Rams 1st round pick, #13…Ty Simpson

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April 25, 2026 at 7:48 pm #163562

wv
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Schefter says they didnt receive a single call to trade down, so they were stuck at 13.

April 25, 2026 at 7:52 pm #163564

wv
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Klatt on Ty

April 25, 2026 at 8:09 pm #163568

zn
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wv wrote:

Schefter says they didnt receive a single call to trade down, so they were stuck at 13

This conflicts with reports claiming they did have offers.

So who knows.

To be fair, Schefter is good. But maybe the different reports come from different sources?

We shall see if time will tell.

April 25, 2026 at 8:16 pm #163569

Herzog
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I just saw Grudena QB class show with Ty. I think I really like this kid.

April 25, 2026 at 9:31 pm #163574

Zooey
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InvaderRam wrote:

Herzog wrote:

I think McVay was kind of a dick to Ty on the phone. He gave me”I’m gonna run you out of town” vibes. One of the few times I was really disappointed in him. Like him or not, he’s got him now…. Coach him the Fuq up now

that’s what i thought initially. but i am not so sure.

maybe aloof? i think he’s trying to tread a line between bringing in a new qb and making sure the old qb knows that he’s still the guy.

i don’t even know if that came from stafford or maybe mcvay just had it in his head. or he didn’t want the media to manufacture some kind of drama?

the media did end up creating drama anyway which they tried to clear up. i don’t think snead or the organization would want to upset mcvay by forcing a pick on him unless they know something we don’t. which is that mcvay and stafford do not plan on coming back. but i don’t see any reason to think that.

I simply don’t know, but I am somewhat concerned that McVay and Stafford are secretly “married,” and that McVay is going to leave when Stafford retires. He’s got little kids, and the amount of money some network offered him a while back was unbelievable. It could be that McVay has been open about all that with Snead, and this is Snead preparing for that post-Stafford/McVay world, and McVay had no choice but to accept it. I’m totally making that up, though. I just find the “McVay was acting for Stafford’s benefit” storyline more farfetched than the one I just presented. I don’t know, but something felt off.

April 25, 2026 at 9:51 pm #163575

zn
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Zooey wrote:

I simply don’t know, but I am somewhat concerned that McVay and Stafford are secretly “married,” and that McVay is going to leave when Stafford retires.

Why is this draft producing more than its share of conspiracy theories?

Their explanation was simple and makes sense. They have Stafford for a couple of years, but not forever. They like Simpson (and it is clear that Simpson has traits that fit this offense).They don’t see themselves getting a high 1st round pick again for a while.

No matter what the reason, no GM who built a reputation for working collaboratively is going to take a qb his head coach does not like. That’s whether or not the head coach was dumb enough to actually say “I plan on retiring when the qb does.” Garappolo is retiring, they don’t have a #2 anyway. They can see Simpson developing. Their coaching roster includes an unusually rich list of good offensive minds, and if they didn’t like Simpson, they would have spoken up.

McVay is in coaching because he loves coaching, that much is obvious, and he went through his early mid-life crisis in 2022 and came out of it.

There’s nothing under the rug. Or between the lines. There is no backstage drama. Their story adds up and makes sense and fits all the data points we know.

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April 25, 2026 at 10:51 pm #163585

zn
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Vincent Bonsignore@VinnyBonsignore
Here is the price they paid to get Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford:

Four 1st round picks, two 2nd-round picks, two 3rd-round picks AND Goff (And a ton of salary)

(Obviously well worth it)

What it cost them to get Simpson: Handing a slip of paper to the commissioner. And maybe, if he doesn’t pan out, some regret on losing out on a player that could have helped them.

If Simpson works out, that’s incredible value.

And that doesn’t even take into account what they might have to pay to find Stafford’s replacement, if they didn’t draft Simpson.

Even if he doesn’t work out, the cost is minimal. They still have all future assets to address QB.

Once the Rams decided Simpson could be a dude, they pretty much had to take him. There’s no guarantee they’ll be in a position anytime soon to get their QB at cost of handing the commissioner a slip of paper.
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