Sean McVay is regarded as one of the best coaches in the NFL, but he was far from that on Monday night against the Bengals. Fans and analysts see him as the biggest reason the Rams lost to Cincinnati, 19-16, blaming him for a poor game plan and clock management toward the end of the game.
McVay isn’t the only reason the Rams lost this one, but he does deserve a lot of the blame, something he’s always quick to accept. Here’s how everyone reacted on social media as the Rams fell to Cincinnati on the road Monday night, their first prime-time game of the season.
The @RamsNFL should suspend #SeanMcVay for calling such a bad game. If anyone sees him on the street, spit on him to show fans distaste for his effort. The @SenAlexPadilla should be looking into corruption between @nfl and its online gambling partners.
— Spider-Man (@GMan38653997) September 26, 2023
Does McVay know you’re allowed to help a struggling backup LT? It’s legal to line someone up outside him and chip the other team’s best pass rusher
— Mitchell Schwartz (@MitchSchwartz71) September 26, 2023
Sean McVay lost this one for the Rams. How does he respond?
— Rams Talk (@TalkRams) September 26, 2023
McVay. Run. The. Damn. Ball.
— Eddy Flame – a Kooper Cupp Stan (@lightshadowwolf) September 26, 2023
McVay is legit one of my favorite coaches in the league but he’s way too young to be such a boomer with game management. This dude needed to play more Madden growing up my word.
— Ben Gretch (@YardsPerGretch) September 26, 2023
Also McVay punting on 4th-and-5 with like 5:30 left in the game. Horrendous decision.
— Sosa Kremenjas (@QBsMVP) September 26, 2023
Any time you can run the ball from the 3 yard line with a running clock under 2 minutes and down 10 you just gotta do it
— Mitchell Schwartz (@MitchSchwartz71) September 26, 2023
Horrible clock management by the Rams. Not only running the football after the long pass, but neither receiver got out of bounds on the first two plays of the drive when both could have easily.
— Sal Capaccio 🏈 (@SalSports) September 26, 2023
1:30 and one timeout at the three yard line and NOW you run the ball…
— Blaine Grisak 💭 (@bgrisakTST) September 26, 2023
Respect that McVay is playing for the push with that run and this time management
— Jason Lisk (@JasonLisk) September 26, 2023
Why’d the Rams run there?
— Steve Wyche (@wyche89) September 26, 2023
Poor clock management this entire drive by Sean McVay
— Michael J. Duarte (@michaeljduarte) September 26, 2023
Oh NOW we’re running the football okay
— Steve Rebeiro (@steverebeiro) September 26, 2023
That’s when you run? And no timeout?
— Myles Simmons (@MylesASimmons) September 26, 2023
How in the world do you run it there
— JB 🐏 (@JB_Peeples) September 26, 2023
Rams punt on 4th-and-5 with 6 minutes left cost them under 1 point of WP. But make no mistake, it was a clear error — look at the huge difference between the breakeven probability and first down chance. pic.twitter.com/Oy7EUdj9Fe
— Seth Walder (@SethWalder) September 26, 2023
No QB could have won tonight with the way McVay mismanaged this game. I’m genuinely blown away.
— JAKE ELLENBOGEN (@JKBOGEN) September 26, 2023
this game is 100% on Sean McVay.
they literally get away from everything that made them competitive the first two weeks 😑
no ifs ands or buts. this loss is gonna rest solely on McVays shoulders.
the refs didn’t help either…took away a TD and gave them an INT
— 🏆NO-NAME DEFENSE (@NOnameDfense) September 26, 2023
