production when he’s played. All those things are reasons why we were so excited to be able to get him back. This guy’s got a great concept trigger, just a natural feel,” McVay told reporters. “Certain guys have a knack for being able to get their hands on the ball if those opportunities present themselves. We’re excited to get Darious back.”</p><p>On paper, one of the few positions that haven’t been ravaged by injuries so far this season, at least from Weeks 1-4, has been cornerback, with all three of the team’s opening day starters, Cobie Durant, Tre’Davious White, and Quentin Lake all going strong. Unfortunately, that hasn’t always been a good thing, as White has been pretty bad, Durant hasn’t been much better, and Lake exclusively plays on the inside when he’s down at cornerback. If Williams can prove a steady presence on the outside, replacing either White or Durant, or rotating in at both spots, it can only help the Rams’ effeciencey moving forward.</p><p>Why? Because you don’t give up the 13th-most receiving yards in the NFL when you have good cornerback play.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sean-McVay-coaching-the-Rams.jpg"><figcaption>Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Sean McVay believes the Rams’ receivers can beat Green Bay’s coverage</b></h2><p>Elsewhere in his Friday media availability, McVay commented on the Packers’ defensive backfield, which routinely likes to deploy with single-coverage on the outside.</p><p>Will the Rams’ receivers, who are still down Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua, be able to take advantage of that seeming advantage? If they do come in Week 5, McVay believes they will, even though the Packers’ defense has looked good at times this season.</p><p>“Yeah in general, if you get those opportunities. [Green Bay Packers Defensive Coordinator] Coach [Jeff] Hafley does a great job mixing it up. There’s been some things where they’ve given up some of those that you refer to or where they have a big lead late in the game. These guys are a great defense. They do a great job. They’re very opportunistic taking it away. We’ve to be efficient in all situations. If you do get those one-on-one ops, you certainly need to be able to win but they got some great corners that we’ve got a ton of respect for.”</p><p>Through the first four games of the 2024 NFL season, the Packers have allowed 83 receptions on 130 targets for 922 yards and eight touchdowns. While none of those marks rank higher than 21st in the NFL, their eight interceptions rank first overall, with free safety Xavier McKinney leading the way with four.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
RECEPTIONS	RECEIVING YDS	TOUCHDOWNS	POSITION RANK
32.4	281.7	0	16

2024 SEASON STATS
RECEPTIONS	RECEIVING YDS	TOUCHDOWNS	POSITION RANK
32.4	281.7	0	16

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