PHOENIX • Sean McVay isn’t bothered by the age jokes. They have come from all directions, even from people he has hired on his Los Angeles Rams coaching staff.
Such as grizzled defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, who sent out this zinger via Twitter in early February: “Rams have the only staff with DC on Medicare and HC in Daycare.”
Phillips will be 70 before the Rams start training camp. McVay was 30 when the Rams hired him to replace Jeff Fisher, making him the youngest head coach in modern NFL history. He since has turned 31.
Age alone makes McVay more contemporary than authority figure to his players.