Los Angeles Rams assistant head coach Kliff Kingsbury is about to face his previous workforce, the Washington Commanders, for the primary time since his departure this offseason. Kingsbury, who was the Commanders’ offensive coordinator, helped quarterback Jayden Daniels win 2024 Offensive Rookie of the 12 months, whereas his offense performed an enormous function within the workforce successful their first playoff sport in 20 years and making the NFC Championship Recreation for the primary time in over 30 seasons.
Kingsbury selected to stay with Washington after the 2024 season, however a significant harm to Daniels derailed the workforce’s 2025 ambitions, resulting in their cut up. Kingsbury joined up with Sean McVay, whom he confronted off towards as Arizona Cardinals head coach a few years in the past, utilizing his information to enhance Los Angeles’ general operation. McVay was requested about Kingsbury’s impression this week.
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“Kliff’s been superior,” mentioned McVay. “I believe one of many issues you may actually admire is an understanding of all of the various things that inevitably come up. Being a sounding board for me as an assistant head coach, however actually as anyone that is been a head coach, been a play caller at a extremely excessive stage, sees the sport by the large image, understands all components of the sport. Just like what I used to be saying about Nate [Scheelhaase], simply has an important consciousness of the best way to cope with individuals.
“He is been a extremely good pal, however he is served as an important sounding board for me, added great worth to us, has a whole lot of enter on among the issues that we’re doing. I am actually grateful for who he’s and also you simply notice what a particular human, what an important soccer thoughts, however an much more spectacular individual being with him day in and day trip. The consistency, the work capability and ethic that he has, I’ve cherished every thing Kliff’s about. He is a stud.”
McVay doubled down on Kingsbury’s awesomeness when requested about how their relationship has grown since working collectively. McVay credit his assistant head coach for his steadiness because the workforce goes by an up-and-down begin to the 12 months.
“I simply assume like anything, while you work with anyone and the period of time that you simply spend – there have been a whole lot of distinctive challenges that this 12 months has entailed for a wide range of causes and to have anyone that you could actually lean on that is so regular, so constant, but additionally is sincere sufficient to have the ability to inform you what it’s essential to hear, not what you wish to hear,” mentioned McVay. “It is solely grown, and I believe while you undergo challenges otherwise you do onerous issues with individuals, that is the place actual significant relationships are constructed and developed.
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“That is why you care a lot about these gamers and coaches while you get an opportunity to go on this journey as a result of it is onerous. It is on the market entrance and heart. You may’t cover from among the various things that happen and that is the place these actual bonds are solid. It has been actually cool as a result of I’ve discovered loads about him due to among the challenges that we have gone by and the way regular he is been for me and actually for our group. He is been superior.”
The Rams journey to Maryland this week, as they appear to have their first successful document of the season. The Commanders are searching for their third win, which might put them within the midst of a good race within the NFC East.
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