On The Couch: RSP 2026 Breakdown — Fernando Mendoza's Ceiling & Jeremiyah Love's Impact
The Audible
Footballguys
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
On this episode of On The Couch, Sigmund Bloom is joined by Matt Waldman to dig into the brand‑new 2026 Rookie Scouting Portfolio and break down the most fascinating skill‑position prospects in this year's class. Waldman shares his early evaluations, big swings, and the traits that separate the real difference‑makers from the pretenders.
The guys dive into Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza, a passer with surprising nuance and a ceiling that might be higher than people realize. They examine whether Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love — the top running back in the class — can make an instant impact at the next level, or if landing spot will determine everything. And they break down why Oregon TE Kenyon Sadiq might be the best move tight end in the entire draft, with the kind of athletic profile that changes how an offense operates.
watch on YouTube -> https://youtu.be/OnC2BoKF6Zs
🔥 In this episode:
Fernando Mendoza's upside and how quickly he can develop
Jeremiyah Love's instant‑impact potential and draft range
Why Kenyon Sadiq may be the premier move TE in the class
How the 2026 skill‑position group stacks up in the RSP
Which prospects could surprise early in their NFL careers
Drop your thoughts in the comments and tell us which RSP prospect you're most excited to watch in 2026.
🎧 Subscribe to the podcast for the audio version of the show!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0wf5ZBF...
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
🏆 Become a Footballguys ELITE Subscriber: https://www.footballguys.com/plans
👾 Join the Footballguys Discord Server: / discord
📩 Stay Up-to-date with the latest NFL News: https://join.footballguys.com/emailup...
the audible, footballguys, fantasy football, football, nfl, nfl draft, waiver wire, sleepers, start or sit, cecil lammey, sigmund bloom,
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Is Fernando Mendoza's ceiling high enough to justify going number one over on the NFL draft? |
| 0:06.9 | That's more this week on the couch, very special week. |
| 0:08.9 | Matt Wollman, RSP Day, RSP week. |
| 0:11.2 | Get your RSP, the first player whose name is going to be announced. |
| 0:15.0 | Fernando Mendoza, what did you learn? |
| 0:17.6 | What can you teach us about him in the process of making the RSP? |
| 0:21.9 | That I think he's the best quarterback I've evaluated in the past six or seven years. |
| 0:28.6 | And he would be on par with the score that I gave Caleb Williams. |
| 0:34.6 | So I was a big believer in Caleb Williams. |
| 0:39.0 | I'm a big believer in Fernando Mendoza. They're very different players. But when you look at what Mendoza has to offer, |
| 0:45.3 | it wasn't just this magical season at Indiana. If you watch his game at Cal, you realize that there's a lot more to his game than just the hype of, |
| 0:59.2 | oh, he throws vertical shots on back shoulder plays down the field behind a good offensive line that's supported by a ground game. |
| 1:07.3 | He can throw in the middle of the field. |
| 1:10.2 | He avoids pressure well and throws with |
| 1:13.2 | accuracy um you know the route the the players he has omar cooper junior gets more love it seems |
| 1:20.9 | like from the from the fantasy sphere about like what he has to offer but somebody had to feed him that ball and there was and there |
| 1:30.5 | were a lot of really nice throws from Mendoza you see someone who's resilient who's smart about |
| 1:36.4 | reading coverage he's you're going to see mistakes with his game but also how he recovers from |
| 1:43.3 | mistakes is um you know, you see that mental |
| 1:47.8 | resilience and processing with his game that's very fast. And when I think of him as a, as a comp, |
| 1:56.4 | he's kind of like two players that, are fascinating to me because when you watch him run |
| 2:03.3 | you don't realize how fast he's actually moving he's a very good athlete he's a big athlete |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Footballguys, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Footballguys and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.