Ty Simpson: Had secret meeting with Rams’ McVay before draft

Los Angeles – The rams wanted to maintain my interest in ty simpson Closer to the vest before the NFL Draft, so alabama The quarterback kept his meeting with coach Sean McVay “private,” he said Monday in an interview with Ian Fitzsimmons on ESPN Radio’s “Amber & Ian.”

The Rams drafted Simpson, Matthew StaffordThe potential successor, with the 13th pick on Thursday night.

“We tried to keep it under wraps as long as we could,” Simpson said in a Monday interview. “It was something where I knew they were interested, but they wanted to make it private and didn’t want people to know they were interested.

“So, I had some secret meetings with Coach McVay, and I was just trying to stay on script and do what everyone told me and not tell anyone.”

After being drafted, Simpson downplayed his predraft talks with the Rams.

“It was really brief, to be honest,” he said Thursday night. “I met with some scouts at Alabama, and that was really it. They talked to my agent, but it wasn’t really much.”

In reality, Simpson said Monday, he and McVay had a meeting before the draft and “talked for hours and hours.”

“And it was just football,” Simpson said. “It was just straight-up football. And it was like being a kid in a candy store. Me and him are sitting there, and we’re just going back and forth. You could tell his passion for the game, and you could tell his love for the quarterback game.

“It’s something that I appreciate, and it’s something that I enjoy because I really enjoy playing the position and value the position. So, being with him and then getting to know him and then seeing a little bit of how I would be coached if I was lucky enough to go there, it was something that I couldn’t have asked for in a better situation.”

Although McVay said he “couldn’t be more excited about being able to add [Simpson]”To the roster, he wanted to make it clear that Stafford will be the Rams’ quarterback as long as he wants to play.

“Whenever that time comes [Simpson] The opportunity to succeed Matthews will come on Matthews’ terms, McVay said Saturday night.