Fernando Mendoendoza is the consensus first overall pick in the NFL draft and we break down his scouting report and why he's worth the risk.

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locked on podcast network your team every day I'm your boy damien parsons I'm an NFL draft analyst

with bleach report that's my guy Keith sanchez he's the director scot with the Draft Network in 2019 national champion with the LSU Tigers. And as always, thank you for making a locked on NFL draft. You first listen of the day. And thank you for making the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network in all of America. It's all because of you guys, we told you we're going to start our player profiles

we're kicking it off with the presumed number one overall pick fernando mendoza would get into

his scotting report we're going to talk strengths concerns explain our grades and give you some

NFL comps to get ready for him whichever team he lands with whether it's the los vegas raiders

or if it's

somebody else that we don't know about. But let's go ahead and get it started, Keith. And I want to ask you one simple question as we get into the strengths of Fernando Mendoza. What's his best trade? Yeah, DP, I'm going to say this, right? I'm going to start with intangible for his best traits. obviously we can go in the direction of physical tools,

but the one, in my opinion, that's most important is we want to call it the clutch gene,

if you want to call it the it factor, if you want to call it having ice water in his veins,

the ability to show up in big time games and make the correct play in big big time moments, in my opinion is huge,

right? Like, like, that sets quarterbacks apart, right? That sets you from good to great,

from great to legendary, right? It's those moments when you can put the team on your back and make

plays. And I think Fernando this season, right, the 2025 football season,

college football season, he's shown the ability to do that consistently, right, whether it's the

Oregon, Ohio States, Miami, the national championship game. Either his team is winning because

they're controlling the game and putting it on teams or if it's close, he can make plays, right? And we've

seen the national championship game, they call theb draw right and he's able to still utilize his

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