PITTSBURGH — In a quiet moment at the NFL owners meetings last month, Rams coach Sean McVay was asked if he was open to using ahigh first-round draft pick to select a quarterback.
Knowing full well that the quarterback might not see the field for a year or two while Matthew Stafford closes out thefinal chapter of his illustrious career, McVay did not immediately dismiss the possibility.
But he also made it clear it the Rams would only do so if they were truly convinced the quarterback in question could eventually be a big-time NFL player.
Especially for the Super Bowl or bust aspirations of the Rams, who could use any sort of immediate nudge to climb back to the top of the NFL mountain.
Well, the Rams just made it abundantly clear what they think aboutAlabama quarterback Ty Simpson, whom they selected with the13th pick overall in the first round of Thursday’s NFL draft.
They not only believe he can be a capable replacement for Stafford, but they are also willing to surrender whatever immediate satisfaction they would have gotten by drafting a player who could have been a day one starter to wait on the delayed payoff Simpson might provide.
The draft night surprisesent shockwaves throughout the NFL, with the consensus being the Rams would add to their wide receiver room or beef up their offensive line with the first-round pick they acquired from the Falcons during last year’s draft.
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Plenty of eyebrows were raised when they chose Simpson instead.
But it’s not the first time Rams general manager Les Snead has gone to the right hand when everyone assumed he would go to his left. His track record suggests the bold move has just as good a chance to work out as it does to be a wasted pick.
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