NFL analyst casts doubt on Sean McVay's QB whisperer reputation
Bomani Jones is questioning whether or not Sean McVay can actually develop quarterbacks despite his track record.
Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay is considered one of the best offensive and all-around head coaches in the NFL heading into the 2026 season. He's already the franchise's winningest coach, has been to multiple Super Bowls and has been to the postseason in eight of his nine seasons in L. A.
One of the hallmarks of his tenure has been how he's run his offenses through his quarterback. Jared Goff went from a first-round bust to a Super Bowl contender before McVay traded him for Matthew Stafford, with whom he won a Super Bowl in the same year he joined the team. And now, McVay will — presumably, at least — get the chance to develop Ty Simpson over the next year or two as the successor to Stafford.
Based on his track record, many experts are confident McVay can turn Simpson into a viable solution. However, NFL analyst Bomani Jones doesn't completely agree with the notion that McVay is a "quarterback whisperer. " He said on an episode of "The Dominque Foxworth Show" that McVay's reputation is built mainly by what he did with Kirk Cousins in Washington and then how he turned Goff around in L.
A. "There is no evidence that Sean McVay is going to whisper [Simpson] up to being a Super Bowl winner," Jones said. "When it was time for Sean McVay to go win the Super Bowl, what did he go get?