In his introductory press conference, Rams COO Kevin Demoff said new coach Sean McVay earned his job during a dinner with Marshall Faulk (via ESPN):

“The moment Les Snead knew Sean McVay was ready to be a head coach: when his phone was blowing up, and some of the calls were from key Redskins players, including DeSean Jackson and Josh Norman. The moment Kevin Demoff knew: when they were out at dinner and he watched McVay and Marshall Faulk banter back and forth about football.”

Rams general manager Les Snead said it’s tough to get dinner with McVay because he’s so often talking about football.

Demoff says he had dinner with McVay and Marshall Faulk, who's takeaway was "That person can absolutely be your next head coach." — Joe Curley (@vcsjoecurley) January 13, 2017

Faulk didn’t originally believe a young quarterback would be a good fit for the Rams until he met McVay.

For more on Faulk’s reaction to McVay, listen to him speak about the hire on NFL Network.

Straight from the legend himself @marshallfaulk pic.twitter.com/anK1U1ZFcL — Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) January 13, 2017