One simple fix could end Rams' post-draft QB drama, elate Matthew Stafford
Sean McVay, Les Snead and Ty Simpson authored a comedy of errors with the Rams' first-round pick. They can still squash the drama in one bold stroke.
When you’re based near Hollywood, maybe veering into the theater of the absurd is inevitable. But if the 2026 Los Angeles Rams want their bizarre spring trailer to signal a winter blockbuster, then they might want to add one more plot twist to the script. To summarize the past few days, the Rams – probably the clear-cut, second-best team in the NFL in 2025 (and just barely shy of the top spot) – surprisingly chose Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson with the 13th overall pick of the 2026 NFL Draft .
Then coach Sean McVay, admittedly, went out of his way to downplay Simpson’s selection (multiple times in various interviews) in deference to the Rams' current QB1, league MVP Matthew Stafford . Then , even after being tabbed, Simpson claimed he’d never met McVay , nor previously spoken to GM Les Snead. THEN Snead admitted that Simpson had been less than truthful ...
on the Rams' behalf. Got it? “It was shocking.
But it was shocking only because we were thinking about the L. A. Rams being a right-now team,” said NFL Network draft analyst Bucky Brooks, a former scout in the league.
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