The Los Angeles Rams sparked the biggest confusion on NFL Draft night. LA chose to stay at No. 13 after trading its No. 29 pick, but grabbed Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson. Head coach Sean McVay has a new QB to work with…while still having reigning Most Valuable Player Matthew Stafford.
Hence why most Rams fans became dazed and confused about the pick online.
McVay immediately needed to clear the air about the QB situation and if a controversy will brew this fall.
“Let’s make one thing clear this is Matthew’s team…” McVay told reporters after the franchise made the selection.
McVay even went further into clarifying Simpson’s role for 2026: He’s really competing with Stetson Bennett, not Stafford, for QB2.
Yet this move brings a new first for McVay and general manager Les Snead. Simpson’s selection now marks the first time the head coach/GM duo took a QB with their first pick. The Tide star now joins star edge rusher Jared Verse as the McVay/Snead era’s lone first round selections.
Still, Simpson to the “Rams House” surfaced as arguably the biggest draft surprise. Even renown NFL personality Kay Adams joked the Rams lied to her about Simpson. The Simpson pick drew critics too, notable Blaine Grisak of Rams on Sports Illustrated who gave a mixed review.
“Ty Simpson is not Jared Goff. Is this the ‘highly mobile QB’ that everyone wanted? No,” Grisak began. “But his processing pre-and post-snap is right up there with [Fernando] Mendoza. Watch Simpson’s Mizzou tape from last year and it was a top-3 game that I watched.”
Regardless, the Rams now lock in their heir apparent for Stafford even though the 38-year-old still plays at a high level.
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