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Report: LA Rams Prepared To Start Sean Mannion If Jared Goff Struggles

A report from Bleacher Report’s Jason Cole suggests that the Los Angeles Rams could make a switch to HSOTE Sean Mannion as their starting quarterback mid-season if Jared Goff “struggles.”

Let’s be blunt. This is incredibly clickbaity and incredibly weakly sourced. Acknowledged. It’s also May 17, and the vacuum of the offseason creates space that stuff like this can fill.

There are two things worth considering here.

This coaching staff is not indebted to Jared Goff

When the Rams traded with the Tennessee Titans last year to acquire the #1 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft to take Goff, Rams Head Coach Sean McVay was the offensive coordinator for Washington.