Rams coach Sean McVay hasn’t decided whether quarterback Mayfield will start vs. Las Vegas, but he is leaning toward having him be active on game day
Rams coach Sean McVay looked at the clock, did quick math in his head and estimated that he had “plenty of time” to evaluate whether new quarterback Baker Mayfield will be ready to start Thursday night against the Las Vegas Raiders.
“I would lean toward that he’ll be active,” McVay told reporters Wednesday afternoon, 14 hours after Mayfield arrived in Los Angeles. “Now whether or not that means that he would play or he would be available in an emergency setting is something that we’re going to continue to work through.” McVay wasn’t ready to make a final decision Wednesday, but saying he had “plenty of time” was probably a telling sign that the Rams are pushing to get Mayfield acclimated at a rapid pace. Mayfield was waived by the Carolina Panthers on Monday and claimed by the Rams on Tuesday and now could be starting Thursday night at SoFi Stadium.
“It would be unprecedented from my experiences because of everything that a quarterback is asked to do to bring him in such a short period of time and have him go out there, but I do think that he’d be capable of it if we asked,” McVay said. “But we’ll take that really one day at a time until tomorrow .”
Mayfield, the 2018 No. 1 overall pick of the Cleveland Browns, was on the Rams’ practice field Wednesday sporting a No. 17 jersey. He joined a quarterbacks room that has Matthew Stafford on injured reserve, John Wolford, who’s dealing with a neck injury, Bryce Perkins and practice-squad player Case Cookus.
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