Which QB should the Rams draft next year and where?

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dieterbrock said:
I think if one watches this with open mind, they'll see how this kid could be right up McVay's alley

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I would have no problem with taking him with the 13th pick and I don't even see what the big fuss over it is. He's not going to last until the 2nd round in my opinion contrary to what Breer thinks.

2 reasons (clues) for that.

1. He declared for the draft based on Intel he received that he would be a 1st round pick.
2. He's one of the 15? I think it is invitees to the draft. 15 or 16. Usually those invitees get drafted in round one.
 
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Merlin said:
Early in the year I was singing his praises. Late in the year not so much.

Short windows of performance don't do it for me with the QB position. We'll see how he plays in the pros. If McVay drafts him, or Shanny or one of the other top offensive minds he'll have his best shot to be a starter. But Goff demonstrates McVay's high standards and this kid's not there to my eye.
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What makes me laugh about your stance is you act like he was the only issue with the team later in the year. The OL couldn't block a tackle dummy the WR's just disappeared and they never had a running game. But hey if it allows us to shit on the QB we can ignore all the things that went wrong with the rest of the team right?
 
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The lack of starts would make him a MAJOR outlier if he succeeds. Add to it the lack of size and potential ability to last a 20 game NFL season. I’d feel better about these things if he had better size (or if picked outside 1st round) - but those things are not happening.

Weird so many have Tyson as such a risk pick; but Simpson seemingly is not. I don’t understand how that’s reconciled.
 
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Ram Ts said:
The lack of starts would make him a MAJOR outlier if he succeeds. Add to it the lack of size and potential ability to last a 20 game NFL season. I’d feel better about these things if he had better size (or if picked outside 1st round) - but those things are not happening.

Weird so many have Tyson as such a risk pick; but Simpson seemingly is not. I don’t understand how that’s reconciled.
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Good point on the risk.

It's reconciled in two ways, IMO.

First, the lack of starts issue is real, but mitigated by the fact that we wouldn't be throwing him into the fire right away. It's rare nowadays for drafted QBs to get a chance to sit on a bench and develop. Green Bay has done it successfully twice now in the last two decades. If we draft him, we are following that plan.

Secondly, it's about 10 times harder to find a franchise QB than it is to find a great WR. Even if Tyson risk equals Simpson risk, the positional factor strongly tilts the equation to justifying risk for a QB.
 
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OldSchool said:
What makes me laugh about your stance is you act like he was the only issue with the team later in the year. The OL couldn't block a tackle dummy the WR's just disappeared and they never had a running game. But hey if it allows us to shit on the QB we can ignore all the things that went wrong with the rest of the team right?
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Who's shitting on the QB. I'm saying he's not a guy I'd take first round. I said I'd get behind it if we take him. I said he's most likely a backup but has a chance to start. I question his one fucking year of starting in college, with the latter portion of those games where he came up short being some glorious example of QBing.

The dude doesn't help us year one. He's probably a backup in this offense. Sure maybe he could hit, but we could play that game later in this draft or next year in the draft and take players who can contribute in those 1-3 round picks.
 
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OldSchool said:
When did he not take hits and how has he been injury prone? His shitty OL that got him beat up vs Indiana is the only time that I've ever seen him get hurt and he tried to play through it.
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Did you see his injury history that was posted a week or two ago. It was horrible. Even Warner was worried about it when discussing Simpson.
 
I continue to find the lack of starts argument to be very unpersuasive. There are much better arguments against Simpson.
 
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XXXIVwin said:
One of my (very unscientific) rules of scouting is whether or not I literally say the word "wow" while watching highlights.

Those clips of Simpson staying steady and throwing darts right before the pocket collapses around him... got a "wow" out of me.

Tons of potential from this guy
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This was my post from October 25.

Simpson with the "wow" factor.
 
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Its Been A Long Time Waiting GIF
 
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XXXIVwin said:
This was my post from October 25.

Simpson with the "wow" factor.
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Have to say I was THE BIGGEST SPEC-TIC of this GUY !!

Today was WEIRD in The FACT I had different sources than normal.

I actually got a workout in as an Old AZZ Man. Park in a Car Port which is totally different from my own garage or driveway from way back.

As a Rams Fan or as a Football guy I have a different opinion when it comes to QB’s(young).I have to say I hate Bama in a sense & really can’t watch them play.

That said Kevin DEMOFF is living off his BOSSES coattail. He’s an Avalanche Fan Cheering against THE KINGS & a NUGGETS FAN against The Lakers ?? I didn’t get the Interview or actually understand it until NOW !! More or LES !!

Trying to figure out who he was knowing his voice,but trying to figure out who he was & how he is always in Colorado ! My BIGGEST TAKE was The only player he never knew about or missed The Pick as a RAMS FAN was KT LEVESTON. He blesses him as THE BROWNS Starter !! -Sort of Upsetting The Rams kept DJ Humpries over him IMO,which I posted last year.

I know I get CAUGHT UP in this & have to admit how WRONG I was. Thinking I was SMARTER than The AVERAGE (critic's) Rams FAN !!

I actually was drinking in my GF Car while friends were in a restaurant.Listening (watching) The NFL Draft on my PHONE!!

When The Rams Pick was (on the clock) Dan Orloski came on the set of pat the Punters show ?? They are cussing up a Storm!!

When Dan came on it was sort of awkward & he said this might not GO SO well for him. HE CALLED OUT THE PICK & saying how he was THE MAN !!

The CRAZY PART was he said TY SIMPSON was THE BEST QB in The
2026 DRAFT!!

Blows my mind in 1 sense.In the other The Rams have FIVE YEARS with him still.

BYE BYE Jimmy G
 
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I understand why members feel we should have taken Lemon but the smart pick was Simpson. You don’t get more impact than a QB and we got a good one

They were not as high on the OTs as some here or Sadiq. We will draft a great WR in the picks ahead. Bank it

I think that too many posters are attached to their ego and want to be right all of the time. I was mildly surprised when I learnt we took Simpson at 13 but there were no where near the trades predicted so they took him when they could get him
 
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This was their plan all along and we got a master class in not tipping your hat. If Arizona could have traded back out of pick three they would have done and if so might have taken him before us.

Be thankful he’s a Ram. This keeps our Super Bowl window wide open for years. When all the best QBs in next years draft are taken in the first few picks will people be people be quite so critical? When Simpson outplays the majority of them, we will look even smarter

He’s on pick 13 money for 5 years! If he does sign a second contract, as we hope, prorated across all 8 or 9 years that is unbelievable value and a big reason the rest of the team can be outstanding
 
Memento said:
Don't forget Sorsby (Cincinnati, now Texas Tech), Chambliss (Ole Miss), and Mensah (Duke, now Miami). Both Sorsby and Chambliss were thought of in circles as potential first-round picks, and Mensah was highly regarded as well.

Obviously, not everyone is going to go in the first round, but there's a lot more talent in 2027 than 2026, and with Simpson's injury history and other warts, I'm not so sure I'd take him over Moore, Sellers, Sorsby, Mensah, Maiava (if he has another good year at Southern Cal), or Chambliss. Then there's guys like Mateer (Oklahoma), Leavitt (Louisiana State), Mestemaker (Oklahoma State), possibly Dylan Raiola (Oregon, probably won't go into the draft and be Moore's successor...but stranger things have happened), possibly C.J. Carr (Notre Dame), Julian Sayin (Ohio State), D.J. Lagway (Florida) - and that's not even mentioning the fact that another quarterback could surprise us like Simpson did.

I've never been a fan of Allar, Klubnik, and especially Beck. Nussmeier fell off hard as well. The only guys I'd come close to drafting to where they're projected are Payton and Green - and even then, I'd rather go for Stafford's successor in 2027 where there's a lot more to choose from.
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Sorsby would have been my guy, but it looks like that ship sailed when the Simpson pick docked.
 
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