El Chapo Jr
Legend
So basically Stafford is a top QB, nice lol
Stafford Speculation
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brucebruce
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Allen has generally performed well in the playoffs. I'd love to see what McVay could do with Allen's legs and ability to create off-schedule plays. I am quite confident we could win a Super Bowl with him.
It's both.
I believe that they are a package and that the team is running a lot of what Stafford likes to do.
Quite frankly, I believe that McVay would take even more control with a QB with less cachet.
brucebruce
Starter
Probably but Allen isn't bright—Not a good match for McVay. Allen also doesnt have the emotional fortitude of Stafford. He looked near tears in so many games when things arent going his way, and unruly teammates like Diggs throw him off mentally. To each their own but there are only two elite QBs: mahomes and stafford. maybe burrow as well.
El Chapo Jr
Legend
Yeah but then does McVay lose his shit with a younger QB like he did with Goff because he feels like he has to call the perfect play? Stafford to me definitely needs to play better but its the whole offense as well. He doesn't have many trusted WRs and definitely seems frustrated that his WRs are either running wrong routes, dropping balls or giving shit effort on route running a la Tutu. Kinda sucks that a not 100% Puka is playing way better than our JAG WRs. Rams need to trade for one because Adams isn't coming back anytime soon and Ferguson seems to be unavailable unfortunately. Apparently McVay also shared that Ferguson may still be out a few weeks which puts the Rams in a very tough spot because he needs to be activated in 2 weeks to avoid season ending IR.....fuck
Perhaps.
Especially if the QB kept fumbling, rarely did anything off-schedule, and offered next to nothing with his legs like Goff.
But, methinks a QB that capable of making plays off-schedule running and passing could even reinvigorate McVay.
The team has a pretty decent rushing attack when used. More under center snaps and play action passes would help out quite a bit. Especially, if the QB could do something with his legs if a called pass isn't there.
El Chapo Jr
Legend
Yeah but in the same token, if a QB needs to keep making unscheduled plays with his legs that tells me our weapons are lacking and also exposes that QB to some brutal hits in the open field. I don't want to find out and think Stafford hands down is the best QB for this team even if he's slow as fuck lol
Could win one with Burrow as well. Maybe more than one.
ReekofRams
Hall of Fame
I don’t think McVay wants to work with a QB with less cache. Hes not some QB whisperer that likes to take young QBs and mold them. I mean maybe if it was a surefire number 1 pick with generational talent like Trevor Lawrence or Caleb Williams. But for someone like Ty? I just don’t think he’s quite as eager to take that project on as people think. As Jourdan Rodrigue and Peter Schrager have said many times….McVay isn’t looking for a player at QB, he’s looking for a partner. He wants someone that can meet him at an intellectual level and handle all the responsibilities he’s gonna put on their plate.
I think the number one reason McVay steps away is mental health related. But I also think he likes the idea of being to handpick his next QB situation post-Stafford.
Are we really doing this? It's obvious Stafford isn't 100...and he's still 14th ranked QB. There's 1 more game before the bye and he gets some good rest. We know there's some arm soreness but it's a way too early to think of anything else but him getting better.
So flash back to Bills game -
Stafford was 74.9% complete
111.8 rating
380 yards
3 TD’s
They had Devante and Puka and Parkinson.
No TFerg.
It’s still in there.
I think if McVay believed that Simpson is the project you seem to believe he is, he wouldn't have signed off on the Rams using the 13th overall selection on him. They could have selected a project QB later.
Making unscheduled plays wouldn't and shouldn't be expected to be the norm. Just possible.
And exposure to brutal hits depends upon the type of unscheduled play and the QB. I'm watching QBs like Purdy move around the pocket keeping passing plays alive or running and getting down to avoid taking shots.
McVay seemed super happy about the pick on draft night. I'd love to play poker against McVay, because he isn't exactly a master of hiding his emotions.
McVay is being a good soldier. The Ty pick was 100% Les. Les told Ty Simpson’s family in early December he was taking him with their first pick. I guarantee McVay hadn’t watched a single snap of Simpson tape yet. Or even thought about the draft for a single second. Why would he? It was the middle of our season. McVay is ok with the Ty pick because he knows he’s leaving and it would be unfair to Les to ask him to use the pick solely to try and max out the ‘26 season.
And if McVay *does* come back, I think it’s for a single season and Donald and Stafford are part of the package. I’m highly highly skeptical that Sean McVay is still the head coach of the Rams when Ty Simpson is named QB1.
Anything is possible, but there's a draft thread on this board with information that goes over what happened with the Simpson selection that kinda debunks that theory.
Les Snead out of his own mouth has described it exactly as I did. He met with Simpson’s family at the Rose Bowl and when they expressed concern about entering the draft, Les assured them that he wouldn’t fall out of the first round because *he* was gonna draft him. He just didn’t know which pick they were going to use yet, ours or Atlanta’s.