Every year, there’s one major storyline that takes over the NFL Draft.
Last year it was the shocking — yet possibly accurate — fall of Sheduer Sanders, the quarterback drafted in the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns after some analysts pegged him as a possible first-rounder.
For the 2026 NFL Draft, step on upSean McVayand theLA Rams.
The Rams blew everyone away when they choseAlabama QB Ty Simpsonwith theNo. 13 overall pick. Rather than use the selection to draft animpact playerwho can help this Super Bowl-contending roster take another step forward, GM Les Snead and Co. opted for the replacement of their current franchise QB who was named MVP last season.
Here’s what Snead and McVay said during their introductory press conference Thursday night.
Snead:“I think it’s been a process that started in the offseason, per se, especially when [Head Coach] Sean [McVay] and the coaching staff got involved. That process goes all the way up until even into the latter parts of last week. Then at that point in time, like I’ve mentioned here, the sea is going to shape the 13th pick you. You had to fall.”
Snead:“I think that at the end of the day, probably processing football, someone who can execute a passing offense. He has mobility so that’s probably the macro. There are a lot more variables that go into it, but that’s the macro I would say.”
Snead:“I think right now he’s still becoming, but I would say the journey that he’s had. I think the thing you appreciate is persevering through the ebbs and flows of going to Alabama, earning the job, getting his first start in the opening game against Florida State and they lose that game. I grew up in Alabama. The sky was falling in the state of Alabama, but to see probably from that point forward how they progressed as a team and him as a quarterback into the playoffs. That’s just the…I call it the perseverance that you have when you go through hard things.”
McVay:“I’ll keep that between us.”
McVay:“We’ll see. He’s going to compete with [Quarterback] Stetson [Bennett].”
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