LA Rams @ LA Chargers
10:00 PM ET
J.B. Long, Rob Havenstein, Jourdan Rodrigue
Should be Ty's big hance to claim the #2!
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GAME DAY Rams vs Renters, Quick turnaround Pre-Season Game #3
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LA Rams @ LA Chargers
10:00 PM ET
J.B. Long, Rob Havenstein, Jourdan Rodrigue
Should be Ty's big hance to claim the #2!
View: https://x.com/TurfShowTimes/status/2092230863983702147?s=20
I don’t think there’s anything Ty can do in this game to earn the QB2 spot. It’ll be great to get him a ton of reps, but he’s gonna be playing against third teamers and practice squad guys. Seems pretty clear based on the rep distribution in practice and the playcalling in the games that Stetson is going to be the number 2. Feels like they still got the training wheels on Ty. Which, given the complexity of the offense and his overall inexperience, shouldn’t be all that surprising.
I think Sean has the Stetson/Ty thing figured out as of NOW. Doubt this game has any bearing on that.
Dont know who he's got 2 and who he's got 3. If I had to guess Stetson's the 2 but I don't think thats definite. I'd call it 70/30.
Dont know who he's got 2 and who he's got 3. If I had to guess Stetson's the 2 but I don't think thats definite. I'd call it 70/30.
Between the two Simpson looked better the first game. Bennett looked better the second game. If its based on those two games its a tossup. But practice is where they make their decisions. Bennett has been with the system longer. Maybe a higher floor at the moment. But Simpson has more upside.
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That was the thought before the pre-season games started, but a lot changed. Ty played great, Stetson mid
Also, the RB and TE rooms are looking a bit crowded, Rams might be wise to use the 3rd QB spot on one of them. Bennett could easily end up on the Practice squad
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I think there's a definitely a lane for this. Interesting that McVay left door open in presser for who's the number 2.
Ty played well late in the 2nd half of a single preseason game. Hes thrown almost 40 passes in the preseason and 4 have gone more than 10 yards downfield. They are making it easy on him, cutting the field in half with lots of boots and easy reads. He didn’t get a single rep with the ones all summer (Stetson got a bunch), and Stetson played well and looked better than Ty in the second preseason game.
Ty has a higher ceiling than Stetson 2-3 years down the road, but I don’t think there’s any question McVay would feel more comfortable with Stetson if something happened to Stafford right now. Maybe things will be different by Thanksgiving.
Also listening to Jourdan on her pod this morning she made it clear—this staff really likes Stetson. She said they have invested a lot into his development and they just straight up think he’s a gamer.
The fact that Ty was Drafted, knowing Stafford is still a Stud, shows that Ram brass KNOWS that Ty is a 2, or even 3-year sit. No reason in the world to promote him to QB2 if they feel Stetson is further along at this point.
Obviously, at this time NEXT year Simpson has to be at least the 2.
Yeah I thought the window for Ty to be QB2 was *extremely* narrow this summer. He played 14 games in college, and quite frankly wasn’t all that great in the last half of them due to injury and a subpar offensive line for typical Bama standards. I’ve thought from day 1 it was gonna be Stetson or a vet like Jimmy G or Derek Carr.
Stafford did an interview yesterday on Ryen Russillo’s pod where he talked about how mentally challenging this offense is *especially* for the QB. I think if McVay had ever really and truly considered Ty a viable candidate for QB2 this summer, he would’ve gotten some run with the ones on Stafford’s off days. He didn’t get a single rep.
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She does a pod with Gregg Rosenthal called NFL Daily. She’s not on every single day but I say she co-hosts 70% of them. I make sure to listen when she’s on because I still think she’s probably the most plugged in reporter with the Rams staff.
I'd bet money that McVay will make Stetson QB2 just because he knows he's only here one more year. He's going to prop him up and see at worst if they can get some comp pick out of him the next year. If the worst thing happens in 26 and Stafford get injured McVay won't keep that attitude long if Stetson doesn't perform well though. Ty is here for the long term and McVay doesn't give a shit if the media/clickbait whores takes him being QB3 as some kind of sign that it was a bad pick.
Also, this game being on at 9cst sucks donkey balls. Plus, it's considered a Chargers home game so any non-local stream is going to have the Chargers announcers unfortunately. So get ready to listen to Dan Fouts for three hours... yuck.
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Yeah, Nate's decent but he doesn't seem to have the pipeline of "people in the buidling are saying..."
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They always say nice things, and they could cut Stetson and put him on the PS to keep him around.
I dont know what they see in practice but I do know that the tone has changed quite a bit from earlier in the year. Stetson was the #2, Ty was 3. Then game 1 happened and Stetson looked like a rookie even though its his 4th camp. Now they arent committed to him as #2
There are only 53 roster spots and carrying 3 QB when 1 could be on PS is precarious
Both Jourdan and Daniel Jeremiah have said cutting Bennett is unlikely because the Rams don’t believe he’d clear waivers.
Nothing the staff has done since Simpson was drafted has shown they have any intention of making him Stafford’s backup this year. The fact that’s he’s going to get extensive playing time in the final preseason game pretty much confirms that. I think we get word either tomorrow or Thursday that Stetson won’t play vs LAC, and McVay officially names him QB2 on Monday or Tuesday of next week.
And even in that scenario, if Stafford were forced to miss extensive time, I think Bennett would have maybe a game and a half to prove himself. And if he couldn’t answer the bell, we’d see Jimmy G back in the building immediately.
I agree with a lot of things and disagree with a couple.
The 4 of 40 passes traveling 10 yards or more is incorrect. In the 2 games he's thrown passes at least 10 yards from the LOS, 11 times, with highs of 18 (twice), 17 (3 times) and 16 (once). 8 Completions, 3 incompletions.
On cutting the field in half, he's rolled out 11 times and dropped straight back 26 times.
He may not be ready to be the #2 but he may climb to that level at some point this season.
I believe they like Stetson a lot but I don't know if that's out of necessity because Simpson isn't ready yet.
I believe Simpson's ceiling is higher than Stetson's by next year, not 3 years down the road.
I think the key word there is "initial".
Bennett definitely looking cocky here.
I like that.
He's finally had an impressive preseason.
Good for him.