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May 1, 2026 at 8:00 pm #163792
znModeratorHe gets to the Rams at about 10:48 in.
May 1, 2026 at 9:37 pm #163795
InvaderRamModeratorDo I LIKE him? Not yet. I need to see him in games.
But until then I will remain cautiously optimistic.
that pretty much sums up how i feel.
May 2, 2026 at 1:50 pm #163811InvaderRamModeratori see that he has running ability. but i wonder if he can carry that over to the nfl. i wish we had some combine info on him.
but if he can translate that ability to the nfl, my confidence is notches higher.
May 2, 2026 at 4:06 pm #163813znModeratorTy Simpson’s Superpower: Processing and making pro-style throws
Wyatt Miller
Most NFL draft picks have at least one trait that defines their game and makes them attractive to scouts and coaches. The consensus opinion of those players’ top strengths by Rams general manager Les Snead and his staff are called their “superpowers.”
The Rams selected Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson with the 13th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. He sat behind Bryce Young and Jalen Milroe for three seasons before getting his shot to start as a senior in 2025.
According to his college stats and film, processing and making pro-style throws are Simpson’s superpowers. Here are some metrics, highlights and quotes showcasing that skill set.
In 2025, Simpson tied for the FBS lead in big time throws, according to Pro Football Focus, defined as “a pass with excellent ball location and timing, generally thrown further down the field and/or into a tighter window,” with 30.
The combination of Simpson’s high-level football IQ and strong fundamentals allowed him to process the defense quickly and deliver dimes accurately into tight windows down the field in a pro-style system. That stats illustrated just how well he was able to do that, and the fact that he finished with just five interceptions in 15 games means he did so without forcing throws very often.
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford led the NFL in that same category last season with 58 big time throws, so although they play the quarterback position differently, the symmetry is there.
Examples
Against LSU last season, Simpson faked the handoff and looked right, but quickly moved off his first read and stepped up in the pocket before finding the crossing route and delivering a strike between defenders.
Against Vanderbilt, Simpson looked off the deep safety in a cover two defense and as soon as he drifted toward the middle, Simpson fired a laser to the receiver running a go route to hit him between defenders for a touchdown.
Watch the rip through, reset and anticipation from under-center by Ty Simpson.
Exceptional. pic.twitter.com/U9yXTd1mZU
— Jordan Reid (@Jordan_Reid) November 9, 2025
May 2, 2026 at 4:43 pm #163815
wvParticipantThe Rams selected Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson with the 13th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. He sat behind Bryce Young and Jalen Milroe for three seasons before getting his shot to start as a senior in 2025…
Well is it at all concerning that Ty could not beat out Bryce Young in 2022, or Milroe in 2023 and 2024 ?
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vMay 2, 2026 at 4:56 pm #163816znModeratorWell is it at all concerning that Ty could not beat out Bryce Young in 2022, or Milroe in 2023 and 2024 ?
Was it ever a competition?
Sounds more like the coach just had his qbs slotted and went with it.
May 2, 2026 at 5:57 pm #163818wvParticipantWell is it at all concerning that Ty could not beat out Bryce Young in 2022, or Milroe in 2023 and 2024 ?
Was it ever a competition?
Sounds more like the coach just had his qbs slotted and went with it.
I saw this on the internet but who knows.
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Veto F. Roley
Studied at Washington University in St. Louis
Author has 6.7K answers and 10.1M answer views8moFirst, Ty Simpson was not named the starter against South Florida in 2023, Ty Buchner was.
In 2023, Buchner transferred from Notre Dame to Alabama to compete for the starting quarterback job. Jalen Milroe had started a couple of games for Alabama after Bryce Young was briefly injured in 2022. In these limited starts, Milroe looked like a very talented backup, which is to say that he made some eye-popping, athletic plays, but was inconsistent. In Fall 2023 practice, Milroe won the job over Buchner and Simpson. He led the Tide to a 56–7 stomping of Middle Tennessee State to open the season. But, in Week 2, Milroe struggled against Texas, throwing two critical interceptions, in a 34–24 Bama loss.
Against South Florida, Coach Nick Saban decided to see if Buchner, who had considerable experience behind center with Notre Dame, could do better than Milroe. Buchner, who played the first half, was not good, going 5-of-14 for 34 yards. Simpson came in, did not look up to being the Alabama quarterback, but was 5-of-9 for 74 yards and led the Tide to two second-half touchdowns in the 17–3 win. Simpson did not throw for a score, but ran for a touchdown. The next week, against Ole Miss, Milroe was back as the Alabama starting quarterback — he was clearly the best of the three even if he was inconsistent — and Milroe led the Tide to a 24–10 win.
As the season went on, Milroe got better and more confident. Simpson also got better and become more confident so much so he was the second-string quarterback over Buchner over the second half of the season. Milroe led the Tide to a spot in the playoffs and had Alabama in position to win on a fourth-and-three with one play left in the game against eventual national champs Michigan. The play call was for Milroe to run the ball and score. However, a bad snap caused timing issues with the play and Milroe was stopped short of the goal line. I have always wondered what would have happened if the snap was good and Milroe was able to carry out the play as planned.
May 2, 2026 at 6:50 pm #163820znModeratorMilroe was a year ahead of Simpson at Alabama and more experienced, though I was wrong about them not making the qbs compete, as your article shows.
Milroe is behind Darnold at Seattle so we don’t know yet how he looks as a pro.
May 2, 2026 at 11:25 pm #163821InvaderRamModeratoryeah. that concerns me too. with young less so since he was a freshman young’s last year at alabama.
it’s not nothing. and milroe at least in terms of stats outperformed simpson’s 2025 season.
did they run the same offense?
May 3, 2026 at 1:45 am #163822znModeratorit’s not nothing. and milroe at least in terms of stats outperformed simpson’s 2025 season.
did they run the same offense?
Simpson played with a cracked rib in his final 6 games. Plus the whole Alabama OL played poorly for all of 2025.
So, to compare Milroe’s whole 2024 season to Simpson’s 1st 9 games, where he played healthy.
Milroe averaged (running and passing) 274 yards and 2.77 TDs his final season at Alabama. He had 11 INTs for an avg. of 0.85 per game
Before he got hurt, in his first 9 games Simpson averaged 280 yards and 2.66 TDs per game. He had 2 INts total for all those games for avg of 0.22.
In many respects in 2025 Simpson, before he got injured, outperformed Milroe’s 2024 season (with the INTs and the OL regression both factored in large here). The 2025 Alabama OL was a well-known mess that had regressed heavily from its play in 2024. In fact they got the lowest average rushing yards per game in Alabama history since 1946. In 2024, Alabama averaged 173.8 yards rushing per game with an average of 4.63 YPC; in 2025 they got 104.1 yards per game rushing with an average of 3.4 YPC.
May 3, 2026 at 2:59 am #163823
HerzogParticipantI didn’t realize he played the last 6 games with cracked ribs. That is insane. I’m even more excited about him now.
May 3, 2026 at 12:34 pm #163825InvaderRamModeratorSo, to compare Milroe’s whole 2024 season to Simpson’s 1st 9 games, where he played healthy.
context is important too. so that was good. thank you for that. milroe is only 8 days older than simpson. i’d feel way more confident if simpson had beat milroe in the qb competition and had at least one more year of games played under his belt. milroe did come in the year before simpson arrived in 2022, so he already had a year under his belt learning behind young. so that had to make a difference. and maybe milroe being the “senior” player played a factor in him winning the starting job. and maybe milroe had the higher floor at the time and was the less risky pick of the two.
i also found this clip while writing this post. this actually makes a lot of sense. before the 2024 season players were jumping ship. sayin and downs left for ohio state. bond left for texas. many were anticipating that milroe would leave, but he decided to stay and even urged as many who would listen to stay. deboer saw that and recognized it. that combined with milroe being the incumbent starter. if deboer, who had literally just been hired, demoted jalen, that could have torn apart the locker room. he instead pledged his loyalty to milroe as milroe had done for him. milroe was a leader on this team. he was the more experienced of the two and had backed deboer replacing the legendary saban. so how could he give the job to someone who had never been the starter at alabama?
May 3, 2026 at 12:56 pm #163826znModeratori’d feel way more confident if simpson had beat milroe in the qb competition and had at least one more year of games played under his belt. milroe did come in the year before simpson arrived in 2022,
You add some important details. I will say I am not feeling unconfident at all, though as I already said my “feeling” is cautious optimism. Until Simpson actually plays games, though, we will all be speculating; it’s games that will tell us what they actually have in him.
I want to add a couple of bits. In addition to everything already said, Milroe was a full-blown dual threat qb who ran for 736 yards and 20 rushing TDs. Simpson as we know is very mobile but he’s not a full-blown dual threat that way. I assume that helped put him ahead of TS as a college qb.
My main points about all of this is that their numbers are comparable if you account for 2 things: TS’s injury in the final 6 games, and the bad regression of the Tide OL, which was evident all season. (Another thing I left out is how the Tide passing game was infamously plagued by drops throughout 2025.)
Given those circumstances, IMO we have to give TS some credit. I also assume, as I said, that a genuine dual threat qb is going to be preferred over what is basically a pro passer, albeit a mobile one. (That’s in addition to what you say about the coach sticking with Milroe for other reasons.)
That make sense?
And as I said, your points are good ones, good research:
that combined with milroe being the incumbent starter. if deboer, who had literally just been hired, demoted jalen, that could have torn apart the locker room. he instead pledged his loyalty to milroe as milroe had done for him. milroe was a leader on this team. he was the more experienced of the two and had backed deboer replacing the legendary saban. so how could he give the job to someone who had never been the starter at alabama?
May 3, 2026 at 1:21 pm #163827InvaderRamModeratorI also assume, as I said, that a genuine dual threat qb is going to be preferred over what is basically a pro passer, albeit a mobile one.
i was going to add that as well. but when i found that clip, i momentarily forgot to include that as well.
i actually liked milroe last year and was hoping the rams might draft him.
May 3, 2026 at 1:44 pm #163828znModeratorI also assume, as I said, that a genuine dual threat qb is going to be preferred over what is basically a pro passer, albeit a mobile one.
i was going to add that as well. but when i found that clip, i momentarily forgot to include that as well.
i actually liked milroe last year and was hoping the rams might draft him.
We’re on the same page.
Good discussion in this thread.
May 3, 2026 at 2:44 pm #163831znModerator(Another thing I left out is how the Tide passing game was infamously plagued by drops throughout 2025.)
From analysts in this thread:
Blocking and pass catchers let him down too often, including 30 drops in 2025 (second most among all Power 4 quarterbacks)
Receiver drops distort his accuracy numbers.
May 3, 2026 at 9:36 pm #163835InvaderRamModeratorMike LaFleur on the Ty Simpson pick pic.twitter.com/cKmbOcCrxu
— RamsNation (@LARamsey46) April 29, 2026
May 4, 2026 at 11:53 am #163843znModeratorWith rookie minicamps in full swing, here’s a look at what Raiders and Rams will be evaluating with Fernando Mendoza and Ty Simpson.
With @RandyScottESPN and @garystriewski pic.twitter.com/KYhXVeVAKW
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) May 2, 2026
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ESPN insider Jeremy Fowler spoke to someone within the organization to find out what the Rams want to see from Simpson at rookie minicamp, and it’s mostly the mental side of playing quarterback.
“I checked with somebody with the team about Rams minicamp and what do they want to see from Simpson?” he said. “They said just command of the operation, ability to adjust, process information. Those aspects are going to be his superpowers with the Rams. He’s not the huge Matthew Stafford arm. He wins mentally, so that’s why they like him. Les Snead, the GM, told me he likes Ty Simpson’s central nervous system. He just has the ability to figure out the game with his mind. They want to see that on full display.”
May 7, 2026 at 12:18 pm #163885znModeratorshort version:
“Simpson can make plays with his legs…it's NOT as if he's going back to what Goff was.”
“We've kind of LOST the ability to celebrate quarterbacks that actually drop back, throw the ball to the RIGHT receiver at the RIGHT time with the right kind of throw and do that… pic.twitter.com/cE0YRZapjf
— Ross Tucker Podcast (@RossTuckerPod) May 7, 2026
long version (which starts at 9:33 in):
May 11, 2026 at 3:05 pm #163927znModeratorFrom Matt Bowen, 2026 NFL draft: Best rookie team fits, perfect landing spots — https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/48702246/2026-nfl-draft-best-team-fits-landing-spots-top-rookies
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Which top prospects landed in an ideal spot? How will some new playcallers utilize the versatility of their draftees? My list goes 15 players deep, starting with nine first-rounders and ending with one Day 3 pick.
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Simpson, QB, Los Angeles Rams
Drafted: Round 1, No. 13Why he fits: The Rams’ QB room — and Sean McVay’s system — are both positives for Simpson. With Matthew Stafford returning as the No. 1, Simpson will have time to develop in an offense that fits his throwing style and mobility.
Simpson is a mechanically sound passer who can make the NFL-level throws. Plus, he can work the edges on boot and play-action. McVay will ask him to showcase that latter, as Stafford led the NFL with 75 attempts on designed rollouts in 2025.
Once Simpson gets his chance to start, look for McVay to give him more defined reads and movement concepts. He’ll be put in a position to see the entire field and deliver the ball on time.
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