LOS ANGELES — Little represented the suddenness with which the Rams’ 2024 season came to an end better than their head coach in his postgame press conference.

Sean McVay stood, his face red and snow-kissed after his team’s 28-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in blistering conditions. His voice was still raw from calling plays over the roar of Lincoln Financial Field. His eyes were still wide after a go-ahead drive stalled in the red zone, one or two play calls and executions away from the NFC championship game.

“I didn’t see it going any other way than us winning that game 29-28,” McVay said at the time, his voice ever-so-subtly betraying the pain of that not being the case.

The energy around the Rams has been much sunnier to start the 2025 season than that cold January day. At 2-0

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