The LA Rams have been one of the NFL’s most successful teams ever since general manager Les Snead paired up with head coach Sean McVay. But success has a nasty habit of pairing with failure. Not the subtle type of failure that is easily overlooked with the news of the day, and pushed to the back pages for only the most curious to discover.
No, the Les Snead and Sean McVay errors are themselves front-page headlines. Still, in the high-stakes realm of go-big or go-home, that is the cost of doing business.
To get high rewards in the very competitive NFL, general managers and head coaches need to put up higher stakes.