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MikeRodak said... (original post) Here’s the thing: I’m not sure Ty needs to sit and learn. By all accounts he’s a very adept football mind. He knows Xs and Os. Coach’s son. All t... show more If the Rams have a very good season, then it's possible he also might get to start a game or two at the end. Or Stafford could theoretically get injured. I doubt they want to have to go with Stetson Bennett if that happens. The fact that they took Ty at 13 instead of trading down, IMO, means one or all of 3 things: (1) they believe this is Stafford's last season, (2) they believed another team would take Ty in the teens if they traded down and that there was a huge dropoff in QB quality after that, and/or (3) they really like Ty's potential a lot. It's true that it is less common than it used to be for QBs to sit and wait a year. But IMO that's more about teams' choices than anything else. Also, with the rookie wage scale, IMO it's actually more likely for a team to play a QB early, because if you can't play, they can get rid of you quickly and draft another one. Back before the RWS, you were in salary cap hell if your first round QB didn't pan out, so teams were more careful about it.