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Post-Combine NFL Mock Draft: Ty Simpson Becomes Los Angeles Rams NEW Franchise QB

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Jeremiah Love and Kenya Sadiq should be judged as elite offensive weapons, not by positional value.

The episode opens in the usual Locked On rhythm, with the hosts reminding listeners that the show is daily and that the Every Dayer Club is available for ad-free episodes and fan chat. From there, the conversation moves into a post-scouting combine mock draft, including some head-scratching picks for the Los Angeles Rams. The tone stays quick and loose, with the hosts sounding like they are sorting through the board in real time. One of the recurring ideas is that the combine changed how some players should be viewed. The discussion keeps circling back to team fit, not just raw talent. The middle of the episode gives Dallas a lot of attention. Pick 12 goes to Reuben Bain Jr., a move framed as stopping a slide before it gets any worse. Pick 20 becomes Dylan Thineman, whose athletic profile gets a detailed explanation. The hosts stress that his speed shows up more clearly when he is allowed to play deeper, especially at free safety. They also note that he can handle multiple defensive roles, including strong safety, big nickel, and big dime work. That flexibility becomes the backbone of the case for him. The conversation then folds in the George Pickens tag situation and the idea that Dallas still has time to sort out its receiver future. They mention the cap flexibility created by restructures involving Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, with a reported $66 million opening in cap space. That gives the mock a roster-building edge instead of keeping it purely hypothetical. The hosts connect those moves back to the defense and argue that adding Bain and Thineman would help jumpstart a turnaround. Their point is not subtle: Dallas needs more playmakers on defense, and these two picks would push that direction hard. The episode also keeps its usual banter-heavy cadence, with the hosts tossing in jokes, self-corrections, and little pivots that keep the pace moving. Toward the end, they close with the familiar sign-off and invite listeners back for the next day’s show. The final tease is an updated post-combine top 25 big-boy ranking, built around which players ran well, which ones did not test, and who moved after drills. The whole episode plays more like a live draft-room conversation than a polished essay. It is built for listeners who like draft talk to stay nimble, argumentative, and grounded in fit. The result is a show that feels very current to the combine moment. It is less about perfect certainty than about making strong calls before the board settles. That is the appeal here, and it stays intact from the first mock pick to the final tease. If you want a cleaner, slower audit of every prospect, this is not trying to be that. If you want draft brains talking through chaos as it happens, it lands exactly there.

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A brisk post-combine mock draft with sharp team-fit talk and a few head-scratching picks.

This post-scouting combine mock draft has a clear pulse, especially once the talk shifts to how certain picks could alter team needs and why the Rams' selections land with such force.

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