‘I do not get it, I actually do not’: LA Rams head coach Sean McVay UNCONVINCED by NFL’s plans to play throughout COVID-19 pandemic

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay has gone public together with his bemusement on the NFL’s continued plans to go forward with their season, regardless of the continuing coronavirus pandemic.

McVay was talking to the media on a joint convention name with Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn to advertise the upcoming season of the behind-the-scenes coaching camp documentaries, “Onerous Knocks,” which is able to function each the Rams and the Chargers.

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And McVay steered that going forward with the NFL season whereas social distancing guidelines are nonetheless in impact is a near-impossible process.

“Is that this loopy, coach Lynn?” he requested his fellow coach.

“We’re speaking about some of these items and we’re taking part in soccer. I imply, we will social distance, however we play soccer?

“Hey, that is actually exhausting for me to grasp all this. I do not need to be … I do not get it. I actually do not.”

McVay returned to the staff’s places of work for the primary time on Thursday, because the staff’s official Instagram account featured him at his desk carrying a Rams-branded face masks – a obligatory measure for all individuals in public after California governor Gavin Newsom launched the regulation this week.

And whereas McVay is uncertain in regards to the NFL’s resolution to plow ahead with their scheduled season, he admitted he is trying ahead to having his staff featured as a part of the upcoming docuseries.

“We’re actually enthusiastic about it,” he mentioned.

McVay’s response follows on the heels of feedback from Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the Nationwide Institute of Allergy and Infectious Ailments, who mentioned that coronavirus issues may imply that the upcoming NFL season might be vastly impacted, or doubtlessly even canceled.

“Until gamers are basically in a bubble – insulated from the neighborhood and they’re examined almost on daily basis – it could be very exhausting to see how soccer is ready to be performed this fall,” Fauci advised CNN.

“If there’s a second wave, which is actually a risk and which might be sophisticated by the predictable flu season, soccer might not occur this yr.”

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