{"id":72567,"date":"2026-04-24T07:55:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/nfl-draft-2026-takeaways-rams-reach-cowboys-retool-and-jets-add-juice\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:55:47","slug":"nfl-draft-2026-takeaways-rams-reach-cowboys-retool-and-jets-add-juice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/nfl-draft-2026-takeaways-rams-reach-cowboys-retool-and-jets-add-juice\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL draft 2026 takeaways: Rams reach, Cowboys retool and Jets add juice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The win-now Rams shocked by picking a QB and the Cowboys addressed their disastrous defense as a faster-paced first round reshaped the NFL draft\u2019s opening night<\/p>\n<p>The Rams delivered the biggest shock of the night, sticking at pick No 13 and selecting Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson. It was a stunner that seemed to take <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NateAtkins_\/status\/2047512026352947325\">even their head coach<\/a> by surprise. Sean McVay seemed less than enthusiastic at the Rams\u2019 post-pick press conference, and Simpson said in an interview that he\u2019s never met McVay.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/24\/nfl-draft-2026-takeaways-rams-cowboys-jets\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The win-now Rams shocked by picking a QB and the Cowboys addressed their disastrous defense as a faster-paced first round reshaped the NFL draft\u2019s opening night The Rams delivered the biggest shock of the night, sticking at pick No 13 and selecting Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson. It was a stunner that seemed to take even &#8230; <a title=\"NFL draft 2026 takeaways: Rams reach, Cowboys retool and Jets add juice\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/nfl-draft-2026-takeaways-rams-reach-cowboys-retool-and-jets-add-juice\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about NFL draft 2026 takeaways: Rams reach, Cowboys retool and Jets add juice\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}