Fernando Mendoza and Ty Simpson have the best long-term outlook of all the quarterbacks in the

2026 NFL draft.

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locked on NFL draft podcast i'm damian parson that's keith sanchez and on today's episode we're talking

quarterbacks post 2026 NFL draft are there any late round steals that we need to be paying attention to?

Which quarterback will be the first on the field to get their playing time, to get their

experience, get their starts?

And we're going to kick this conversation off with who has the best long-term outlook?

Keith, is it only Fernando Mendoza or is there another quarterback that has the best long-term

outlook from the 2026 NFL draft in your opinion?

Yeah, I want to start this conversation, DP, by outlining why we're doing this episode,

right?

And it's because evaluating quarterbacks, right, doing an NFL draft and then tying

that into NFL success, we understand, and we always talk about this on a podcast,

that situations matter, right?

Like where you go matters as a quarterback.

So we decided to go back, evaluate where people were placed, right? There's a reason why Caleb Williams, people had concerns about him as rookie quarterback. So we decided to go back, evaluate where people were placed. There's a reason why

Caleb Williams, people had concerns about them as rookie year. Second year, they go to the playoffs, right?

Like just so many different quarterbacks and situations and they have success. So we wanted to

discuss it from that because this is very important, right? Almost as high as you get selected,

the more important thing is where you get selected, right? What situation do you go to? And that's Sam Darnel or Baker Mayfields, right? All of these reclamation projects we've seen because they've been in bad spots and they go to this spots. But with that being said, D.P. Fernando Mendoza with the Las Vegas Raiders, right? You say good situations. Kurt Cousins, Tom Brady's in the building. He doesn't have to play right away. And we've seen, right? They have the opportunity. They did it in free agency and they're doing, they did it in the draft as far as revamping, one, the offensive line. And then two, trying to go get some playmakers here and there too. And you play Fernando Mendoza when he's ready. To answer your question about, is there another quarterback? Yes, Ty Simpson. Todd Simpson is in a great spot, and I know people have been critical of this situation. People say, why did the Rams do it? It makes way too much sense. How many times do we think the Rams, you're talking about a combination of Sean McVey and Les Need are going to be picking towards the top of the draft? They're not. That pick was the Atlanta Falcons pick because Atlanta Falcons were bad, right? Their pick was picked 29, which meant they were not getting Todd Simpson. Then I look at it from the perspective of you get a young quarterback who showed flashes of talent, right? We said that he fits perfectly with this scheme.

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