Les Snead felt bad for making Ty Simpson lie about Rams meetings before draft

There were breadcrumbs here and there linking the Los Angeles Rams to Ty Simpson leading up to the draft , but there were no firm reports about them bringing him in for a top-30 visit or showing public interest at his pro day or the combine. That was intentional. They didn’t want to give their interest away, so they asked Simpson to keep things on the down low.

Needless to say, Simpson understood the assignment. He didn’t reveal anything before the draft, or even after it. During his first media session, he told reporters he had never met Sean McVay and hadn’t spoken to Les Snead until that night after he was picked.

Spoiler alert: he lied. On Monday, he told ESPN Radio that he had a “ secret meeting ” with McVay and spent hours with the Rams coach. He finally revealed that bit of information because the Rams let him know he could tell the media about their meetings now that he had been drafted.

Snead appeared on the “Pat McAfee Show” Tuesday to explain that the Rams tell prospects to keep their meetings private as part of the gamesmanship of the draft. “Here’s where it went awry,” he said. “We do like to emphasize, ‘Hey, look.