The 2024 NFL combine is coming up, and almost all of the NFL teams will be in attendance. Just about every coach uses the combine to get a better look at all the potential prospects. Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay however, will not be in attendance for this years Combine. He has not been since 2020, and while it may be shocking to some people, there are obvious reasons why McVay will not be in attendance.
Sean McVay Has Not Been To An NFL Combine Since 2020
McVay has not been to the combine since 2020 and the team has been of the best drafting teams in the league over that stretch. Most notably they got Kyren Williams, and Puka Nacua in the later round this past draft. Clearly McVay does not need to go to the combine to draft elite players.
“I’m not going to the Combine,” said coach Sean McVay on Thursday, continuing an organizational trend that dates back to 2020. “As it relates to just the evaluation, the tape is the best guide. I do think that those other things are good metrics, but we’re asking guys to play football not run track and field. It is something that’s a measurable, but it’s not as important as some of the other things for us.”
Clearly McVay knows what he is doing and is one of the smartest and best coaches in the NFL. The Rams have made the playoffs three out of the last four years and have won a Super Bowl while he has not been going to the combine.
The Los Angeles Rams Never Have A First Round Pick
There is perhaps another reason that the coach does not attend the combine, as his team has not had a first round pick in many years. When the team was able to bring in tons of star players they traded away many of their first round draft picks. These last few years the team has not had any first round picks.
McVay understands that these past few years he has had to find real elite players in the later rounds and he does not need to be at the combine to be able to pick those players well. There have been some fans that have trashed the coach for not going, but with how well he drafts and how well his teams play you can’t knock a guy for thinking the combine is a waste of his time.
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