Bruce Feldman · Feb 26, 2026
Feldman discussed Fernando Mendoza as the likely No. 1 overall pick to the Raiders, praised Kenyon Sadik and Sunny Styles as combine standouts, projected Ty Simpson as a late-first-round pick, and pegged Cole Peyton for the fourth-to-fifth round range.
“I think that kind of resiliency and that mental focus that does bode well if he's going to be the first pick of the draft with the Raiders.”
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- Mock Draft PicksTy SimpsonFeb 26, 2026
“BUT i think somewhere later in the first, round as somebody sits there and, goes you know, what we can work with him and develop him”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 50How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Ty Simpson
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 13
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- somewhere later in the first round (picks 1–32)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
“that does bode well if he's going to be the first pick of the draft with the Raiders.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 50How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Fernando Mendoza
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 1
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
- Mock Draft PicksCole PaytonFeb 26, 2026
“BUT i think you'll See Cole payton end. Up maybe he'll be in the fifth or a fourth fifth round. Range”
Scored 77.11a naive guess scored 50How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Cole Payton
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 77.11
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 178
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 77.11
- predicted pick:
- maybe he'll be in the fifth or a fourth fifth round range (picks 129–172)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
- Combine MeasurementsSonny StylesFeb 26, 2026
“he's a guy gonna broad jump eleven, feet a guy's gonna vertical jump over. Forty”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Combine MeasurementsSonny StylesFeb 26, 2026
“a guy's gonna vertical jump over. Forty”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Combine MeasurementsCole PaytonFeb 26, 2026
“he made vertical jump around forty. Inches”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.