If you've read my draft profiles, I swam in the opposite direction this year. Prior to the 2026 season even starting, I said the 2027 QB draft wouldn't be as strong as the experts were saying. I said that some of the 2027 QBs were overrated and that other QBs might skip the draft and stay in school.
That was the premise of my initial comment that led us down this road, where I basically said that the media is "lying" to the public about which draft could rival the 1983 draft.
There is one draft expert that I follow and think is really good and I noted that he only has one QB next year with a 1st round grade, plus he thinks that QB will wait for 2028 and not enter the draft. In other words, per his board there could be zero QBs next year with true 1st round grades.
I don't agree with him about every QB and I'd rank them relative to each other differently than he does, but I agree with his general premise that the class isn't as stacked as everyone has been saying. Just wait until next summer and we can look at his board and the grades he gives to the 2028 QBs. We don't know yet, but my gut says his board is going to look much different than his 2027 board.
This particular expert had Ty Simpson as a 2nd round prospect. Steelers Depot also does great draft profiles and they had Simpson as a late 1st to 2nd round QB and offered Marc Bulger as a comp for his ceiling. The Steelers held the 21st pick and since they have a big need at QB, their fans were particularly interested in whether their team should draft Simpson. If the Rams had passed on Simpson or tried to trade down, hoping to get Simpson later, the Steelers would have been one of the prime candidates to grab him.
As I mentioned earlier, when the Rams had the actual Marc Bulger, they could have drafted ARod. There was nothing wrong with Bulger, he was a very good QB. Some of the factors that prevented him from having a better career with the Rams were completely out of his control and depended on the rest of the team and organization around him. Some of the same factors were why he had initial success despite being a late round pick.
The reason the Rams might need to at least think about going QB in 2028 (assuming Snead doesn't trade away the pick like he often does) is similar to 2005. Drafting ARod would have been better than going with Alex Barron at OT. Having 2 QBs at the time would have been a "problem", because only one of them could start, but that issue would likely resolve itself (just like the Warner and Bulger problem or the Trent Green and Warner problem) because we probably could have traded Bulger at some point and recouped value.
