When the Patriots selected offensive lineman Cole Strange in the first round Thursday, Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay couldn’t believe Strange was off the board so early.
“How about that?” he said with a grin. “And we wasted our time watching him thinking he’d be at 104, maybe.”
Many believed McVay was questioning the Patriots’ choice and Strange’s potential, but he explained after the fact that he was doing exactly the opposite.
“I wish that it wouldn’t have gotten misunderstood,” McVay told reporters.
He said he was giving Rams General Manager Les Snead a hard time in the moment because they both loved Strange but knew there was no way he’d be available at 104.