From Unknown to Unstoppable: Why Alabama QB Ty Simpson is This Year’s NFL Draft Enigma

From Unknown to Unstoppable: Why Alabama QB Ty Simpson is This Year’s NFL Draft Enigma

As one longtime evaluator put: “I know everyone is saying second round, but at the end of the day I think he goes in the first because too many teams need QBs and teams at the bottom of the first are willing to trade out this year. This is also arguably the worst draft in history, so it’s not like there are premium players that teams just have to have [at the end of the first]. In a normal draft, Mendoza probably goes 15th, if not lower.”

(Hayden Hodge/Yahoo Sports)
(Hayden Hodge/Yahoo Sports)

By all accounts, that’s a fair and solidly held assessment on Mendoza across many personnel departments. And it’s not like it’s being whispered. Earlier this month, Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach predicted “there’ll probably be a lot of trades,” with the rationale that even the top of the board lacks a player with the kind of gravitas that makes a top-end pick untouchable. And when picks are touchable, it means trades and chaos.

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