Sean McVay: We hope Jimmy Garoppolo has “change of heart”, will consider drafting QB

The Rams are leaving the door open for each Jimmy Garoppolo and the likelihood of including a rookie quarterback within the draft.

Garoppolo is contemplating retirement and McVay mentioned at a press convention earlier this week that the group doesn’t want to press him for a choice about returning for a 3rd season at this level. He reiterated that in an look on ESPN Los Angeles forward of Thursday’s first spherical and likewise mentioned that the group has completed the mandatory analysis to be in place to draft a quarterback if issues break that method over the following three days.

“We do our work on all these positions“McVay said. “Whether you’re saying it’s a [Fernando] Mendoza, it’s a Ty Simpson, it’s a [Garrett] Nussmeier, it’s Carson Beck, there are a lot of guys that are going to be good players in this draft and if we feel like it fits for us, you consider it. But we are still hopeful and optimistic that you give Jimmy his time, maybe he’ll have a change of heart. I think the best thing you can do — you never want to force someone to do something. “He’s earned the right to be able to walk away on his terms and it’s been an amazing career.”

Stetson Bennett is at present the one quarterback on the roster behind Matthew Stafford and Stafford’s not assured to be taking part in past 2026, so including a rookie quarterback would make sense whether or not Garoppolo needs to return again or not. Should that transfer come early within the draft, it is perhaps a sign that the Rams do not suppose there is a excessive chance of that change of coronary heart coming to cross.