The Los Angeles Rams chosen quarterback Ty Simpson with the thirteenth decide within the NFL draft Thursday night time.
Simpson turns into the seemingly successor in L.A. to Matthew Stafford, who’s getting into his 18th season. The 38-year-old Stafford, who received the NFL’s MVP award in 2025, has not mentioned how lengthy he intends to play.
In keeping with ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Rams coach Sean McVay informed Stafford on Thursday of the staff’s plan to take Simpson at No. 13, a decide the Rams acquired from the Falcons through the 2025 NFL draft.
On the NFL’s annual league assembly in March, McVay joked he does not “ever” take into consideration life after Stafford, earlier than saying the Rams give it some thought within the “brief and long run.”
“Two of the best minds in offense, particularly with Coach McVay and the quarterbacks from an offensive standpoint,” Simpson informed ESPN after the Rams made the decide. “After which Matthew is simply one of many biggest of all time. So, I am trying ahead to it.”
Final season at Alabama, Simpson accomplished 64.5% of his passes for 3,567 yards and 28 touchdowns. He was broadly thought-about the second-best quarterback within the draft behind Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza, who was drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders with the No. 1 decide.
Schefter reported earlier this week that the Rams had been “eyeing” Simpson with the No. 29 decide earlier than they traded that decide in early March to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs as a part of a package deal to accumulate cornerback Trent McDuffie.
Together with Stafford, the Rams have quarterback Stetson Bennett IV on their roster. Bennett, who served as Los Angeles’ third-string quarterback the previous two seasons, was a fourth-round decide in 2023.
