Sean McVay addresses meaningless field goal that let Rams cover the spread

Yes, the NFL has many gambling-related issues that it should be concerned about. And the NFL continues to be not clearly concerned enough.One of the potential concerns played out on Sunday, in L.A. With the Rams trailing by 10, only four seconds left in the game, and the ball on the San Francisco 20, coach Sean McVay called for a 38-yard field goal.Final score? 49ers 30, Rams 23. Point spread before the game started? 7.5.There was no way the Rams were going to change the outcome. They had time for one more play. They selected the play that allowed them to cover the spread.It looked fishy, especially with the NFL so heavily involved in sponsorship arrangements with sports books. It was a meaningless play. Given the ever-present risk of injury on any contested play, the most responsible move would have been to take a knee and call it a day.McVay wasn't asked about the decision after the game. On Monday, reporters raised the question.Here's the full, word-salad response."What we were trying to do is we were trying to be able to get a completion to where we kicked the field goal beforehand with the opportunity to be able to . . . if we had hit that deep in-breaking route, it really...