The one thing everybody knew about quarterback Ty Simpson this spring was that they didn’t know enough about him. Simpson started only 15 games at Alabama before declaring for the NFL draft. He wasn’t prepared to start in the NFL. Then the Rams drafted Simpson with the 13th pick, giving him a chance to learn from Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford for a year or two before becoming L.A.’s starter, and immediately, analysts and fans wondered why the Rams drafted a quarterback who won’t play this year.
Our absurdly impatient culture has created an absurdly impatient league: When millions of people demand change today, they trick NFL owners into believing that they are deliberate if they wait until the end of the week. As a result, NFL franchises are the least patient multibillion-dollar operations imaginable. Each one employs 832 people to tap on their watch.
