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Dylan Hernandez: New Rams, new Super Bowl, new QB, new chance at championship — but same scarred coach

LOS ANGELES — He was the boy wonder who could do no wrong. Until he did. Sean McVay has yet to regain the aura that he lost three years ago when Bill Belichick flooded the line of scrimmage and shut down the previously high-scoring Rams' offense in Super Bowl LIII. "Definitely, I got outcoached," McVay said after that 13-3 loss to the New England Patriots. The coaching prodigy who was once ...

LOS ANGELES — He was the boy wonder who could do no wrong.

Until he did.

Sean McVay has yet to regain the aura that he lost three years ago when Bill Belichick flooded the line of scrimmage and shut down the previously high-scoring Rams' offense in Super Bowl LIII.

"Definitely, I got outcoached," McVay said after that 13-3 loss to the New England Patriots.

The coaching prodigy who was once beyond reproach suddenly came under scrutiny. The season after the Super Bowl run, the Rams missed the playoffs. The season after that, McVay's frustrations with the offense resulted in the benching and subsequent trade

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