{"id":729287,"date":"2026-02-04T17:44:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/729287\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T17:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:44:32","slug":"random-ramsdom-did-they-get-their-special-teams-coach-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/729287\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Ramsdom: Did they get their special teams coach right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Alright, we are less than a week away from the Super Bowl, but the Los Angeles Rams aren\u2019t it, so we need to find stuff to talk about and so today I am asking did the Rams get their special team coach right with Bubba Ventrone?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This is all speculation right now as we won\u2019t know this answer for some time. In fact, even if the hire looks good or bad in the first part of the season, it could change by the latter part, so again, we won\u2019t \u201cknow\u201d, but that doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t speculate and have some fun!<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If you don\u2019t want to talk about Mr. Ventrone, then talk about something else! It\u2019s your Random Ramsdom too!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Thank you for checking out Turf Show Times, and let\u2019s have a great Hump Day!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cDuring his end of season presser on Monday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/rams\/onsi\/los-angeles-quentin-lake-recognized-by-legend\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rams<\/a>\u00a0head coach\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/rams\/onsi\/los-angeles-sean-mcvay-shares-first-thoughts-on-extension\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sean McVay;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sean McVay<\/a>\u00a0gave his first remarks regarding his new Special Teams Coordinator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI think the first thing is I remember watching him as a player and then he transitions into coaching,\u201d stated McVay. \u201cThere\u2019s an energy. There\u2019s a toughness, mentally and physically, that he provides. There\u2019s a style of play philosophically with how he believes in coaching, what his units have looked like, where he foundationally learned what he knows about this game. There are a lot of guys that he\u2019s come from that have had a ton of success as teams coordinators. Obviously, being able to play under and learn under Coach [Bill] Belichick. He had tremendous success in Indianapolis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cStafford\u2019s contract has a $40 million salary guarantee that will vest on the 5th day of the 2026 league year, so the Rams will effectively need a decision by the beginning of March on whether or not Stafford will return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIn a recent Rams Wire\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trojanswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/rams\/2026\/01\/26\/rams-nfl-mock-draft-2026-daniel-jeremiah-offense\/88359740007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:article;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">article<\/a>\u00a0Skyler Carlin noted that NFL analyst Daniel Jeremiah cited the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Rams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Rams<\/a>\u00a0as a potential landing spot for Makai Lemon:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAlthough Sunday\u2019s heartbreaking NFC Championship loss is still fresh in the minds of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Rams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Rams<\/a>\u00a0fans, it\u2019ll soon be time to turn our attention toward the 2026 NFL Draft. On top of looking ahead to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trojanswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/rams\/2026\/01\/26\/la-rams-free-agents-2026-offseason\/88359032007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:which players could hit free agency;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">which players could hit free agency<\/a>\u00a0for the Rams this offseason, Daniel Jeremiah\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nfl.com%2Fnews%2Fdaniel-jeremiah-2026-nfl-mock-draft-1-0&amp;xcust=SC1-SRAM_u5sIAVoPFzlAVY3VI_u5QibeV3Qxx3xPzrAxlpqsP&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Ftheramswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Frams%2F2026%2F01%2F26%2Frams-nfl-mock-draft-2026-daniel-jeremiah-offense%2F88359740007%2F\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:dropped his first mock draft at NFL.com;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">dropped his first mock draft at NFL.com<\/a>, and he has Los Angeles double-dipping on offense in the first round.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alright, we are less than a week away from the Super Bowl, but the Los Angeles Rams aren\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[46081,54,7,345,2004,47813,1014,58,2444,2611,38886,32,6,424,3307,105386],"class_list":["post-729287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-rams","tag-bubba-ventrone","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-football","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-indianapolis","tag-ken-blaze-imagn","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesrams","tag-luke-wypler","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-nfl","tag-rams","tag-sean-mcvay","tag-team-coach"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116013607468393406","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729287","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=729287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}