NFL Betting: Will Sean McVay Return To Los Angeles Rams In 2023 Season?

Multiple Openings for NFL Coaches Already

As the regular season comes to a close and the playoffs begin, NFL betting fans are starting to check out the latest prop bets for coaches. As the time of writing, there are five head coach openings in the NFL: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos in the AFC, and Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals in the NFC.

There could be a couple of more after Wild Card Weekend as rumors continue to suggest that the job security of the Los Angeles Chargers’ Brandon Staley and Dallas Cowboys’ Mike McCarthy will be very tenuous if their teams lose to the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, respectively, in this round.

Let’s add one more possible opening to that list: the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams. Current coach Sean McVay is on the short list of the best in the business but already may be burned out, even at age 36, and is undecided on returning.

One possible hint to confirm this rumor: McVay is allowing all of his assistants to interview for other jobs. Offensive coordinator Liam Coen already left for Kentucky. These movements have already set the online sports betting markets ablaze.

The Rams collapsed to a 5-12 mark this season, the most losses ever for a defending Super Bowl champion. Next season might not be much better as the team doesn’t have a first-round draft pick for a seventh consecutive year and is very tight against the salary cap. Plus, QB Matthew Stafford is coming off a fairly serious injury which raises further doubts for next season.

Will Sean McVay Stay as LA Rams Coach?

Bovada, one of our the best online sportsbooks, have revealed their odds on who they believe will be coaching the Rams in Week 1 of the 2023 season.

Currently, McVay is the -220 favorite to remain the coach of the LA Rams this fall. But he does have other options off the sidelines. McVay is a good-looking guy who has shown previously he can shine on television, and he might opt to do that for one year at least to recharge his batteries.

Nowadays, top TV gigs can pay better than a head coaching job, and you aren’t immersed in football 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The various networks would definitely line up to hire McVay in a heartbeat.

Who Could Replace Sean McVay at the LA Rams?

Beyond McVay, the online sports betting odds are in for a variety of other top prospects.

Another Top 5 NFL coach with a brilliant offensive mind who took a year off to get paid doing TV was former New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, and he’s ready to return. Payton is +550 to be the Rams coach along with 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans. Payton is going to be hired by someone – interviewing in Denver this week – and Ryans most likely will get a top gig. The Rams would love to stick it to the rival Niners by stealing Ryans.

Sean Payton reacts during an NFL football press conference announcing his resignation as head coach of the New Orleans Saints, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Metairie, La. (AP Photo/Derick Hingle)

If Rams general manager Les Snead believes his team can return to contention next season, he might want continuity on the sideline and could promote defensive coordinator Raheem Morris (+950). He has head coaching experience with Tampa Bay and Atlanta.

The remaining candidates are Seattle offensive coordinator Shane Waldron (+1100), 49ers offensive line coach Chris Foerster (+1100), Detroit offensive coordinator Ben Johnson (+1100) and Cincinnati defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo (+1400). Waldron was an assistant under McVay from 2017-20.

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