Daniel Jeremiah · Feb 19, 2026
In a pre-combine media Q&A, Jeremiah lays out his draft board: he expects an edge rusher to go early (Jets at 2, Arizona at 3), ranks Ruben Bain third among the top edge trio, sees Ty Simpson as the second quarterback with a 30s-40s grade, places Fernando Mendoza above the 2023 class's top three, and predicts specific players' landing spots and rounds.
“I will be a little surprised if if we don't see one of them go.”
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- Position Order CallsFeb 19, 2026
“I would say most people would have him as the third.”
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- Position Order CallsFeb 19, 2026
“But I think he's clearly the second quarterback in this draft class.”
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- Mock Draft PicksFeb 19, 2026
“For me, I have him as you know, he's in the you know, thirties forties range. For me, it's just a pure grade.”
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- Mock Draft PicksFeb 19, 2026
“Max clair is my favorite of the, bunch but that would that would be at pick sixty. TWO i think that's a great value for, him would be at pick sixty two”
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- Mock Draft PicksFeb 19, 2026
“Denzel Boston is going to go in the first round”
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- Mock Draft PicksFeb 19, 2026
“Malachi Fields probably goes in the second round”
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- Mock Draft PicksFeb 19, 2026
“Sam Heckt from from Kansas State, I think can start day one. He probably goes in the late second, early third, round range.”
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- Mock Draft PicksFeb 19, 2026
“Jake Slaughter from Florida I think would have a chance as a third round pick to come in and get on the field right away.”
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- Mock Draft PicksFeb 19, 2026
“WELL i would say if somehow the league was dumb enough for Sunny styles to fall, There Dan morgan would lose his linebacker card if he didn't run that pick up. There BUT i. DON'T i don't think he's gonna make it. There”
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- Combine MeasurementsFeb 19, 2026
“and then I think he might run in the low four to fives, potentially even faster than that.”
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- Combine MeasurementsFeb 19, 2026
“I think he'll run like the four fives once we get a chance to see him in Indy.”
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- Combine MeasurementsFeb 19, 2026
“RUN i bet he runs in the four, fours you, know mid four fours at that, Size”
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- Combine MeasurementsFeb 19, 2026
“He's just not gonna be as big. He's gonna be around six foot three, two hundred and forty five pounds.”
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- Team Draft Slot CallsFeb 19, 2026
“I think the Jets are a kind of a prime candidate to take one there at two”
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- Depth Chart CallsFeb 19, 2026
“if you, assume as we all, do That Fernando mendoz is off the, board”
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- Trade and Signing CallsFeb 19, 2026
“Because everybody that I talked to seems to sneaks to be in on Tyler Linderbaum. So it sounds like he's gonna have a robust market.”
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- Combine MeasurementsFeb 19, 2026
“csa From South, carolina super super. Explosive he might run in the four, two”
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- Mock Draft PicksFeb 19, 2026
“they've got a really good player there in Trading stukes who's a little bit. OLDER i think's probably goes in the third. Round”
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