Gruden interviews Ty Simpson.

Worth a watch.

To say Ty comes across well and knows his stuff is understatement. He has the QB IQ, grew up with football, and seems to interview well.

The need at QB is great and we have a coach with a good history of working with them.

Watch the interview. And you will see why.

You guys know I am drafting him. Will I be ready to start in the NFL in week one 2026? I doubt it. By the end of the year, YES.

IMO, a coach's son is worth a year's worth of starting in college. Factor that in draft nicks should.

 

A coaches son good at the whiteboard is no different than saying the sky is blue. That much should be obvious. The issue with Ty Simpson isn't above the neck.


The issue stems from a lack of size and severe lack of development. It also doesn't help that he needs serious development in terms of working inside the pocket; his time to throw also needing a major overhaul as his lower body mechanics can be hit or miss.


In short?! Anyone selecting Ty Simpson in Round 1 is seriously banking on him based off of his ability to play off structure; a deadly move for his career. He isn't ready regardless.

 

Let me guess he raved about Simpson. Let me know when he puts out one of these videos where he doesnt

 

NFL Players tend to gain weight and muscles from their college days. So add 5 pounds on him. So he's 217-220 Lbs, okay?

Not every coach's son is good at the mental part of the game. Some are morons. Blue sky eh? In Simpson's case he has a high football IQ. I am sure he scored well on the s2 / wonderlic.

If you watch the interview, you will see that Simpson has ideal leadership, skills and QB smarts. Just listening to him reply back on calls and the verbiage he is well beyond most college QB's.

Does he need some mechanical work? Almost every college QB does. But if you buy into the media examples, they say it is a forte of Simpson's game.

This isn't your typical 15 game starter in college in terms of QB readiness. Simpson is way more advanced than that. I say his reads are good as is his extremely low interception rate.

Where do you think he will go in the draft? I say first round.

 

Mason Rudolph interviewed very well too. I don't put much weight behind these kinds of interviews. I mean, yeah, it's great when a QB shows he has a brain. But it still doesn't always translate to an NFL winner.

 

Hard pass

 

TY?
TY?
TY CAN YOU ANSWER?

 

Yeah, haven't seen him hammer a prospect for being dumb and tape looking bad. If he did that, he'd get no more one-on-ones.

So probably key is picking up the QB himself stammering or showing arrogance when presented with possible weakness or mistake. About all that can be gleaned from these videos.

 

If You can't do well on the white board , You don't belong playing football.
Almost every player is good on the white board. Nobody is changing the D, Nobody is faking who is coming, and who isn't, Nobody is disguising what they are really doing, and nobody is trying to sack the Qb. It's when all that is going on , then how well, and how fast can they process it.

 

If you know what you're talking about, the white board can say a lot about a QB. No-- not everyone's the same. There are various degrees of excellent, very good, good , average or below average.


Nussmeier is a guy who is injury prone, very light ( 203 LBS ), and has small hands. He is not built to last in the NFL. He is a poor running QB, and too turnover prone.

 

Plus, you're looking at the formations from above, where everything is easily visible and it's much easier to see the depth of the safeties. I have seen some of these interviews where the coach will say which play they're running and then asking what you would do if this safety does this at the snap. And again, it is still so much simpler than being on the field and trying to get protections set up and watching for motion or who's pressing the line of scrimmage like they're going to blitz.

Like you said, if a quarterback can't do well at the chalkboard, they have a very long way to go and a lot to learn. Maybe too much to even be considered a developmental quarterback.

 

Todd Marinovich robo QB, had it all and look how that turned out. A smart head and most importantly, playing time, is what matters most. Some guys seem like they'll be good, but the nfl is so much faster and cerebral. I still like Howard. Has the brains, championship drive and all the physical traits.

 

I'm not saying that Howard is going to be the next Ben or Bradshaw but we still don't know what we have with him. I think he deserves a chance, if Simpson lasts past the 3rd rd then we need to snatch him.

 

A better arm with double the inconsistency, older and just as injury prone to boot. I am staying as far away from Garrett Nussimeier as humanely possible. Whatever happened to him this season?!?!...


... he sure is far removed from that Top 32 talent I saw a season ago.

 

I truly hope that the team punts on it all together. Despite my belief that both Allar and Beck are the best of the worst, there are too many holes on the roster to accommodate either; doubly so as far as Secondary Help. That unit, along with IDL ILB and a sneaky one at Tight End, need some retooling.

 

I seem to remember a QB doing amazingly in Grudens interviews, one of the best football minds he said…

it was Josh Dobbs

 

The class of 2026 was viewed favorably at the start of 2025.

So..

I tell you, there must be something in the water of players' durability these days. Too many guys were injured. It just was not this way decades ago.

 

Alot of guys do well in interviews and on the whiteboard, hell Dan Orlovsky is breaking down coverage on espn but he didnt amount to much as a QB. There are probably thousands of interviews that went fantastic by guys you never even heard of. Playing QB in the NFL isnt really about how much you know, its about how fast can you process and apply what you do know.

 

I would take a swing in the 3rd round. If it doesn't pan out then you have 2027. And really we have been hearing about the upcoming classes of QB's having can't miss prospects. What if 2027 fizzles to? Beck or Allar I wouldn't have an issue with. We now have an Offensive coach who can develop one.
Time to send the Reindeer out to pasture.

And now we are waiting again on a mummified guy high on Ashwagandha...

 

Thanks Joel. I watched the one he did with Howard last year.

I do think he's all about pumping guys up. But it's not bad to see the hype video.

If we draft him, I'll watch this.

My guess is that we don't go QB early though.

 

I'm not going to say or try to guess when we select a QB. I do think we will draft one. With only a career backup and a 'rookie' that has never thrown an NFL pass, QB has to be a priority.
ARod may already be in position like last year, just not going to officially sign until TC. I don't know. The coaches may be in love with Howard and think he's going to be awesome. Again, I don't know. But from my viewpoint, we will draft a QB from this draft. We have to.

 

Good point.

I'm assuming that Rodgers will be on the team.

I do think there's a good chance we still draft someone. But having 4 guys in camp can mean someone doesn't get much / any work. Though maybe Rodgers doesn't really do much.

 

Gruden is great at QB interviews because he knows what he is talking about and his enthusiasm is contagious to the viewers. Now I think his version of offense is about 10 years out of date, but for a football media guy, he and Warner are both excellent. He has been there. The man knows way more than I.

Yes-- he has his favorites. But the people interviewed must stand on thier own and show their stuff. I believe Ty did that and then some.

Now the Steelers have exited from Tomlin and Colbert. Their collective " wisdom " drafted Pickett in round one. A player that I said during the draft week, would ad nauseum disappoint on the defunct Steelers board we used to be on. Remember? He had a weak arm, played a weak schedule, had tiny hands and a low IQ. The red flags were waving.

Deliver a swift kick in the shorts to the fans and the Steelers they did.

But we have a new brainstrust and one that is better than 5 years ago.

Will we draft Simpson? If he is on the board, I think so. I trust Mike McCarthy. After not trading up two slots to draft Nix, and passing on Dart the next year in round one, ( two moves I posted we should do ) we are on strike #2. How much longer do we kick the can and not address the most important position in football?

Rudy is what he is. No better than that. And Howard, who I like as a 6th round pick just doesn't have the accuracy or QB reads to gamble on as QB1.