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Green Light with Chris Long

Fernando Mendoza’s NFL Ceiling + 2026 NFL Draft Preview With Nate Tice

Green Light with Chris Long

Chris Long

News, Sports, Football, Entertainment News

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Nate Tice joins the fellas and previews the NFL Draft. Nate gives his view on Fernando Mendoza and if Kirk Cousins should start for the Las Vegas Raiders, the potential of Ty Simpson and Jeremiyah Love's best fit. Chris and Nate also talk edge rushers and Beau weighs in with his favorite interior defensive lineman of the 2026 NFL Draft. Chris, Beau and Macon start the show recapping their weekend spent at Lane Johnson's wedding with other former Eagles, the Masters and reviewing Luke Combs' latest beer shotgunning partner. (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:30) - Lane Johnson's Wedding (00:08:12) - Luke Combs (00:09:49) - The Masters (00:13:30) - Nate Tice Previews The 2026 NFL Draft (00:17:50) - Fernando Mendoza & The 2026 QBs (00:36:00) - Best Edger Rushers (01:04:00) - Best Interior Defensive Lineman (01:29:45) - Jeremiyah Love (01:35:35) - Draft Questions Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline presented by Zone Nicotine and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open: ‪(202) 991-0723‬ Head to https://nicokick.com/zone and use code GL20 for 20% off at checkout. Check out Green Light's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can catch all the latest GL action: Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tough as all get out, which I think is a, as you guys as defense alignment know, like, that can win over a lot of guys.

0:06.1

If you come out, you get whacked, and then he's getting right back up and staying in the huddle and all that. Watching him as a player and as a competitor, like, he really wins you over. Sometimes that's the thing, especially with scouting, you watch so much shit. And then you watch in a weak guy

0:18.8

And you're like, oh, that's what it's supposed to look like.

0:22.0

You know, like that's what it looks like when they plant their foot and get north and so i think that's what it is he doesn't have to come off the field like he can catch the ball and he can pass protect tremendous deal that's just the high end thing it is with with fog i'm sorry to cut you off chris sorry i go on every show and everyone wants to talk quarterback so i finally get to talk edges so I'm like, yes. I keep sorry to get you off, Chris. Sorry. I go on every show and everyone wants to talk quarterback, so I finally get to talk edges.

0:39.4

So I'm like, yes.

0:40.1

I keep trying to talk myself out of him.

0:41.5

I keep rewatching.

0:42.2

I'm like, holy, he's so talented. And he plays so hard. You got to bet on that. Man, I think I know a lot more about the draft now. Seriously. welcome to the show the dopamine is low right now. Bo and I were at a wedding this weekend.

0:59.1

Quite low. Quite low, Chris. Strangling. Mentally deficient. Yeah, we're not doing too good. But we got Nate Tice today. That's going to be a blast. Bo's known Nate for a long time.

1:12.4

Wisconsin Connection.

1:13.8

The draft is not my strong suit, so it's nice having people like Nate who can come on the show and break it all down for us.

1:21.5

We'll talk a lot about defensive line today.

1:23.6

We'll kind of sprinkle in some other position groups.

1:25.8

But that's that's most

1:28.9

of the show bow Chris how was what was the review on the wedding dude it was phenomenal man I mean

1:36.2

I'm kind of at that age is my third wedding in three weeks and I'm at that age where everyone's

1:40.8

getting married dude that's insane dude yeah I've got like five coming up. But dude, it was awesome. I mean, you know what it's like. You run into these dudes that we haven't seen in years. And it's fucking awesome to just catch up with them, like see, you know, what they're, what the latest is and get up to speed with them and also just fuck around i can't remember who it was i

2:01.9

think it was like camu i hadn't seen camu since and maybe like 2017 so like since our super bowl run

2:07.4

saw me dab me up he goes what's up champ i was got all tingles my stomach you know just yeah dude

2:13.3

fucking amazing we're old guys yeah there's a picture here you know they in black. Yeah, well, that was the theme of the wedding making. Men in black? Men in black. The Will Smith film? Yeah, because I don't remember any of it. I got flashed by the whole thing. No, you had to wear all black. You had to wear all black. The wedding was like in a field. It was beautiful. It was beautiful. Lane emerged in the field with his bride to be, Kelsey, in a, not Jason Kelsey.

2:41.5

It's a wonderful young lady named Kelsey.

2:44.7

And he emerged from the field in a white suit.

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