zn wrote:

1. Dean Connors, RB, Houston
If Connors works out, it’s possible that he could be the Rex Burkhead in the offense as the Rams look to recreate the mid-2010s New England Patriots. Connors dropped in the draft due to his lack of elusiveness, history of fumbles, and size concerns. Said The Athletic’s Dane Brugler. “Connors is at his best in the screen game or when he finds an outside track to show off his short-area quickness and open-field acceleration.” Connors could compete with Jarquez Hunter for a roster spot.

i looked him up. didn’t seem to have fumbling issues, but i’m gonna look a little further. seems pretty elusive in this video.

i’m most excited about how the rams expand on the 13 personnel packages they showed last season.

it all hinges on ferguson and to a lesser extend klare. mcvay must be confident in his te group.

Mike LaFleur on the Ty Simpson pick pic.twitter.com/cKmbOcCrxu

— RamsNation (@LARamsey46) April 29, 2026

zn wrote:

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.

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.

yeah. 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?

i 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.

zn wrote:

Do 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.

Zooey wrote:

I think I was leaning slightly to Sadiq. But part of that was that I was imagining what McVay would do with him.

i think they could have lined him up almost anywhere on the field. inline te, move te, slot wr, wr, fb, maybe even do those jet sweeps like they do with kupp and now nacua. they could have gotten really creative with him. i still think they can do some of that with klare. i just don’t know how athletic he is compared with sadiq.

i did read somewhere on this board that klare graded out in the 99th percentile in on field athleticism. done with some kind of computer analysis. he does seem to move pretty good with the ball so we’ll see.

people keep talking as if he will just be stashed away this season.

i’m not so sure. i think the rams are cooking up some things for him and ferguson.

i don’t even understand what they’re saying, but it’s cool.

i got this from the original herd. didn’t know all this. can’t verify if it’s true.

i did hear about oline injuries, but i didn’t realize he was a heisman trophy candidate in the first half of the season or that he was dealing with his own injuries. but do you also worry about his durability? rams gotta get him bulked up. how much more can he develop physically as he’s already in his age 24 season?

by Ram_Ruler
Posted: Today
I just thought this was interesting:

Ty Simpson was the Heisman favorite by week 6 of the college football season. Going into the 8th week of the season, Simpson was completing 73 percent of his passes and had only thrown 1 interception. Against South Carolina, he suffered a back injury that lingered throughout the entire rest of the season. He completed 61 percent of his passes from that game on. A look at his injuries throughout the year:

-Injured back vs South Carolina
-Developed gastritis from the anti-inflammatory medication he was using to manage the back pain. He lost 15 pounds due to this.
-Developed elbow bursitis in his throwing arm during the SEC championship against UGA.
-Broke his rib after taking a helmet to his ribcage.

That’s a heck of a lot of things to deal with in one year. Not just the pain, but the exhaustion of losing 15 pounds due to an illness. That has to say a lot about his toughness and dedication to Alabama’s program and his teammates.

So is Ty Simpson the guy who was the Heisman favorite and pff’s #1 overall pick up to that point, or is he the guy that we saw down the stretch?

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 2 days ago by InvaderRam.

i will say one more thing. well. i’m sure i’ll say more later. but if mcvay can actually pull this off. if simpson becomes a high performing qb. and can get another superbowl with him. and by high performing i mean starting level qb. does not have to be a hofer. but a starting caliber superbowl winning qb. that will put him in a different coaching stratosphere.

and so it begins! i can’t wait to see what happens.

ok. one more thing. i don’t know if it’s just talk. but he keeps on harping on all his doubters. how he keeps tabs. has a chip on his shoulder. there’s a certain level of bradyesque psychopathy to him. if it’s real, it can only be a good thing. not in terms of being a well rounded human being. but in terms of professional athletics, it should be a benefit.

Sarah Barshop
Apr 27, 2026, 08:40 PM ET

LOS ANGELES — The Rams wanted to keep their interest in Ty Simpson close to the vest before the NFL draft, so the Alabama quarterback kept his meeting with coach Sean McVay “private,” he said Monday in an interview with Ian Fitzsimmons on ESPN Radio’s “Amber & Ian.”

The Rams drafted Simpson, Matthew Stafford’s likely successor, with the 13th pick Thursday night.

“We tried to keep this under wraps as long as we could,” Simpson said in Monday’s interview. “It was something to where I knew they were interested, but they wanted to make it private and didn’t want people to know that they were interested.

“So, I had some secret meetings with Coach McVay, and I just was trying to be on script and do what everybody told me and not to tell anybody.”

After he was drafted, Simpson downplayed his predraft interactions with the Rams.

“It was really brief, to be honest with you,” he said Thursday night. “I met with some scouts in Alabama, and that was really it. They talked to my agent, but that really wasn’t much.”

In reality, Simpson said Monday, he and McVay had one meeting before the draft and “talked for hours and hours.”

“And it was just football,” Simpson said. “It was just straight football. And it was like a kid in a candy store. Me and him are sitting there, and we’re just going back and forth. You can tell the obsession he has for the game, and you can tell the love he has for quarterback play.

“It’s something that I appreciate, and it’s something that I enjoy because I really enjoy playing the position and value the position. So, being with him and then getting to know him and then just seeing a little bit of how I would get coached if I was fortunate enough to go there was something that I couldn’t have asked for a better situation.”

Though McVay said he “couldn’t be more excited about being able to add [Simpson]” to the roster, he wanted to make it clear that Stafford will be the Rams’ quarterback for as long as he wants to play.

“Whenever that time comes for [Simpson] to get an opportunity to be Matthew’s successor will be on Matthew’s terms,” McVay said Saturday night.

zn wrote:

Plus there’s a possibility to develop someone on hand—Whittington, Mumpfield, Daniels. They had the 1st ranked offense in terms of both points and yards last year with what they have. They lost games because of defense. So yes they can add a veteran 3rd WR, like they did with Demarcus Robinson previously, but this is not the crucial “do or die” factor, CB was that for 2026.

agreed.

zn wrote:

invader, did you mean to post a ZZ Top vid? Or is that an accident?

Not saying you can’t post ZZ Top vids. Just wondering if that’s what you meant to do.

Was that a reference to the “does Simpson have legs and know how to use them” discussion?

i changed it. should be good now?