NFL draft rumors: McVay’s commitment to Rams has team thinking QB…

NFL draft rumors: McVay’s commitment to Rams has team thinking QB
Will Rams draft Michael Penix or Bo Nix because of long-term commitment by Sean McVay?

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Kenneth Arthur



The Los Angeles Rams have four quarterbacks on the roster already, including one of the best in the league, a former Super Bowl starter, and a 2023 fourth round draft pick, but rumors persist that general manager Les Snead will consider QB early in the draft. That continued on Sunday with The 33rd Team’s Ari Meirov (MySportsUpdate) claiming that “teams believe the Rams could be in the quarterback market” and that is due to the fact that Sean McVay has put retirement rumors to rest.

The Rams having a first round pick is like “house money” practically because the team has had so much success without drafting players on day one, so would Snead and McVay pick Michael Penix or Bo Nix, for example, instead of a position of need?

The Los Angeles Rams tried to secure a potential heir apparent for Matthew Stafford in last year’s draft when they selected Stetson Bennett in the fourth round, but that has not gone as smoothly as hoped.

Stafford, entering his 16th season, has no guaranteed money left on his contract after this season. Teams believe the Rams could be in the quarterback market because Sean McVay has committed to staying with the organization for the long term after considering a move to television in previous offseasons.

McVay’s long-run commitment and the building of a new nucleus of young talent means finding the next quarterback could be on their minds.

The Rams have Matthew Stafford and Jimmy Garoppolo as the set-in-stone 1 and 2 for next season, with Stetson Bennett’s status still up in the air. Dresser Winn is the fourth quarterback on the roster.

But if you think the idea of drafting a first round quarterback hurts, just remember that Snead could always try to reunite Mike LaFleur and Zach Wilson by making a trade with the Jets. How would Penix and Nix compare to that?

Penix and Nix are the two quarterbacks expected to go after the first four of Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, and J.J. McCarthy, but this is the draft and anything could happen. McCarthy might not be a top-10 pick at all. Maye could fall too.

Bo Nix is probably the best fit for the Rams, but Devin Leary of Kentucky worked directly with Liam Coen in 2023 and could be had in the sixth round. Is that what teams mean when they say that they think the Rams are looking at quarterbacks in the draft? Probably, but you can’t ever say you know what Snead will do with his first round picks.