Ty Simpson declares for the 2026 NFL draft

[602 Native]

The plot thickens

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[602 Native]

LOL
The end of the Rams relationship with McVay.

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[az jam]

I like Simpson and was hoping the Cards could get him but not with the #3 pick. I'm not sure if he really is any better than Nussmeier, Allar or Beck and hope the Cards take one of them to develop. Bottom line for me its no big deal that the Cards didn't get Simpson.

 

[602 Native]

Is McVay usually silent in these situations.

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[kerouac9]

Time will tell but "I drafted my buddy's son" usually doesn't turn out great.

I mean the last one in memory is going in the hall of fame this summer

 

[602 Native]

I mean the last one in memory is going in the hall of fame this summer

Refresh my memory was at a GM or the coach that did that I can’t remember

 

[Cardiac]

So disappointed in my fellow Cards fans. It's not a great look celebrating a foes "mistake" but I'm guilty of it myself. But celebrating a perceived mistake is simply tempting the football gods to slap us around yet again. Karma is real and she is a bi.....

 

[HerefortheCards]

Refresh my memory was at a GM or the coach that did that I can’t remember

‘‘Twas the best Coach the Cards ever had. One Mr. Denny “we let them off the hook” Green.

 

[kerouac9]

Refresh my memory was at a GM or the coach that did that I can’t remember

I’m not sure why the difference matters much

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

stafford was blindsided by the pick

 

[602 Native]

I’m not sure why the difference matters much

One actually has to make that dude special the other sits in the owners box and is basically a nobody.

 

[football karma]

if any GM gets the benefit of the doubt in the draft, its probably Les Snead.

that said, had Monti traded down to, lets say 12, and taken Simpson as their first pick, I would have lost my mind

 

[HerefortheCards]

I’m not sure why the difference matters much

Actually refresh my memory because I think you are both correct. Wasn’t Denny the Coach and GM in everything but name? Denny made those picks that built the Super Bowl team.

 

[ajcardfan]

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This stuff is killing me.

He is so obviously angry at this pick. A waste of their window, a waste of a pick, a player he has zero interest in coaching.

Unfortunately this is probably the highlight of the Cardinals 2026 season.

 

[ajcardfan]

So disappointed in my fellow Cards fans. It's not a great look celebrating a foes "mistake" but I'm guilty of it myself. But celebrating a perceived mistake is simply tempting the football gods to slap us around yet again. Karma is real and she is a bi.....

It's not nearly as bad as the 49ers making a massive trade for Trey Lance. And huge effup barely hurt them at all.

 

[Cardiac]

It's not nearly as bad as the 49ers making a massive trade for Trey Lance. And huge effup barely hurt them at all.

Yep, and then Karma gave them Purdy with the last pick in the draft.

 

[QuebecCard]

stafford was blindsided by the pick

No, he wasn't. He was consulted the day prior, according to reports.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

No, he wasn't. He was consulted the day prior, according to reports.

they consulted stafford before getting a qb they weren't sure they could get? smart

 

[kerouac9]

Actually refresh my memory because I think you are both correct. Wasn’t Denny the Coach and GM in everything but name? Denny made those picks that built the Super Bowl team.

Denny had a lot of input but ultimately I think the roster decisions came from Graves. It’s a spectrum right? Green, Gannon, and Arians IMO had a lot of input and influence. Kingsbury and MLF have/had relatively little. Whis was in the middle.

 

[Harry]

For late pick of Simpson fans like me, there was no way to stop this if the trade wasn’t there. I think those gloating will end up not being happy. He has potential. Rams will likely find it in 2 years.

 

[MadCardDisease]

For late pick of Simpson fans like me, there was no way to stop this if the trade wasn’t there. I think those gloating will end up not being happy. He has potential. Rams will likely find it in 2 years.

Yep. That is why I had the Cards taking with the 12 overall pick in my mock. If the Cards really wanted him that’s where I felt they needed to take him.

 

[602 Native]

For late pick of Simpson fans like me, there was no way to stop this if the trade wasn’t there. I think those gloating will end up not being happy. He has potential. Rams will likely find it in 2 years.

We didn’t have two years so he was for sure not for the Cards.

I can’t even imagine having to wait till 2030 to see a kid play and make us relevant.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I’m not sure why the difference matters much

because he's looking for any reason not to admit he was wrong after being so boisterous about Simpson not getting picked until the 3rd round and instead he got picked by one of the best FO in football in the first half of the first round.

 

[QuebecCard]

We didn’t have two years so he was for sure not for the Cards.

I can’t even imagine having to wait till 2030 to see a kid play and make us relevant.

It's likely the same timeframe if we select a QB in 2027.

 

[maroon]

I think Mike L might be a little shocked now this happened, but it's really typical, often times it's being thrown a curve ball like this that forces you out of your safe zone. I'm not happy Simpson went to a division rival, I figure this will haunt us but there's not a lot the Cardinals could of done to stop it either.