Funny you should say that. For those that don't like the media attention the Rams are getting as the SB favorite, don't watch FTF. On first things first, Greg Jennings, Danny Parkins and Jeff Schwartz were raving about Simpson.
Jenning said, "he proved that he can learn and he can execute. No credit away from Simpson but a lot of the credit goes to McVay. When a player steps to the podium and says, 'this is the most comfortable I've ever felt in a game', that tells me they made him comfortable. They leaned into who is he is and his skillset, not how we want him to fit into our system. You want to put him in a good position so he showed well and he did"
Swartz said, "I know some people want to give him a bust in Canton but preseason is about do the players check the box or is it a red flag. #13 player over all, Simpson checked the box. Did he look like the #13 pick overall? Yes he did. Check the box."
Parkins said, "I wouldn't want to be Stetson Bennett"
Swartz, "oh he's out. He's out"
Parkins says, "then that's not nothing. That's a little bit more than a checkmark. Can that guy execute McVays offense? He looks like he could"
Jennings said, "the Rams wanted to prepare Simpson and they did. The Rams wanted to check the box on Simpson at #13 and they looked and said, 'yeah we made the right choice'. To the Stetson Bennett point, he's a non factor"
Parkins, "you think Simpson's the backup?"
Jennings, "yeah he's the backup"
Swartz, "they drafted him to be the backup, he looked like the backup, he did a great job"
Parkins, "well that's not nothing then. That is more value than I thought Simpson was going to provide on draft day".
Me? I don't want to over react so I won't. He looked good, Bennett really didn't. There's more games and hopefully BOTH of them play. We'll see more going forward.
