Rams quarterback Ty Simpson didn\u2019t slide far enough in the first round to make that into a legitimate source of motivation. If he\u2019s looking for it elsewhere, he\u2019s in luck.<\/p>\n
Former two-time NFL General Manager Scot McCloughan recently directed sharp criticism at the 13th overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the quarterback from Alabama is overdrafted,\u201d McCloughan said on the Team 980 in D.C., via Valentina Martinez of the New York Post. \u201cBut it\u2019s the position alone, you know. I think, not being a guru, but he\u2019s like J.J. McCarthy. He\u2019s like Mac Jones. He\u2019s a career backup<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n (It\u2019s been a week of catching strays for McCarthy. First, Dianna Russini says he \u201csucks<\/a>\u201d in the footage from her January traffic stop. Now this.)<\/p>\n \u201cIdeally, he might start, but that\u2019s because of where his pick was and they want to prove everybody right, you know, type of thing,\u201d McCloughan said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s not the way you should build a roster. Not at all.\u201d<\/p>\n McCloughan knows a thing or two about scouting; he served as G.M. of the 49ers from 2008 to 2009, a personnel executive in Seattle from 2010 to 2013 (when they built a Super Bowl champion), and Washington G.M. from 2015 to 2016.<\/p>\n Then again, Sean McVay knows a thing or two about quarterbacks. And this is the first potential starter the Rams have drafted since McVay arrived in 2017. (He inherited Jared Goff, and in 2021 the Rams traded for Matthew Stafford.)<\/p>\n