The Mendoza Line: Discussing the QBs and RBs of the 2026 Draft

The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.8 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Mina is joined by Danny Kelly and Nate Tice to evaluate the top Quarterback and Running Backs in the 2026 NFL Draft. They discuss why Fernando Mendoza is QB1, if Ty Simpson will be drafted in the first round and evaluate the next tier of QB prospects. PLUS, they analyze Jeremiyah Love’s historical comparisons, which Top 10 team could draft Love, and ranking the rest of the RB class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.0	Welcome back to the Vita Khybe show featuring Lenny, the only NFL podcast.
0:40.6	One of the hosts thinks Jeremy Bernard is the plot of the movie, Beethoven.
0:44.6	That's Lenny.
0:46.3	Come on.
0:47.6	Come on.
0:49.0	Wow.
0:50.4	All right.
0:51.2	All right.
0:52.0	Beethoven joke in the year 23rd.
0:53.8	I know. I know. Yeah. I know. All my Zoomer listeners are like, what's Beethoven? Gather around, children. It's a movie about a dog. We all watched 20 times for some reason as kids. And with sequels. Jeremy Bernard. Lots of sequels. Fun player. I feel like if his name wasn't Jeremy Bernard, he would be going higher in the draft, though.
1:11.8	And I, not me. I love it. But yeah, yeah. I think people are trying to figure out how to say it exactly. We had a long discussion about that. I think it's Jeremy, but I could be wrong. What? Oh, God. All right, we're not talking about
1:23.8	Blue Guy Bernard.
1:25.3	I just, I just said.
1:25.9	There we go.
1:26.4	He's Mr.
1:27.3	Gloom, Elmer.
1:28.3	Call him.
1:28.6	G. Bernard.
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