Previewing the NFL Combine's quarterback class, Dale predicted Indiana's Fernando Mendoza will be drafted by the Raiders and suggested Alabama's Ty Simpson could be the only other quarterback taken in the first round, with this class not producing the five first-round QBs of recent years.

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• Mock Draft PicksTy SimpsonFeb 22, 2026

  Ty Simpson to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)

  “we're not going to have what we've had traditionally over the last couple of years when you see five guys taken in the first round, you might make the two... And then possibly Ty Simpson, and he's going to be very interesting. He's the quarterback out of Alabama”

  Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 50
  How 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:

  first round (picks 1–32)

  weeks left when called:

  0

  mock ordering score:

  only one pick — no order to score

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• Trade and Signing CallsFernando MendozaLas Vegas RaidersFeb 22, 2026

  Fernando Mendoza to move to Las Vegas Raiders

  “Fernando Mendozo will absolutely deniable go to the Raiders with Quint Kubiak and company.”

  Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.

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