EARTH CITY, Mo. -- Earlier this year, new St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator Rob Boras almost had that title before Rams coach Jeff Fisher scanned his options and ultimately went with quarterbacks coach Frank Cignetti instead.
That decision was made largely because Cignetti had years of recent play-calling experience in college while Boras, then the tight ends coach, hadn't called plays at any level since 2003 as the offensive coordinator at UNLV. So Boras had to settle for a promotion to the title of assistant head coach/offense, which didn't quite fulfill his dreams of being an NFL coordinator but wasn't a bad consolation.