TEMPE — The Arizona Cardinals and quarterback Ty Simpson were one of the draft's hottest connections leading into the first round, though it was in fact a divisional rival that walked out of draft night with the Alabama quarterback. Simpson to the desert made sense in a few ways. Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort liked Simpson dating back to the very end of the 2025 regular season. Arizona needed a long-term replacement for Kyler Murray and after swinging and missing on various free agent names, the draft gave 2026's offseason one final opportunity. New Cardinals head coach in Mike LaFleur was thought to be eying a potential system fit to run his offense in future years, though it was in fact one of LaFleur's greatest influences (Rams coach Sean McVay) that surprised the entire draft and took Simpson with the 13th overall pick.…