Rams' McVay Slams "Irritating" Artificial Crowd Noise At SoFi

Rams coach Sean McVay on Sunday was "venting about the recorded crowd sounds that were piped into SoFi Stadium" throughout the team's two-hour scrimmage on Saturday, which created a "distracting din for the players and coaches at field level," according to Kevin Modesti of the L.A. DAILY NEWS. McVay said to reporters, "How irritating was that constant crowd noise that just never stopped?" McVay: "That's not how crowds are. They don't just consistently sustain that noise. My eardrums, and then the frustration from the communication issues, I was ready to lose my mind." He said that artificial cheers "could be done right, with a decibel level and ebbs and flows that reflect real life." McVay: "(They should be) trying to get it as consistent as what a game-day atmosphere would entail" (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 8/24).