I guarantee Stafford was pissed. I’ll take it a step further and say I guarantee other guys in the lockerroom are pissed.
Brady and Rodgers got pissed when the Pats and Packers pulled the same move at the end of their tenures.
Players all over Twitter are making fun of the Rams pick tonight. This message board is legit the only place I can find people happy with it.
People with no rooting interest either way saw our pick and thought “well that was dumb”.
I said itFinally went through this whole thread and haven't seen anyone mention this.
I was on the road during the draft listening to the yahoo sports broadcast. It was either Nate Tice or Charlie Robinson who reported a conversation that they had with Snead LAST YEAR. Two interesting tidbits:
1) Last year Snead told them the Rams had spent a lot of time and thought on the Stafford succession plan. This has been in the works for a while.
2) They asked Snead if he would be willing to use a 1st on a future QB and was he worried about Stafford's response if they did. Snead looked him in the face without hesitation and said, "Yes. And Matthew would be ok with it." They reported that Snead suggested that Stafford would actually be supportive, not angry.
It sounds like the Rams had discussions with Stafford that this day was coming dating back to last year. It's possible that Stafford is upset that the drafting of his replacement has actually materialized, but the report of Snead's opinion on how Stafford would take it seems to be evidence against Stafford being angry.
The day we feel good about besting a sorry franchise like Arizona is not a day to celebrate.
Or taken BainI’d have drafted the Freeling kid from Georgia to add o line depth or I would’ve traded back for more picks. The only WRs I really liked were Tate and Tyson, but they were long gone.
Yeah, certain people refuse to accept that drafts are about the long term, not short-term solutions to immediate needs. It's why the Rams went out of their way to fill as many needs as they could before the draft.Actually, it makes all the sense in the world.
The 2026 NFL Draft isn't just about the 2026 NFL Season and most rookies don't make immediate impacts. And that's the big issue most seem to have either forgotten or haven't even noticed.
The Rams won their Super Bowl with very little help from their rookie draft class.
And in a weaker draft class, a lot of the players selected tonight wouldn't have been first round picks in many years.
Disagree. Looked like a normal phone call to me. I've seen enough of the videos over the years.It sure isn't the usual pumped up either Jrry.
Nobody knows for sure but seems like the pick was more Les than Sean.
Exactamundo!!!We have an awful lot of would-be mind readers here who sincerely believe they can accurately evaluate Sean's body language to figure out what he is thinking. I see this in all sports, and I often see so.msnybas being utterly dead wrong.
The #1 offense in the NFL can score however they want and I could care less. And what receivers available when we draft are burners?If juice means explosives, speed, freak athleticism and home run ability….he’s 100% correct.
I hope you are not serious. This isn’t the 5th grade playground.
If Snead felt pressure (ridiculous thought) he’d just keep trading back and take him at end of 1st if Simpson was still there.
We are commenting on the press conference. If it wasn't for that, it wouldn't even be suggested.I think.. for my sanity.. I might just go through this thread and block anyone suggesting McVay isn’t fully behind the pick.
Insane.
If McVay didn't want him, he wouldn't have been the pick. It is that simple. McVay has a veto. And McVay isn't going to let Snead waste a top 15 pick because Snead knows the kid's father.
I think/thought you were saying he would share the contents and details of one on one talks with players. He never has he's always said what he did yesterday.Yeah maybe we are just talking past each other, OS.
Of course I'm not saying that McVay would ever "divulge personal details" that a player would prefer to remain private.
But yes, in my opinion, McVay will frequently share "coach speak and generalities" regarding personal conversations. As the clip you provided about McVay/Puka clearly shows.
So maybe we don't disagree, we're just using different words to characterize McVay's comments.
To me, McVay had a NOTICEABLE lack of "coach speak and generalities" in that he hardly had anything at all to say about Stafford's reaction.
Let's let it go, eh? You didn't notice anything different about McVay's demeanor in his post-draft press conference. Myself, Gary Klein and many ROD posters thought that McVay was more subdued than usual. Not a big deal regardless.
Yes, we do. We know because McVay is the more valuable of the two to the organization and already got his way in the past when he did not want Goff anymore.We don't know any of that to be true, so...