Everyone wondered where Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson would land. Many thought he wouldn’t get picked until the end of the first round or the beginning of the second round, but they were wrong.The Los Angeles Rams picked Simpson at No. 13, which may come as a shock to some, but Simpson has ties to the team.General manager Les Snead was among the GMs who thought that Simpson would be a first-round quarterback.Many think this is the perfect landing spot for Simpson because he gets to sit behind Matthew Stafford for a year and is paired with head coach Sean McVay, a great offensive mind.ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky has been singing the praises of Simpson since day one and said earlier today that if they wanted a guy who was good at the fundamentals of football, then Simpson was your guy.He was also one of the few who thought Simpson was a first-round guy.
Simpson becomes the fourth Alabama quarterback to be taken in the first round of the draft in the past decade.The thought was that either the Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers, or New York Jets would take him at the bottom of the draft; no one saw this coming. This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: The LA Rams shocked the NFL by taking Ty Simpson at 13