This past summer at training camp, Sean McVay was standing in a team hotel hallway contemplating the simplest way to boil down the Los Angeles Rams’ franchise-turning gamble on Matthew Stafford. He peeled through the layers separating a who’s-who of NFL MVPs at the position. He started with Tom Brady, moved swiftly to Aaron Rodgers and wrapped up with Patrick Mahomes.
“When the game or a play is right, they’re in that rhythm and they’re automatic,” McVay said. “And when it’s not right, they can make it right.