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He's six foot four.
He's got good throwing mechanics.
He didn't turn the ball over really at all.
in Indiana, which is always important, ball security and protection and everything else.
How do you project him in the early days, maybe even just this rookie season, transitioning to the NFL because he does have a tall task ahead of him, joining a Raiders team, which was pretty dysfunctional last season?
So you mentioned the Favre to Rogers transition in Green Bay, but we got to mention the Rogers to love transition in Green Bay because there are some similarities here.
Not necessarily in the sense that, you know, Stafford might be upset that they drafted his replacement.
It sounds like he's on board and everything.
But the other part of why Aaron Rogers was upset that year was because he
They could have used that pick that they used on Love to give him a weapon right away to try and compete and play.
And I know that there's a lot of people saying right now, how could the Rams pass up on adding a guy like Lemon, for example, at the wide receiver position?
Okay, so I'm glad he mentioned this.
So, Nick, I don't know if you've seen it or not, but Brock Huard, who does ESPN Radio in Seattle, there's a clip going around.
It kind of went viral overnight, and he is openly cheering and celebrating when the Rams take Simpson because he said that's the best thing that could have happened
to the Seahawks for this season.
And a couple of people pointed out like the Rams talked all, you know, after they lost the NFC championship going into this year about how it was all about winning now and getting another one.
And, you know, while Stafford still playing at this level, trying to get back to the Super Bowl, it feels like this pick is like counterintuitive to that thinking.
And I mean, I think everyone saw Sean McVay's response yesterday in his body language.
A lot was made of it.
I know it's dangerous to read body language, but what about that idea that the Rams started drafting for the future when the present is still very much a priority number one?