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RockRam
Perhaps the best thing a QB needy team could have done up until McVay's arrival was to wait in line for the next Ram's castoff QB. The list is long and (dare I say it) distinguished.

Bradford.............Foles...................Keenum................and almost Goff. These "failures" under the Fisher regime have thrived under different HCs.

Then lets talk about Gurley. Gurley had a somewhat mixed rookie season, but had a handful of big games. His second year was a disaster and once again the bust birds burst out (I was teetering on being one of them and considered him at the least considerably over rated). New HC and bam! Serious league MVP talk and at the least a leadpipe cinch for Comeback Player of the Year.

Havs and Brown looked like 2 more Oline failures. Saffold was always hurt and played up and down and was shuffled all over the line acting both as band-aid and trying to find where he could play best. New HC and bam! Havs and Brown have gotten better game after game, Saffold has played 14 games at an All-Pro level (even if he'll be overlooked), and the Rams have suited up the same 5 for Oline all year and they have protected Goff and opened the equivalent of Express Lanes for Gurley all year. And especially in Seattle when they put on an Oline clinic for the blocking-retarded Seattle offense to see how it's done.

I could wax on, and more poetic, but you already know where I'm going.
The problem was never Snead. He brought in good to very good to great players (Donald, Gurley, Ogletree, and yes I'll say it....Goff) from the draft and FA. It's only that The Mustache had absolutely no idea what to do with them.....at least on the offensive side of the ball.

Demoff's hunch was right and it's paid off. Snead knew what he was doing. But Fisher was the great exterminator.....of ball talent and of QBs.

When Demoff hired McVay (very gutsy and not just a little controversial), suddenly it all clicked. Both McVay and Snead acknowledge their excellent and comfortable chemistry. Snead was always a bit hamstrung in FA; what good offensive player would ever want to come and play for the Rams? Besides, for his old HC, his interest was building up a terrific D; O was always a liability for him.

I have a hunch that some good offensive players who will be FAs this off season will tell their agents to contact Snead. Problem is: the Rams offensive shelves are full to overflowing.

Thank you Les Snead.