Gregg Rosenthal · Feb 27, 2026
Rosenthal says Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza will be the No. 1 overall pick, suggests Sonny Styles has now entered the top-five discussion (with five possibly being his floor), and floats the Jets choosing between Styles, Rvel Reese and David Bailey at No. 2.
“So you know, Mendoza's Fernando Mendoz is going to be the number one pick.”
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- Mock Draft PicksFeb 27, 2026
“Mendoza's Fernando Mendoz is going to be the number one pick”
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 PicksFeb 27, 2026
“is this guy a top five pick? Is five even gonna be like the floor for him”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 50How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Sonny Styles
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- undrafted
- outcome:
- went undrafted in 2026; later signed with WAS
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- undrafted
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 0
- predicted pick:
- top five pick (picks 1–5)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
- Mock Draft PicksFeb 27, 2026
“A guy maybe believed to be kind of a late too, he might have pushed himself up”
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