Jan 10, 2026; Charlotte, NC, USA; Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay walks into the stadium earlier than the NFC Wild Card Spherical recreation in opposition to the Carolina Panthers at Financial institution of America Stadium. Obligatory Credit score: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Photographs | Jim Dedmon-Imagn Photographs
The dumbest narrative getting used after the Rams drafted Ty Simpson is that L.A. “doesn’t need anybody” and subsequently had the posh to make use of their first decide on a quarterback who by design received’t play for a minimum of a 12 months.
Each workforce may use extra assist, together with groups that reached the Tremendous Bowl or virtually reached the Tremendous Bowl final season. Even when these groups already added a former All-Professional cornerback and doubled down on their largest want in free company with a giant signing. The Rams aren’t any exception to the rule {that a} workforce isn’t “one player away” from profitable the Tremendous Bowl, so doubtlessly L.A. may have helped their case subsequent season by drafting somebody apart from Simpson.
Nevertheless, that works each methods: If the Rams weren’t one participant away from the following Tremendous Bowl, then taking a extremely huge swing on a quarterback isn’t essentially hurting their probabilities both.
Head Coach Sean McVay acknowledged that side to the choice, which is why the neatest factor that anybody has mentioned about drafting Simpson is his remark to Colin Cowherd that the Rams have received the Tremendous Bowl after which solely received 5 video games the following season.
Cease placing the Rams within the Tremendous Bowl already. That’s hubris and it definitely is not going to assist L.A. attain the Tremendous Bowl subsequent season in the event that they assume it’s already a finished deal.
“I perceive the narrative from individuals (who say) ‘You were one play away.‘ Well here’s what I’d let you know: In case you may’ve assured me that us taking an important participant like (Makai) Lemon or one other ability participant would have ensured us (the Tremendous Bowl), you’re rattling proper that’s what we’d’ve finished. However that’s not the way it works.
“Each single 12 months is a brand new 12 months. You’ve acquired to come back collectively as a workforce. I’ve been part of groups the place we go to the Tremendous Bowl and subsequent 12 months we win 5 video games. Or the following 12 months we win 9 video games. So let’s not child ourselves that you simply simply place your self again into the NFC Championship. You earn all the things.“
"Let's not get it twisted. We're trying to win right now and we've got decisions for the short and long term."@colincowherd and @RamsNFL head coach Sean McVay talk about the choice to draft Ty Simpson thirteenth total pic.twitter.com/U9GCJRYb0C
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) April 29, 2026
The Rams received the Tremendous Bowl in 2021 after which regardless of making an attempt to handle wants by signing Bobby Wagner and Allen Robinson in free company, L.A. completely fell aside in 2022 and completed 5-12.
The 2026 Rams usually are not resistant to accidents both.
Paradoxically, L.A.’s 2022 draft was form of wonderful with late picks like Kyren Williams and Quentin Lake. However they weren’t of a lot assist in 2022.
Return to 2018 and the Rams attain the Tremendous Bowl with Jared Goff in McVay’s second season. Lower to 2019 and the Rams go 9-7 and miss the playoffs.
For what it’s value, the Rams didn’t have a primary spherical decide in 2019 or 2022. They have been busy swinging trades, together with the shortage of a primary spherical decide in 2022 as a result of they used it on a quarterback (Stafford).
If McVay thought that it was okay to draft Ty Simpson as a result of the Rams are already assured a visit to the playoffs, that might have proven cracks within the L.A. franchise and that they haven’t discovered classes from their previous offseason errors. The truth that McVay is main with the purpose that the Rams may very well be a bust subsequent season exhibits that the pinnacle coach is aware of that subsequent season’s success is just not assured.
Which is why the Rams drafted Ty Simpson. Not as a result of they’re already set, however as a result of he thinks what they do within the draft this 12 months form of doesn’t matter for subsequent season.
