{"id":901113,"date":"2026-09-22T09:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901113\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T09:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:08:14","slug":"nfl-news-2026-sean-mcvay-dumb-arse-comments-los-angeles-rams-win-failed-australia-trip-melbourne-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901113\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL news 2026: Sean McVay \u2018dumb arse\u2019 comments, Los Angeles Rams win, failed Australia trip, Melbourne game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Rams<\/a> head coach Sean McVay is starting to see the lighter side of his team\u2019s failed trip to Australia for their NFL<\/a> season opener.<\/p>\n

McVay was critical of the trip last week after his side were smashed by the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> at the MCG, saying he never wanted to play in Australia again.<\/p>\n

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Sean McVay speaks after the Melbourne game.\u00a0AP Photo\/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake<\/p>\n

Those comments saw McVay cop plenty of backlash online<\/a>, especially given the Rams have an official partnership with the country dating back years, but only arrived in Melbourne the day before the game in front of 100,000 fans.<\/p>\n

However, the 40-year-old was in a far more jovial mood after the Rams bounced back to form with a dominant 28-6 win over the New York Giants<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to media on Tuesday (AEST), a pumped-up McVay was asked what the difference was between the MCG failure and the win over the Giants. <\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you win, sometimes you learn and sometimes you have a dumb arse coach that makes travel plans that puts you in bad spot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

McVay then slammed his fist on the desk, smirked and walked out of the room.<\/p>\n

His latest nod to the disappointing yet historic tour comes as Rams president Kevin Demoff reiterated the franchise\u2019s commitment to Australia. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think you\u2019re going to hear his frustration, which is frustration about the way we played, not frustration about international games, not frustration about Australia,\u201d Demoff told The Sporting Tribune. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think much was made of the storyline of the team not being there, which is very different than the organisation not being there. We missed an opportunity to play our best, to be engaged that week, and that\u2019s something that we\u2019ll grapple with.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a great synergy with Australia and the Rams. We\u2019ve seen that over the course of time … I think it\u2019s unfair to take Sean\u2019s comments and extrapolate them beyond what happened in those 60 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 49ers also showed no ill-effects from their travel to Australia, thrashing Miami 35-13 on Monday morning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay is starting to see the lighter side of his team\u2019s failed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-901113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}