{"id":729914,"date":"2026-02-04T23:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/729914\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T23:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:30:16","slug":"rams-could-lose-assistant-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/729914\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams could lose assistant head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With the Cardinals just hiring Mike LaFleur from L.A. as their head coach, it\u2019s pretty easy to speculate that LaFleur has a genuine interest in recruiting Pleasant, and it\u2019s not just to pick his brain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aubrey_Pleasant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pleasant joined the Rams all the way back in 2017<\/a> for Sean McVay\u2019s first year as L.A.\u2019s head coach. He had some success with the Rams as their defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator before going to the Detroit Lions for the 2021 season as their passing game coordinator\/defensive backs coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Detroit did eventually move on from Pleasant who then found himself with the Green Bay Packers in 2022 as an offensive consultant, and then he was back with the Rams by 2023 eventually becoming their assistant head coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Before his first stint in LA, he\u2019d also spent time with the Cleveland Browns and the now called Washington Commanders (they had a different name when was Pleasant was on the squad), and in this last preseason (his second stint with L.A.), he led the Rams to a win over the Los Angeles Chargers as McVay gave Pleasant the head coaching reins for a game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Pleasant has no shortage of experience at the NFL level and it\u2019s clear to see why LaFleur would give serious consideration to Pleasant as his defense coordinator in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turfshowtimes.com\/los-angeles-rams-news\/134541\/rams-cardinals-mike-lafleur-nfc-west\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first year in Arizona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This is a developing story and whether Pleasant takes the job or not, and whether or not the Rams will need to fill his position will be worth monitoring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the Cardinals just hiring Mike LaFleur from L.A. as their head coach, it\u2019s pretty easy to speculate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,1014,58,4200,3378,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-729914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-los-angeles","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams-news","12":"tag-los-angeles-rams-rumors","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangelesrams","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116014968786957518","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729914","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=729914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}