Rams Trade Up for QB Ty Simpson, Betting on Upside

0:00It's April 24th. I'm Cory with the story, and this is NFL News Today, Football News powered by AI. Ram's GM-less need pulled off a draft-night shocker by trading up to the 13th overall pick to grab quarterback Ty Simpson. This Alabama kid turned down massive NIO deals worth up to six and a half million dollars from schools like Miami and Tennessee, picking the Crimson. Ty's legacy and his pro dreams instead. Earlier this week, Sneat had secretly told Simpson's dad, who's a coach himself, that Ty was first-round material, even a scouts pegged him for round. Two, then the Rams traded their 29th pick to the chiefs for quarterback Trent McDuffy, making everyone think Simpson was gone for good. Reactions poured in fast. 49ers GM John Lynch called it a gamble they dodged, while Rams' coach Sean McVay looks straight up salty on camera. Stafford got the heads up beforehand that this was a succession plan to protect the franchise

1:01long-term. Simpson's a bit undersized, with just 15 college starts, and he battled gas stride his last year that dropped his weight to 190 pounds. Before bulking back to 211, with 40 to 44 million dollars in cap space, he'll learn behind Stafford and battle sets invented for backup duties. Sneat kept his word to the family, betting big on Simpson's upside. Now it's on the rookie to turn that trade into a win or leave fan second-guessing. The whole move.