Sean McVay has chosen a sideline headset over a broadcast headset.
The Super Bowl-winning coach will be back with the Rams in 2022, he told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Friday. The Rams posted this gif Friday as further confirmation:
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) February 26, 2022
McVay leaked his return after reportedly entertaining a long-rumored move to TV.
Amazon executives were planning to meet with McVay next week about him possibly teaming with Al Michaels on the company's upcoming "Thursday Night Football" production, Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reported Friday. McVay was also being eyed by Fox, per Marchand's report.
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Marchand's sources speculated that Amazon might have gone as high as $100 million over five years to lure McVay from the sideline. McVay reportedly is making $8.5 million a year with the Rams.
A $20 million average annual value would have topped Troy Aikman's reported agreement with ESPN to leave Fox ($18 million-plus per year), Tony Romo's deal with CBS ($18 million per season) and a potential new contract for Cris Collinsworth with NBC ($12.5 million a year).
This was the second time this month McVay told a reporter that he was committed to LA. He also did it on the Saturday before the Super Bowl to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
McVay made the statement to Rapoport after telling reporters at a Super Bowl media availability that he had been thinking about how to balance coaching with having a family.
He waffled after that. He was non-committal about 2022 immediately after the Super Bowl victory, but his fiancee, Veronika Khomyn, later said McVay was "not retiring."
