Clue that Rams aren’t interested in Ty Simpson

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 27: Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson answers questions from the media during the NFL Scouting Combine on February 27, 2026 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN. (Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The story of Peter Schrager’s mock draft isn’t just that the Rams took Makai Lemon , it’s the player who ESPN’s analyst didn’t have L. A.

connected to at all. Actually, Schrager doesn’t have any team taking Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson in the first round, a sign that his ESPN colleague Dan Orlovsky’s ploy to drum interest there has backfired. The spotlight that Orlosky attempted to put on Simpson last month by calling him better than Fernando Mendoza has inspired more and more draft analysts to examine the prospect and come back with the same answer: He’s not a first round pick.

Schrager’s opinion is perhaps the most notable at all however because no historically no insider has been more plugged into what the Rams are doing than the former Sean McVay podcast co-host. “Until I have a team that tells me, ”We love Ty Simpson”’, said Schrager on The Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday, “it doesn’t do anyone any good just throwing him in there. ” Unless you want to call that a smokescreen for the Rams, Schrager is making it 100% clear that the Rams are not interested in Simpson.

Not in the first round. "Until I have a team that tells me, 'We love Ty Simpson' or 'We're going to take Ty Simpson,' it doesn't do anyone any good just throwing him in there. " — @PSchrags on Ty Simpson not being in the first round of his NFL mock draft (via @PatMcAfeeShow ) pic.