"Super excited that they've all had opportunities to move forward and do different things in their career," McDaniels said of facing the former Patriots staffers. "They've obviously done a nice job of the things they're responsible for. Looking forward to the competition part of it, but you know, you have friends on every team."
The Rams' game against the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night at Mercedes-Benz Stadium pits several of the NFL's closest coaching friends against each other with playoff and draft positions, job security and possibly the most valuable player award on the line. The Rams are 11-4 and coming off a crushing 38-37 overtime defeat by the Seattle Seahawks. The loss knocked the Rams out of the No. 1 seed in the NFC and dropped them to No. 6 with two games left.