{"id":715569,"date":"2026-01-30T03:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/715569\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T03:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:43:15","slug":"la-chargers-pass-on-rams-aubrey-pleasant-after-interviewing-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/715569\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Chargers pass on Rams&#8217; Aubrey Pleasant after interviewing him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 29, 2026, 1:07 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Like Nate Scheelhaase, Aubrey Pleasant seems destined to remain with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" data-autotag=\"f489e821-d3f9-4cff-bec5-7eaa0f4b51cb\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> for at least another year. The Los Angeles Chargers interviewed Pleasant for their vacant defensive coordinator position but passed on him for Chris O\u2019Leary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7006093\/2026\/01\/29\/chargers-hire-chris-oleary-defensive-coordinator\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">agreeing to a deal<\/a> with the former Western Michigan defensive coordinator this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Pleasant hasn\u2019t had any other documented interviews for positions that are still open, and while it\u2019s still possible he\u2019ll be a candidate for other defensive coordinator jobs, it appears likely he\u2019ll stay in L.A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In addition to being the Rams\u2019 pass game coordinator, he\u2019s also the assistant head coach. He\u2019s been their pass game coordinator since rejoining the Rams in 2023 and added assistant head coach to his title in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He&#8217;s an important and valuable member of Sean McVay&#8217;s coaching staff, so his likely return is big for Los Angeles on defense. He could end up being a head coaching candidate at some point in the future, too; McVay has let him handle head coaching duties during multiple preseason games, preparing him for a job he could eventually have down the line.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769744595_819_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 29, 2026, 1:07 p.m. PT Like Nate Scheelhaase, Aubrey Pleasant seems destined to remain with the Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[95878,241,7,1014,262,2444,2443,6,95922,95923,95882,95946,95924,95895,95906,95925,95884,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-715569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangeleschargers","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflrams","17":"tag-sstsnrams","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","20":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","21":"tag-tagnfl-hub","22":"tag-tagoverall-positive","23":"tag-tagsean-mcvay","24":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115981989253553846","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}