The Los Angeles Rams orchestrated arguably one of the more underwhelming performances in Super Bowl history three years ago against the New England Patriots. After a historic regular season where they set multiple franchise records and notched a keen 32.9 points per game average, the Rams wound up scoring a mere three points in Super Bowl 53.

Rams head coach Sean McVay came away from the contest with plenty of learning lessons.

Now as the Rams continue to prepare for next week’s Super Bowl 56 clash against the Cincinnati Bengals, McVay aspires to do something different from his first trip to the Super Bowl as a head coach, which simply centers on preparation.

“It's important to specifically allocate the game plan over the next two weeks in a way that's digestible and very clear for the players but not feeling like you got to overwhelm them early on in the week,” McVay said during a recent press conference.

“What I thought I did a mistake of the last time, you have the mindset that we want to put the majority of it in before we travel to Atlanta, but in the back of my head, I always knew I had another week and you're tweaking and different things like that.

“I think I tinkered with that too much.”

Ahead of a Super Bowl, a head coach can often overwhelm himself by overthinking the game plan. McVay does not want this to be the case entering Super Bowl 56.

“There's 20 games of inventory, you can drive yourself crazy if you watch too much,” McVay said.

“Being able to specifically delegate the time appropriately, put your players in what you think is the best spots. … I think it's trusting the players, trusting yourself and trusting everybody around you. Just to be in the moment and then let them go play with a quieted mind.”

The Rams aim for a second Super Bowl title in franchise history next week, while the Bengals are looking to cap off their Cinderella campaign with a possible Super Bowl win.