# Brady Quinn: Quinn argued the combine doesn't matter for draft stock and asserted that Fernando Mendoza will be the No. 1 overall pick regardless of how Ty Simpson performs at the combine. **Claimed:** Feb 23, 2026 **Pundit:** Brady Quinn — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/brady-quinn **Outlet:** 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe (podcast) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/outlets/2-pros-and-a-cup-of-joe-podcast **How it reached us:** said on air or in an interview **Original:** https://omny.fm/shows/2-pros-and-a-cup-of-joe/hour-2-jonas-brady-lavar-thick-meat-at-the-nfl-combine 2 checkable claims — 1 mock draft pick and 1 prospect vs prospect call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet. All 2 have settled, averaging 100 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls. > Mendoz is gonna go number one. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Fernando Mendoza - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess - **Fernando Mendoza to be drafted ahead of Ty Simpson** - Kind: Prospect vs Prospect Calls · About: Fernando Mendoza - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess ## Who this take is about - Fernando Mendoza — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/fernando-mendoza ## What others said about the same people - Nick Shook on Fernando Mendoza: Shook walks through his full first-round mock draft, assigning a prospect to every pick from No. 1 to No. 32, headlined by Fernando Mendoza to the Raiders, David Bailey to the Jets and Jeremiah Love to the Cardinals in the top three. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/7d4209aa-2e2d-47a2-b6e5-791d16d209cb (scored 100) - Shannon Sharpe on Fernando Mendoza: Sharpe expects Myles Garrett, now with the Rams, to remain dominant and post at least 14-15 sacks, and he also thinks Micah Parsons will again reach double-digit sacks. He predicts the Dolphins win only two games this season, and says Jeremiah Smith won't go ahead of Mendoza at the top of the draft. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/471fb1a1-3faf-4a75-bf81-ff8ebf57c88d (scored 100) - Colin Cowherd on Fernando Mendoza: Cowherd is high on Fernando Mendoza, calling him a first-round prospect who fits none of the bust profiles, and expects Kirk Cousins to open the season as the starter. Among his five bold predictions he has Justin Herbert winning multiple playoff games and Caleb Williams winning MVP. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/ec4160af-aa50-41ea-ba24-909ed8406a2a (scored 100) - Jaime Eisner on Fernando Mendoza: A seven-round Raiders mock draft projecting Fernando Mendoza first overall to Las Vegas and nine additional picks, including Denzel Boston in Round 2 and A.J. Haulcy in Round 3. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/bbfe3a86-3855-40a0-853b-b94372c10622 (scored 100) - Chris Brockman on Fernando Mendoza: Brockman argued four Ohio State players will be taken in the top 10, that Fernando Mendoza will be the first QB off the board and top Tom Brady's 2001 statistical line as a rookie, that Jeremiah Love will beat Ashton Jeanty's rookie production, that tight ends Kenyan Sadiq and Eli Stowers both go top 20, that Ty Simpson is the second QB drafted in round one and starts Week 1, that Jimmy Garoppolo gets the Cardinals over .500, and that Mike Evans leaves Tampa for a contender and goes further in the playoffs than the Bucs. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/ad44d0b1-a5f6-47ca-bf2b-8b737241966d (scored 100) - Rich Eisen on Fernando Mendoza: Eisen endorsed four Ohio State players going in the top 10 (with Arvel Reese no lower than seventh), listed Mendoza, Jeremiah Love, Miami's left tackle, Penn State's interior guard and Bailey as top-10 picks, said Love won't get out of the top five, and agreed Mendoza's rookie numbers would beat Brady's 2001 line and that Mike Evans will leave Tampa to chase a ring. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/d54552b5-50a7-48e0-b0dd-3cf296d356b7 (scored 100) ## More prospect vs prospect calls The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Mike Renner on Jordan Seaton: Renner ranks the top 10 offensive tackle prospects in the upcoming draft class and assigns each an early draft grade, with Trevor Goosby a top-10 pick, Jordan Seaton a first-rounder, and Cayden Green likely the first guard drafted; he also expects Seaton to be picked higher than Olu Fashanu's 11th-overall slot. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/3dfdba17-f4e6-4b18-8af8-84b8f032ed3d (scored 0) - Chad Rader on Akheem Mesidor: As read on the show, Reuter's three-round NFL.com mock has the same top four, then Delane to the Giants at five, Makai Lemmon to the Browns, Downs to Washington, Love to the Saints, Caden Proctor to the Chiefs at nine, Akeem Mesidore at 40 and Kaitlin Allen in round three. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e297fdd0-4829-4ae8-84b4-600ac0d5a7e5 (scored 100) - Gregg Rosenthal on David Bailey: Rosenthal expects Ruben Bain to be drafted in the top 10-12 and believes he won't get past the Cowboys at No. 12, expects David Bailey to be taken early (hard to see him out of the top six) and to go before Bain, and pegs Kiante Scott as a late-second to third-round pick. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/212bbcc6-b935-43f8-b293-a6a12681dd41 (scored 100) - Fran Duffy on Sonny Styles: Duffy expects Sonny Styles to be picked inside the top 10, believes short-armed Ruben Bain will still go inside the top 15 (possibly top 10 or top 5), thinks Styles will come off the board before Caleb Downs, ranks Avion Terrell as his top cornerback, and has Stukes graded as a second-round pick against industry consensus. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/c1cb2cdd-665e-4c51-8ce2-34bc7cbeb0a3 (scored 100) - Andrew Siciliano on Sonny Styles: Siciliano calls Caleb Downs the safest pick in the draft but doubts he goes No. 2, and predicts Sonny Styles will dominate the combine and be drafted in the top seven, ahead of Downs. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/0440706c-a112-4d3c-9640-db05e422ce69 (scored 100) - Tucker Franklin on David Bailey: Tucker predicted edge David Bailey comes off the board before Ruben Bain Jr., that Peter Woods won't last until the Chiefs' pick at 40 (i.e. goes in round one), and that the Chiefs will cut Mike Danna and Jawaan Taylor. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/d59b4be3-be4a-4fdd-9eec-3b68a9f18dfe (scored 100) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. 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