Chase Daniel: I was impressed with Ty Simpson's 'command of the huddle'
Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz are joined by former NFL quarterback Chase Daniel to break down Ty Simpson's debut with the Los Angeles Rams. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV .
Video Transcript
How we feeling about Ty Simpson?
I mean, amazing, right?
Like you saw, you saw what it was.
I mean, look, at 21 to 25, I think it was 190 yards passing, two touchdowns.
And look, I, I do probably overreact to preseason, but it's coming from a guy who spent 14 years where preseason was my Super Bowl, and a lot of guys'- Super Bowl.
Like the starters don't play a ton, but you're playing for spots.
You're playing for 50- 53 spots on, on like second and third string, maybe some fourth string guys.
So when you can go out there and you can ball out and you can do it, I do think it makes a, a massive, y- you know, statement on who you are.
And as far as Ty Simpson's day goes, look, he, he didn't throw the football down the field, but he wasn't asked to.
He was asked to run the offense, run, Sean McVay's offense in a lot of bootlegs, a lot of underneath stuff, two pinpoint accurate quarterback, like touchdown throws.
So for me, it just It wasn't necessarily when I was saying that, and I did this whole Twitter video of Orlovsky, 'cause I'm like, you know, that whole thing like Dan's like, "He's, he's, he's the best rookie quarterback."
And so it was sort of like satire comedy when I did it, but then it had like 750,000 views.
I was like, "Whoa."
Like, chill out, guys.
Like this is just supposed to be funny.
But I was impressed with his command of the huddle.
How much of Ty Simpson's success that we saw, albeit a small sample size, but it's all we have, how much of that do you think is due to the fact that he's learning from Matthew Stafford and the most brilliant offensive mind in the NFL in Sean McVay?
And how much of that is just Ty Simpson could have balled out no matter where he was drafted?
Yeah.
It does come down to fit, and scheme and how this quarterback will handle different, pressures in a certain scheme.
So I would say like scheme and fit, I mean, is exactly what you're alluding to, not just for Patrick Mahomes, not just for Ty Simpson, for any quarterback.
There's been so many talented quarterbacks in this league that have had bad coaching, I'll say it, bad coaching- or not coaching at all, and they fizzled out.
Like look at, like Baker Mayfield.
Now, Baker had that one year in Cleveland, but he was going left and right and different teams, and if it wasn't for Sean McVay and the Rams those last four games of the year, he wouldn't have signed with Tampa.
And I would say a lot of this And that's why I was so excited, and I think Dana was so excited, about the Ty Simpson thing is because, man, you're going in the first round, so you have a fifth year option, and you get to sit behind a living legend, who I, I was in a room with, with Matthew Stafford, for a couple years.
'Cause Matthew I think has got one or two more years in him, but you don't have the pressure to play.
You can go out there.
You can, you know, be a true backup quarterback and learn the game.
And you heard Ty Simpson a few times like, "Man, I'm just like a sponge.
Like I'm, I'm soaking up Sean McVay.
I'm so- soaking up Matthew Stafford."
Like I know the quarterbacks coach there personally, Dave Ragone, like th- they're in love with him.
And, and they've been in love with him, and I think they were trying to be so quiet around, like they were convicted that he was the guy.
But I do think, to get to this long-winded answer to your question, I do think like it definitely helps that the scheme is very quarterback-friendly in LA.
