Sean McVay spotted reigning Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield walking down the aisle of his Southwest flight from Los Angeles to Indianapolis on Tuesday and called him over.
Mayfield took the middle seat, just to sit next to the Los Angeles Rams' second-year head coach, and got a little bit of advice before interviewing with and working out for an assortment of NFL teams at this year's scouting combine.
"We just talked a little bit," McVay recalled in a phone conversation on Wednesday morning. "I wanted to be careful. I know he's going to be talking all week, and this is kind of an exhausting process both physically and mentally.