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Awesome. Either their first round talent doesn't play this year, which is great for us, or their first round QB plays because stafford has gone down. Also great for us. It's not a bad long term plan, TBH. Stafford ain't playing forever, and getting a top 15 pick and letting him sit is smart.
 

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I’m in tears over here…
 

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I get they have good pass rushers already, but they were absolutely gifted Bain, and they take a bad QB to sit for two years instead?

Wow, you always hope the Rams will screw up, and then you don't know what to do when they actually do it.
 

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Here's the thing though, the Rams are a very solid organization and as much as we may dislike him, McVay is a damn good coach. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they're able to develop Simpson into a good NFL QB.
 

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I don't watch the college game at all so I have zero opinion about Simpson. But I trust Mcvay's ability to evaluate a QB more than I do any forum poster or TV pundit.
 

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Here's the thing though, the Rams are a very solid organization and as much as we may dislike him, McVay is a damn good coach. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they're able to develop Simpson into a good NFL QB.
I like his chances better there than like the Jets, but you still need talent, and he's a mediocre prospect. So psyched the Rams are planning on handing over the reigns to this guy! Takes a rival out of the picture!
 

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I suppose if they were dead set on taking one this year, he was the logical choice at their pick.

But…2027 is loaded with QBs. I’m shocked that they’re willing to risk it either way with Stafford still at the helm.

Rookies can have an impact. Ask #3 from the Hawks about that.
 

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Sadiq is going to be great in this league
 

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I like his chances better there than like the Jets, but you still need talent, and he's a mediocre prospect. So psyched the Rams are planning on handing over the reigns to this guy! Takes a rival out of the picture!

I'm certainly very happy they took Simpson oven Bain or Sadiq... for now.
 

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I'll take my chances with what Simpson turns into in future years. I'm glad they didn't get another piece to the puzzle for this current roster to make themselves even better
 

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I don't watch the college game at all so I have zero opinion about Simpson. But I trust Mcvay's ability to evaluate a QB more than I do any forum poster or TV pundit.
I love college football and he is the classic all intangibles QB who disappears in bigger games. He really was very good at QB but, even more important, is he was better than every other QB not named Mendoza in this year's draft. So somebody was going to get him. All the rumors were that AZ wanted to trade into late first to grab him but Rams had other plans.

I'd love to know if the Rams tried to trade down and couldn't OR if they just wanted him so bad they picked him way earlier than expected. Time will tell if this is a great pick or not. But, with such a small sample size of only a year of college football, my guess it is not a great pick. I'm thinking a really good backup to low caliber starter.
 
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