A huge concern lingers just under the surface for the Los Angeles Rams 2024 season; what exactly is the succession plan at quarterback once Matthew Stafford retires? The team currently has Jimmy Garoppolo on a one-year $3.2 million deal and Stetson Bennett on a rookie contract until 2026.
Neither appears to be the long-term answer for a team that refuses to truly rebuild (at least, up until this point in time in this iteration). Classically, teams have torn their teams and coaching staffs to the ground, content with being bad for 1-3 years and drafting a quarterback in the top 5 somewhere in that process.
Is Quinn Ewers The Los Angeles Rams’ Future At QB?
That isn’t the case for the Rams this season. Even if something horrific happens this year, they will win six to seven games this season. They even won five games in the dumpster fire that was the 2022 season, in part due to the bold move of adding Baker Mayfield after Stafford was ruled out due to injury.
While they are not among the teams expected to fill out the 2025 top-five draft spots, the Rams have proven to be adept at identifying talent from all over the seven rounds of the draft, including in the back half of the first, which is where they will find themselves in 2025’s draft.
This is where ESPN’s Steve Muench sees the Rams betting big on Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers. Here is what he wrote;
I currently have a second-round grade on Ewers, and the Los Angeles Rams don’t have a second-round pick after trading up for DT Braden Fiske in the 2024 draft. While there is time for Ewers to play himself back into the first round, he seems unlikely to be a top-10 pick. So the Rams might be in play for him later in the first round, perhaps via a trade back. Plus, I love the idea of Ewers backing up veteran quarterback Matthew Stafford while learning the offense and being coached by Sean McVay.
Ewers missed two games due to an abdominal strain but returned for the teams game against Vanderbilt. In six games this season, he has completed 69 percent of his passing attempts for 1389 yards, 14 touchdowns, and six interceptions.
In the piece the authors picked a ‘best fit’ and a ‘sneaky fit.’ According to Muech, the best fit would be the Rams divisional rivals, the San Francisco 49ers, despite Brock Purdy still playing at a high level on a rookie contract at the age of 24.
