Up until the NFC Championship Game, the San Francisco 49ers owned the Los Angeles Rams. They had won six in a row, in large part because of their running game and stout defense. The Rams were happy to see Robert Saleh leave the division last year, and now the other thorn in their side, Mike McDaniel, is also exiting the NFC West.
The Dolphins hired McDaniel, formerly the 49ers’ offensive coordinator, as their new head coach, pulling him from Kyle Shanahan’s staff. With the way he designs plays on offense and capitalizes on matchups on a weekly basis, McDaniel should succeed in Miami.
Sean McVay, who worked with McDaniel in Washington, is happy to see him land a head coaching job, especially one outside the Rams’ division.
