The Rams got some great news last weekend when the Titans hired Mike Vrabel as their new head coach. That allowed Los Angeles to keep offensive coordinator Matt LaFleur on Sean McVay’s staff after he interviewed for Tennessee’s head coaching job.

As a result, the Rams only lost one member of the coaching staff with that guy being quarterbacks coach Greg Olson, who joined the Raiders as Jon Gruden’s offensive coordinator. McVay replaced him with Zac Taylor, but the Rams could be preparing for the future with their hiring on Wednesday.

They brought in former UCLA offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch as a senior offensive assistant. His role will primarily be in gameday management and situational instances, leaving LaFleur and Taylor to coach Goff. However, could Fisch be a guy McVay keeps around for the foreseeable future?

LaFleur is obviously a guy who’s going to get looks from teams as a head coaching candidate in the next few years, which became a harsh reality for McVay and the Rams this offseason. He may not have been hired by the Titans, but with jobs opening up each year, LaFleur is likely to get calls next offseason from teams looking for a big change.

By hiring Fisch, McVay could be setting himself up for the future.

Although he won’t have a significant role on offense this season, the Rams may be grooming him to potentially replace LaFleur in 2019 or beyond. Teams often elevate assistants to become offensive coordinators, assuming they don’t go outside the organization to hire one.

Fisch is a guy who has plenty of experience at the pro and collegiate levels, too. He worked with Josh Rosen in 2017, was the Jaguars’ offensive coordinator for two years from 2013-14 and coached quarterbacks with the Vikings and Seahawks in 2009 and 2010.

Despite having nearly 20 years of coaching experience, Fisch is still just 41 years old.

The NFL is a revolving door when it comes to coaches, whether it’s coordinators becoming head coaches or assistants becoming coordinators. There are changes made every year, and McVay could very well be getting ahead of the curve, knowing LaFleur is going to keep getting looked at by teams in the coming years.