RAMS’ TODD GURLEY: CALL IT A COMEBACKRunning back sets his sights on bounce-back season under new coach Sean McVay
BY JASON REID
The image on the 60-inch, wall-mounted television is frozen because new Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay plans to make a point. “You’ve got to see this,” McVay says while he grabs the remote and leans back in his desk chair after a recent practice.
At the top of the screen, running back Todd Gurley is split out wide left on the 35-yard line, which is about the last place on a football field you’d expect to find Gurley, against linebacker Bryce Hager. McVay hits the play button and just smiles. From the snap, Hager is clearly overmatched against his teammate. On a “go route,” Gurley speeds straight down the field, never breaking stride as he catches a perfect pass from quarterback Jared Goff around the 10-yard line and strolls into the end zone.
And McVay’s video fun is only getting started.
Next, he moves to a clip of Gurley catching a slant pass from Goff and outracing linebacker Alec Ogletree for a big gain. McVay punctuates the revealing session with several clips of Gurley moving around in various formations and torching one defender after another on both running and passing plays. The theme of McVay’s show is obvious: The Rams are still all about rolling with Gurley.
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