The week of the 2025 NFL Draft is here, and the Los Angeles Rams could go in a variety of different directions with their first round pick.
The Rams have built a roster good enough to where they can take the best player available with the No. 26 pick. One thing under consideration though is taking a quarterback who can eventually be Matthew Stafford’s successor.
This would upset a lot of veteran quarterbacks, but that is not the case for Stafford who even said he would be willing to teach the rookie as much as he can, via Stu Jackson of TheRams.com:
“To me, I’m worried about doing everything I can to be the best version of myself for this team,” Stafford said. “Whoever we draft, I hope they come in and help our team win. You look at it last year, our first two picks were guys on defense that made huge impacts on our team. So for me, I’m just trying to load this team up with as many good players as we possible can. If a quarterback comes along and they feel the need to take him, welcome him with open arms and try to teach him as much as I possibly can.”
Stafford has always been one to put the team first, and this is no different. This draft isn’t exactly filled with quarterback talent, but the Rams have recently met with both Jalen Milroe and Jaxson Dart, so there is clearly some level of interest there.
A lot of it will likely come down to who is available when the Rams are on the clock at 26, but considering they currently are in a Super Bowl window with Stafford, it would make more sense to take someone who can come in and contribute right away than a quarterback that would sit on the bench and develop for a year or two.
Sean McVay says it’s ‘unlikely’ Rams take quarterback early in 2025 NFL Draft
That seems to be the mindset of Rams head coach Sean McVay, who recently said it is unlikely the team takes a quarterback.
“I think that’s unlikely. I’ll be honest with you, I haven’t done a whole lot of work on the quarterbacks,” McVay said at the recent league meetings.
“I feel really good about where our quarterback room is, even though we’re not naive to the fact that Matthew’s hopefully got a couple more years that he wants to play, but he’s also earned the right to say ‘After this year, I’m going to go ahead and hang them up.’
“But I’m hopeful that’s not the case, but I haven’t done enough work to really have an educated opinion on that. That’s not something I would see us going – but maybe not, huh?”
McVay, of course, still left all of the Rams’ options open heading into the draft.
