Rams Targeted Ty Simpson, Vrabel Drama Continues & Browns QB Plan + Mailbag
3 and Out with John Middlekauff
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of 3 & Out, John Middlekauff reveals how the Los Angeles Rams had their sights set on Ty Simpson well before the draft, breaking down the pre-draft process and why Sean McVay’s group was locked in on their guy. What does it say about Simpson’s future in L.A.?
John also dives into the ongoing Mike Vrabel storyline that just won’t go away, unpacking the latest developments and what it could mean for his future in the league.
Plus, the Cleveland Browns appear poised to roll with Deshaun Watson as their starting quarterback—John discusses the decision, the risks involved, and what it means for the team heading into the season.
To wrap things up, it’s the Middlekauff Mailbag, with John answering your questions and hitting on a wide range of NFL topics.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.3 | The Volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, my people? How are we doing? John Middilcoff, Three Now Podcasts. |
| 0:24.2 | Hopefully everyone is doing well. We got a lot going on. We got Les and Sean McVeigh operating |
| 0:30.4 | like SEAL Team 6 around the draft. We have Mike Vrabel's story. God, this thing just turned into like a Bravo reality show. |
| 0:41.4 | We have some quarterback news. |
| 0:42.9 | Deshawn Watson can be a starting quarterback, it looks like, for the Browns. |
| 0:47.3 | Some fifth year options exercised on quarterbacks and Diego Pavia. |
| 0:52.7 | As well as we'll do some mailbag questions. At John Middlecoff. At John Middlecoff is the Instagram firing those DMs and get your questions answered here on the show. Very, very easy to do. So you guys know the drill. If you listen on Collins' feed, make sure you subscribe to Three Now Podcast. We're also on a little place called Netflix. You set your alerts, never miss an episode. |
| 1:12.8 | See this? I actually look kind of tan right now. Let's start with the Rams and Sean McVey, |
| 1:18.8 | Les Need, and their new quarterback, Ty Simpson. It has come out over the last 48 hours that |
| 1:26.6 | Sean McVeigh had a secret meeting with him. |
| 1:29.3 | So when Ty Simpson said post-draft that he had never talked to him, |
| 1:34.9 | Les Need told Pat McAfee yesterday, he could have been honest. |
| 1:39.4 | He just stuck to the script that we gave him that said, |
| 1:42.3 | don't say a word about our interest in you and your |
| 1:46.6 | connection to us and your meeting with us. And the one thing the Rams do a really good job of |
| 1:52.4 | is they don't send anybody in the combine, pretty sure they don't send anyone to All-Star Games, |
| 1:56.8 | and they don't send anyone to pro days. They don't have their people out there in the world talking. |
| 2:01.9 | Because what do we do? |
| 2:03.4 | Human beings, we like to talk and we like to gossip about whatever industry you're in. |
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