FOOTBALL TAKES: What the LA Rams trade for Myles Garret means for Ty Simpson
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What is the opening premise of Football Takes and why is June 1st significant?
Football. Yeah, we love football and we have takes. Welcome to football takes. Football! Football yeah! Football! Football! Yes. Boy, this is one of the the craziest like late May, early June. No, June first is always a date, you know, it's like where the NFL contractual calendar kind of flips. You can you can like it's it's where you like save cap space uh and spread it into the following year. So it's always a trigger point. I don't know that we've ever had this much crazy news happen around June first, gentlemen. Thorneistrom in the house from Thortox purple draft connoisseur. Our guy Judd is actually en route to the Nolan Teasley Vikings press conference. Producer Dex, but um let's start Thor you dish the first take, take us wherever you want to go, and then we'll go around the room at least a lap maybe two on football takes here.
I I I'd like to talk about the Miles Garrett trade for a little bit, but but perhaps not specifically uh exclusively about Miles Garrett. My take is that Miles Garrett trade exposed deeper flaws in the logic behind the Ty Simpson selection for the Rams, to the point of making the latter pick totally incoherent, the logic behind it. The Rams made an explicit philosophical declaration. When they submitted that card for Ty Simpson at number 13 in late April. It was to set up a long-term success succession plan at the quarterback position and this sign that they were willing to invest enormous assets into the future, the building of the future of the franchise. Sean McVay, the head coach of the Rams, was explicit about that after the pick.
He said, quote, let's make one thing clear. This is Matthew's team, end quote. They Said things about oh, it'd be a great scenario if Ty didn't have to play, you know, early on in his career, you know, all this sort of different stuff. Matthew Stafford then signed an extension, which means he is going to be the Rams QB one in at least 2026 and 2027. The the Ty Simpson pick occurred on April twelfth. On June 1st, like Phil was mentioning, the Rams sent uh Pro Bowl edge rusher Jared Verse a 2027 round one. Pick a 2028 second round pick and a 2029 third round pick to the Browns for the aforementioned Miles Garrett. The Rams just paid for Miles Garrett with those picks and with Jared Verse with the very draft currency that makes the Ty Simpson selection coherent.
The logic behind it. Ty Simpson is a pocket passing quarterback with one year experience starting in the FBS. Number one, he needs more experience. He simply does not have it. He also needs a strong supporting cast to shuttle the ball to as sort of the pocket guy once he gets onto the field. The Rams own roster construction model now erases Simpson from the plans in 26, 2026, and 2027. And after that trade, with the Rams not having 2027 first-round pick and without draft, you know, uh having uh less in their draft capital than two drafts. After that as well. And then also in lieu of the the trade for Trent McDuffie, etc., with that little draft equity to work with and having constructed a roster that will need to be ripped down to the seams after the twenty twenty seven season because of salary cap um implications.
How exactly do the Rams intend to build a viable supporting cast for Ty Simpson in twenty twenty eight? How? They won't have cap space, they won't have draft equity. And if the answer to all that is who cares, they have this enormous two year Super Bowl window to go out and win who cares about 2028? Exactly.
Yeah. Exactly. Okay. You're I thought initially, oh, they're actually playing more chess than than we thought because they knew at the time of the Ty Simpson pick that they were about to deal their two thousand twenty seven first round pick. Let's get a quarterback here. You laid out the chess above the chess, unless they're playing fourth level chess. And they think the two thousand twenty nine quarterback class is so worth tanking the two thousand twenty eight season, they needed to make sure that they had Ty Simpson to help them tank in two thousand twenty eight Thorsky.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the opening premise of Football Takes and why is June 1st significant?
0:01–4:11
2
How does the Miles Garrett trade expose flaws in the Rams' Ty Simpson selection?
4:11–5:55
3
Why is Ty Simpson’s 13th‑overall pick considered incoherent by the hosts?
5:55–14:25
4
What are the Rams’ plans for building a supporting cast for Ty Simpson after the trade?
14:25–31:36
Speakers
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