Rookie minicamps are underway around the league, and the Los Angeles Rams will soon join the mix with their own this weekend. They’ll welcome their rookies into the building on May 8 and minicamp will run through May 10, getting them acclimated to their new lives in the NFL.
There typically isn’t a ton of on-field work involved in the Rams’ rookie minicamp, but they still get to see their new players in a professional setting. One rookie who will be under a microscope all year is Ty Simpson.
ESPN insider Jeremy Fowler spoke to someone within the organization to find out what the Rams want to see from Simpson at rookie minicamp, and it’s mostly the mental side of playing quarterback.
“I checked with somebody with the team about Rams minicamp and what do they want to see from Simpson?” he said. “They said just command of the operation, ability to adjust, process information. Those aspects are going to be his superpowers with the Rams. He’s not the huge Matthew Stafford arm. He wins mentally, so that’s why they like him. Les Snead, the GM, told me he likes Ty Simpson’s central nervous system. He just has the ability to figure out the game with his mind. They want to see that on full display.”
Simpson doesn’t have elite physical traits when it comes to size, athleticism or arm strength. But he’s outstanding in the mental aspect of the game, diagnosing defenses and getting the ball where it needs to go.
Rookie minicamp will be the first step for the former Alabama signal caller, but things will really ramp up during OTAs and mandatory minicamp later this spring, and eventually training camp in July.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Here’s what the Rams want to see from Ty Simpson at rookie minicamp
Reporting by Cameron DaSilva, Rams Wire / Rams Wire
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