NFL at Wembley: L.A. Rams head coach Sean McVay delighted to pull off trick play for London crowd

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay believes this week’s trip to London came at the perfect time for his side, and says he had fun unveiling a new trick play in front of the Wembley crowd.

Last year’s Super Bowl runners-up took their record for the season to 5-3 with a comfortable 24-10 victory over the winless Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.

The highlight came midway through the second quarter, as an audacious move ended in a 65-yard touchdown for the outstanding Cooper Kupp to give the Rams a lead that they would never surrender.

And when asked whether he got an extra kick out of unleashing the play for a novel audience, McVay said: “Damn right, when it works out like that! It's as fun for me as it is for the fans. In fact, I bet it's a little bit more fun for me than it is for the fans.

“It was great to be able to see the players do that, I thought they did a great job executing versus that look and to be able to cap it off with a touchdown at a time when we needed it was a big response.”

The Rams will now return to Los Angeles for a bye week, bringing to an end a ten-day road stint, after the franchise opted to remain on the east coast following last week’s win over the Atlanta Falcons, in the hope of lessening the logistical challenge of a transatlantic transition.

Prior to that game, the defending NFC champions had lost three on the spin, the first such run of McVay’s tenure, and the 33-year-old says the trip has helped his men reset.

“I thought it came at a good time to get away and have a kind of camp type setting in the middle of the season where it was just about us,” McVay said. “Getting to spend a little more time together than you would otherwise.

“Our guys responded in the right way and to be able to go 2-0 in that stretch is exactly what you do.”