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Former Rams coach Mike Martz: Sean McVay a QB expert? 'Wait a minute while I puke'
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Former Rams coach Mike Martz: Sean McVay a QB expert? 'Wait a minute while I puke'
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- Thomas Lott Omnisport
Updated at 9:19 a.m. ET
Former Rams head coach Mike Martz does not think Sean McVay was the right head coach for second-year QB Jared Goff.
"This guy is a quarterback expert? An offensive expert? Wait a minute while I puke," Martz said, in an excerpt from Thomas George's upcoming book, "Blitzed: Why NFL Teams Gamble on Starting Rookie Quarterbacks."
"Right, he's going to be able to teach and handle and guide Jared through tough times because of all of his expertise and knowledge? Right. I'm not going to drink that Kool-Aid."
McVay was hired as the Rams head coach this offseason after spending the previous three years as the Redskins' offensive coordinator. In his time with Washington Kirk Cousins had two 4,000-yard passing seasons along with two seasons of 25 or more touchdown passes.
But his head coach was also Jay Gruden who is known as a quarterback guru and a great offensive coordinator and he got a lot of credit for the team's offensive success. McVay, who is 31 years old, got some of the credit, but many didn't know his name when the Rams announced him as their head coach during the offseason.
Meanwhile Martz, who was the offensive coordinator for the Rams when they won their Super Bowl in 1999 and was the head coach of the team when the Rams lost the Super Bowl in 2000, worked out both Goff and Eagles QB Carson Wentz prior to the 2016 draft. He thought both could succeed but said Goff was not put into a position to succeed with the Jeff Fisher regime in Los Angeles during his rookie season.
"I watched the Rams offense last season. It was awful football," Martz continued in the excerpt. "There was nobody there on that staff that could teach him, develop him. You have a high-value guy like that and he went to the worst offensive place, the Rams."
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"What is he, a couple of months older than Jared?" he asked. "They hired a buddy for Jared. The NFL has nothing to do with being the friend or the buddy of the quarterback. You've got to coach them and work them hard with respect. But buddy?"