Derek Brown · Apr 8, 2026
Brown says Ty Simpson is the clear bust of this quarterback/prospect group while defending Fernando Mendoza as a clean evaluation, and he treats Carnell Tate as a long-established top-ten talent who could even go inside the top five.
“I think if we're talking about bus players, get you know, Ty Simpson all day, I think that's that's the clear bust to me.”
said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast) · read the original →
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- Mock Draft PicksCarnell TateApr 8, 2026
“because I'm like, dude, he's always been a top ten pick of we talking about top ten or now top five. I mean, you can make a case for the Giants, you can make a case for the Tennessee Titans to take him at four or five.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 50How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Carnell Tate
- season:
- 2026
- zero at:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 4
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- top ten pick (picks 1–10)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
- Draft Bust CallsTy SimpsonApr 8, 2026
“I think if we're talking about bus players, get you know, Ty Simpson all day, I think that's that's the clear bust to me.”
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