In past offseasons, Rams coach Sean McVay has talked about feeling burned out, and considered retiring — even though he’s still just 39 years old. But McVay now says he can’t imagine himself walking away from coaching.

McVay credited former Boise State and Washington head coach Chris Petersen, who reached out to him two years ago after seeing how burned out he looked, with helping him see his job and himself in a new light. McVay told Jourdan Rodrigue of TheAthletic.com that Petersen has helped him realize that coaching doesn’t have to be the pressure cooker he previously made it.

“He has helped me see this game and this profession in [such] a totally different lens that the idea of not coaching feels so laughable ,” said McVay. “I get so much more joy out of things that I just didn’

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