Rams: (#13) 1st Round QB Ty Simpson
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I like how effortless and graceful his response and ability to clear the air was. There are many types of intelligences, and Sean has a lot of them.
El Chapo Jr
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El Chapo Jr
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That's how some of us have feel about you, when you post about your 'tingling testicles'.
No Offense ... just ... please maintain some distance.
It's possible. Stet is in year 4 of this offense. I won't hate it if Simpson is qb3 for a year.
There's going to be such a smooth transition from Stafford to Simpson. I understand why people are upset, but this is how the great franchises do it.
Montana to Young, Favre to Rodgers, and to a lesser degree Smith to Mahomes, Flacco to Lamar, and Rodgers to Love.
Waiting until you need a QB before you draft one is how you wind up like the Saints after Brees or the Patsies between Brady and Maye. There is absolutely no way McVay will be satisfied with tanking for a top QB and waiting for another Stafford like opportunity is fool's gold. Those opportunities are few and far between.
As far as addressing Simpson as a prospect and not the situation, I think a lot of people have missed or underestimated in their evaluations. Smart, smart kid, pre-snap, post-snap, really more advanced than anybody we've seen coming out in the past few years. Reads defenses, understands pass protections, reads DBs body language, and throws with an insane amount of anticipation. For anybody who hasn't, I would watch his Gruden camp on Youtube where he articulates himself really well. I get the undersized and the average arm complaints, but there is so much more to playing QB than being 6'5 or having a rocket arm. Hell, Stafford has a rocket arm and 98% of what makes him successful has absolutely nothing to do with how strong his arm is.
Ultimately, this is the smart way to maintain a winning franchise. It does nothing for us short term and fans will hate it, but I think we'll eventually see this was one of the smartest moves so far of the McSnead era.
Montana to Young, Favre to Rodgers, and to a lesser degree Smith to Mahomes, Flacco to Lamar, and Rodgers to Love.
Waiting until you need a QB before you draft one is how you wind up like the Saints after Brees or the Patsies between Brady and Maye. There is absolutely no way McVay will be satisfied with tanking for a top QB and waiting for another Stafford like opportunity is fool's gold. Those opportunities are few and far between.
As far as addressing Simpson as a prospect and not the situation, I think a lot of people have missed or underestimated in their evaluations. Smart, smart kid, pre-snap, post-snap, really more advanced than anybody we've seen coming out in the past few years. Reads defenses, understands pass protections, reads DBs body language, and throws with an insane amount of anticipation. For anybody who hasn't, I would watch his Gruden camp on Youtube where he articulates himself really well. I get the undersized and the average arm complaints, but there is so much more to playing QB than being 6'5 or having a rocket arm. Hell, Stafford has a rocket arm and 98% of what makes him successful has absolutely nothing to do with how strong his arm is.
Ultimately, this is the smart way to maintain a winning franchise. It does nothing for us short term and fans will hate it, but I think we'll eventually see this was one of the smartest moves so far of the McSnead era.
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Didn't see this mentioned, but just watching an NFL Live re-run this morning (yeah I have no life). They were talking about Simpson, Shefter reported that the Rams didn't receive a single call about pick 13 in regards to trading back.
So that's why they stuck and picked Simpson at 13. They likley would have liked to move back a few picks and then take him.
So that's why they stuck and picked Simpson at 13. They likley would have liked to move back a few picks and then take him.
Yeah IDK what the options are though. Not a ton of vets left.
I don't see why the name matters.
I just want the better player to play if it comes to that.
The exception would be if they want to get Bennett some actual game time experience during a blowout, or something like that.
Yeah, I would hope they announce Jimmy G re-signing today then the Rams flip pick 207 & Bennett for pick 206.
Yeah. This is probably my own bias. I want to take the tortoise approach with him. No pressure until year 2 at the soonest. He's basically an intern to me. Just follow Stafford around and soak up knowledge lol
The backup QB generally gets more practice reps than the #3 QB.
Also the 3rd QB that is in uniform on gameday (Bennett the past two seasons) generally does not count against the 48-man active limitation. That means he can’t go into the game unless and until the starter and backup are unable to play.
I believe that is the current rule but will ask other posters (@OldSchool, @dieterbrock or @den-the-coach) to confirm or correct me.
If that is the rule, the designated backup QB matters quite a bit.
We may never hear the real story, but it appears to be settled.
Correct you don't have to have your 3rd QB active but he can play in case of injuries to the top 2.