Sean McVay defends Ty Simpson pick after viral press conference moment
His answer Friday was more revealing than Thursday's silence.
Sean McVay defends Ty Simpson pick after viral press conference moment originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Thursday night, after the Los Angeles Rams drafted Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson with the No.
13 overall pick, head coach Sean McVay sat at a podium next to a visibly enthusiastic general manager Les Snead and said close to nothing. His answers ran under eight words most of the time. He would not commit to Simpson being the backup.
Multiple reporters in the room said they had never seen anything quite like it from a coach who built an entire career on being the most energetic person anywhere he stood. The internet noticed immediately, and by Friday morning, the NFL world had already decided what it meant. 2026 NFL DRAFT HQ: Live tracker | Pick-by-pick grades | Best players still available McVay had a different explanation When the Day 2 news conference opened, he walked in and asked reporters, "What do you guys think, am I angry right now?
" He cracked a smile, acknowledged he had received a flood of texts about it, and admitted he "can be a little grumpy," but said the grumpiness had nothing to do with the pick. "There was other things that had nothing to do with that, that's normal life," he said. His fuller explanation was that he was trying not to look too eager about replacing a quarterback he genuinely loves.