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Locked On NFL Scouting with the Draft Dudes - Daily podcast covering NFL and College Football scouting

Is Fernando Mendoza the BEST QB Prospect Since Joe Burrow? 8 New Division Winners in 2026?

Locked On NFL Scouting with the Draft Dudes - Daily podcast covering NFL and College Football scouting

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4.6966 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Fernando Mendoza draws bold comparisons as the best quarterback prospect since Joe Burrow—can he live up to the hype for the Raiders? Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs dissect Mendoza’s cerebral prowess, pre-snap processing, and rapid rise up the draft boards. The conversation spotlights the evolution of recent quarterback classes, contrasting Mendoza with heavyweights like Trevor Lawrence and Caleb Williams, while examining what sets his game apart from elite NFL talent. Major topics include the projected crash of the wide receiver market, Calais Campbell’s possible move to the Green Bay Packers, and the intriguing prospect of eight new division winners in the next NFL season. The hosts tackle heated takes on draft-and-retain team-building philosophy, analyze the most notable head coach snubs, and highlight which Ohio State stars could break into the 2026 NFL Draft top 5. Is Fernando Mendoza truly this generation’s can’t-miss QB?

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0:00.0

Fernando Mendoza is the best quarterback prospect since.

0:05.0

We'll explore that today on the Locked on NFL scouting podcast.

0:13.3

You are locked on NFL scouting with the draft dudes,

0:18.5

your daily podcast for NFL and college football scouting.

0:22.1

Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:28.1

What's better than this?

0:29.7

It's guys being dudes here on the Lockdown NFL Scouting podcast.

0:33.9

Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network. For the draft dudes. I'm Joe Marino from Lockdown Bills. He's Kyle Crabs from Lockdown Dolphins. And we are your NFL experts here with you daily to talk team building across the NFL. We want to issue a big thank you. Shout out and welcome to our everydayers. Those of you who never miss a single episode, we appreciate y'all being here very, very much. So happy Friday. Happy Friday. I've been up for a little longer and I got out of the dark earlier. So the check in on my eye, my eye health is much better today. Feel more awake as well. Well, extra 15 minutes. It made all the difference in the world.

1:11.5

Well, yes, no. I was up earlier. So I got myself up earlier to get rock and roll. It's draft season, right? Like I'm working a longer. Brother, I know. Yeah, you feel like you're going to have a little bit of a reprieve after the season. No, no. Here's 300 prospects to watch.

1:27.1

Your reprieve comes in May.

1:29.7

By the second week of May.

1:31.0

Second week of May. Yeah, wife already booked the vacation. She told me about it yesterday. Great. Perfect. That sounds great. No, it's, there's a, the mountains. Oh, yeah, so wonderful place that we like to go in the north carolina mountains

1:44.9

and uh just her and i yeah kids are staying home and everything it's great oh so it's the two of you

1:49.9

so yeah you want to come i'll tell i'll say you no no no no no i don't want to interrupt any

1:53.7

quality no family adult yeah um how often do you guys get up there i would say four or five times a year yeah yeah yeah

2:04.4

yeah but this is we're saying like a like a resort spa yeah oh you're gonna do like the mud bath and

2:10.9

stuff the uh i would brother i'll tell you i do not i do not shy away from a spa day oh i'm telling you man it's great

2:19.0

dude it's amazing they give you a robe and in sandals there's no phones and you are just in

2:25.7

saunas and pools and massage around and go where you want to go where you want to go super good man

2:30.9

i'm telling you i'm telling you don't don't knock it men do it go to a spa weekend with

2:36.3

your wife it's great all right takes you're the take you're to take pastor so i was waiting for you

2:41.7

to be done and i was gonna boy i got get me out of here cow get me going into some football

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