Sean McVay and the Los Angeles Rams uncharacteristically made headlines and introduced three major questions just one week before they open the regular season against the Detroit Lions.
First, LA traded former team captain and starting linebacker Ernest Jones to the Tennessee Titans in what amounted to a mid-round draft pick swap. The Rams didn’t make that move out of motivation to accumulate draft capital—they wanted to dump Jones now.
Then, there were two interesting takeaways later in the week when McVay met with reporters: Steve Avila will move back to left guard and abandon his transition to center, and Kyren Williams will be the team’s primary punt returner to start the year.