Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay was the offensive coordinator for Washington tight ends Jordan Reed and Vernon Davis.

With their first pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Rams selected Gerald Everett. He recently spoke about what to expect from the Los Angeles tight end group next season. Everett said he and Higbee could “be better” than Reed and Davis.

Rams' rookie TE Gerald Everett on he and Tyler Higbee: "I feel like we could be better than the Redskins tight ends, if I can say that.” — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 27, 2017

Here is what McVay told reporters about the comments from Everett during his media availability:

“What I’ll tell Gerald is I can appreciate your confidence, but when you talk about those types of players those guys are the standard for the positon. We haven’t even played a preseason snap yet, my man. We’re very confident in Gerald and I can appreciate his confidence. I’ll tell you this, if they are better than those guys we’ll be in good shape the year.”

Reed finished the 2015 season with the second-most touchdowns (11) of any tight end in the NFL. Last year, Davis was behind just Jimmy Graham (14.2) and Greg Olsen (13.4) with 13.3 yards per catch.

Meanwhile, Reed was perhaps the most reliable tight end in the league with a 1.49 percent drop rate in 2016. From 2012 until 2016, Washington tight ends have been among the league leaders in yards per route run.