Rams make surprise first-round move, take Alabama QB Ty Simpson

One of the astir intriguing stories entering the archetypal circular of the NFL Draft was wherever Alabama backmost Ty Simpson mightiness land. Well, fans got their reply sooner than they expected.

The Los Angeles Rams amazingly selected Simpson with the No. 13 prime successful the 2026 NFL Draft.

The enactment isn't wholly retired of near tract and is arguably the best-case script for Simpson. The Rams person Matthew Stafford arsenic their starter for 2026, but Stafford has flirted with the thought of status each of the past 2 offseasons. It's wide the timepiece is ticking connected his NFL career.

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The Los Angeles Rams pulled a stunner and drafted Alababam QB Ty Simpson with the No. 13 prime successful the NFL Draft. (CFP/Getty Images)

Now, Simpson gets to beryllium down 1 of the NFL's champion seasoned quarterbacks, larn the presumption portion adapting to beingness successful the NFL, and not look contiguous unit to succeed. Additionally, the Rams are 1 of the astir well-run franchises successful the league close now. Sean McVay is an elite caput manager who led the squad to a Super Bowl triumph to headdress the 2021 play and conscionable had the squad wrong 1 triumph of different Super Bowl berth earlier falling to the Seattle Seahawks successful the NFC Championship.

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The astir astonishing facet is the Rams looking toward the future, rather frankly. This is simply a squad that has had nary occupation trading distant first-round picks to marque its squad the champion it tin beryllium each season. It seemed astir apt the squad would usage the No. 13 prime to amended its squad for adjacent season, which could beryllium Stafford's last. Instead, the squad decided to enactment itself successful presumption for Stafford's status without skipping a beat.

Los Angeles Rams QB Matthew Stafford, present 38-years-old, has flirted with status aft each of the past 2 seasons. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

There were respective surprises successful the archetypal 13 picks of the 2026 NFL Draft: the Cardinals taking Notre Dame moving backmost Jeremiyah Love astatine No. 3, the Titans selecting Ohio State wide receiver Carnell Tate astatine No. 4, the Kansas City Chiefs trading up to instrumentality LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane astatine No. 6 and adjacent the Cowboys trading up 1 spot to marque definite they drafted Ohio State information Caleb Downs astatine No. 11.

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But the Rams wholly abandoning their caller strategy (usually trading distant first-round picks and loading up for now) to prime Stafford's heir evident is easy the biggest aboriginal daze of the 2026 NFL Draft.