Wade Phillips has 'the best Twitter swag out there'

Rams DC Wade Phillips has 'the best Twitter swag out there'

Alden Gonzalez

The Los Angeles Rams' best Twitter follow, by far, is their 69-year-old defensive coordinator, a man who grew up with rotary dial telephones and knew "tweeting" only as the sound birds made.

If you have Twitter, like the NFL and don't already follow Wade Phillips ... well, what are you doing with your life?

The game of football has not passed by 69-year-old Wade Phillips, and neither has social media. Reinhold Matay/USA TODAY Sports
His account, @sonofbum, a tribute to his late father and also the title of his new book, is lighthearted and charming, self-deprecating and silly, complete with videos and GIFs and, yes, selfies. These days he goes to Twitter largely to pump his book. But he also utilizes the platform to get messages across to players, to give fans a peek behind the curtain, to take playful shots at opponents and to poke fun at the dichotomy of the Rams' coaching staff, on which the head man, Sean McVay, is 38 years his junior.

Weeks ago, Rams general manager Les Snead was talking about monitoring the social media habits of the young players he might draft, and McVay chimed in: "I just worry about keeping an eye on our defensive coordinator's Twitter." With good reason.

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