Ty Simpson stated on Monday in an interview with Ian Fitzsimmons on ESPN Radio’s “Amber & Ian” that the Alabama quarterback kept his meeting with coach Sean McVay “private” because the Rams wanted to keep their interest in him close to the vest before the NFL draft.
Simpson, the anticipated replacement to Matthew Stafford, was selected by the Rams with the 13th pick on Thursday night.
In the interview on Monday, Simpson stated:
“We tried to keep this under wraps as long as we could,”
“It was something to where I knew they were interested, but they wanted to make it private and didn’t want people to know that they were interested.
“So, I had some secret meetings with Coach McVay, and I just was trying to be on script and do what everybody told me and not to tell anybody.”
“And it was just football,”
“It was just straight football. And it was like a kid in a candy store. Me and him are sitting there, and we’re just going back and forth. You can tell the obsession he has for the game, and you can tell the love he has for quarterback play.
“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 just seeing a little bit of how I would get coached if I was fortunate enough to go there was something that I couldn’t have asked for a better situation.”
Simpson revealed on Monday that he and McVay actually met once prior to the draft and “talked for hours and hours.”
