Rams Head Coach Sean Mcvay – Media Availability – September 30, 2020

Rams Head Coach Sean McVay – Media Availability – September 30, 2020 (On if the team is hydrating more or doing things differently in practice today due to heat conditions) “Just what you said, it doesn't change anything for our day. They have to drink up and have some mental toughness.” (On if they will practice in full pads this week) “Tomorrow, we will.” (On if he has spoken with his team to remind them of being careful about COVID-19 considering what’s happening in Tennessee) “Those are the things that we talk about consistently. So, it's really unfortunate what's gone on, but our messaging has been consistent.” (On if the team has made a decision on if OLB Terrell Lewis will be activated anytime soon) “Yeah. So, he'll start the 21-day period this week, where he can start practicing, but it doesn't affect anybody else's status. And then that enables us to be able to make a decision accordingly.” (On if Lewis will practice today) “I'm not sure actually.” (On it seeming as though the NFL world has gotten a handle on COVID-19 and if he ever wonders why can’t the rest of the world do the same) “No, I don't think that's something that I've thought about. I think more than anything, to your point, I've just been really impressed with the protocols and the guys’ willingness to follow everything to give us a chance to play football. It's been about as normal as you could hope with the exception – we kind of get used to doing stuff like this and wearing the masks. Even though there’s nothing quite like being able to communicate with people in person, have the fans at the games, but can't imagine not playing football right now. So, I am grateful for that and hopefully we continue on this trajectory and the things get resolved quickly that's gone on in some of those other places that we talked about.” (On if RB Cam Akers will practice today) “He's going to be day to day. He's not going to be ready to participate fully, but he is making progress. He was doing some stuff with (Vice President, Sports Medicine and Performance) Reggie (Scott) and his group before during the walk-thru, but he will not be able to practice today.” (On how concerned he is with Akers falling behind as a rookie and how he helps him through the process of dealing with his injury) “I think you just take it a day at a time. I'm not concerned. I have trust in (RB) Cam (Akers) and (Running Backs Coach) Thomas Brown that he'll stay up to speed. Would you love for him to be able to practice and stay sharp and get all the reps that he can actually being a rookie? Of course, but I have to play the hand that you're dealt, have to deal with the circumstances and not allow it to be an excuse for why he's not ready to regain some of the form that he had shown on that first drive against Philly (Philadelphia Eagles) where he was looking good, and we'll see whenever that time is that we get him back.” (On how S Taylor Rapp has played up until this point) “He's done well. He's done a nice job. (S) Taylor's (Rapp) a good football player, stepped in and made a handful of plays the other day. So, Taylor's done a nice job. (On if Rapp will take on an even bigger role depending on the status of S Jordan Fuller) He's done a nice job. He’s a really good football player, has a lot of versatility where we can play him in a lot of different spots. As far as exactly what this week will look like, we'll see as the game plan comes together, some of the packages and we'll see how Jordan's feeling. He's making progress. He’ll be limited today, so we'll see how the week goes.” (On takeaways from Week 3 that need to be applied to this weekend’s game against the Giants after watching the film) “It's the same. I'd like to think that in a lot of instances. You go back and you look at the details, but you have to have a feel for the flow of the game and understand. Usually a lot of the things that we say right afterwards, even though you want to be careful of being too emotional or be accurate in terms of some of the things that I mentioned, I have to do a better job of. What you do take away is a lot of the good stuff that came out of that and what you learned about your team when you face real adversity for the first time. For those things, you could be proud of the guys. Then you're also saying, ‘Hey, it's time to move on.’ Whether we end up winning that game or not, you have to be able to get up and move forward accordingly, and that's the beauty of the NFL. Whether you have a good performance or a bad one, you get an opportunity to compete next week. You can't dwell on the good ones or the bad ones too long.” (On what he learned about the defense in the Bills game) “Well I'll tell you what I learned, is that they can make a lot of turnovers in a hurry that can enable us to be able to get back in the game. There's (resilience), there's a fight in them, we’re very tough, and (DL) Aaron Donald is a freak. (On if S Jordan Fuller will practice today) “He’ll be limited.” .

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