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Report: Brandon Staley, Rams Nearing Contract as DC to Replace Wade Phillips

The Los Angeles Rams have reportedly found their new defensive coordinator to replace the fired Wade Phillips.

According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network on Friday, the Rams are planning to hire former Denver Broncos outside linebackers coach Brandon Staley as their defensive coordinator. Rapoport called it a "surprise hire" and noted it was Vic Fangio's "first branch" of a coaching tree.

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.

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