Football Scout

Fernando Mendoza elevated his profile even further with a special, Heisman-winning performance in 2025 and separated himself as the NFL Draft’s clear QB1. “He projects as a mid-level NFL starter and a more mobile version of Bernie Kosar,” writes @dpbrugler.

"Ty Simpson, schematically, is a better fit or marriage for what the Las Vegas Raiders would do under Klint Kubiak than Fernando Mendoza." —@danorlovsky7 on who's a better pick for the Raiders ✍️

🚨In a recent interview, Jimmy Garoppolo took aim at the Las Vegas Raiders, describing his past experience with the franchise as being part of a “bad organization”: “I’ve been in a bad organization, and I’ve seen how it can wear on you throughout the year. Just talking to my brothers, my family, didn’t want to go through that again.” #Raiders #Rams #NFL #JimmyGaroppolo

Jordyn Tyson is “trending in the wrong direction” leading up to the draft, per @nfldraftscout “Many scouts remarked that Tyson's hamstring injury and lack of predraft workouts could cause him to slide to the back half of the first round.”

#Raiders HC Klint Kubiak prefers a rookie QB like Fernando Mendoza to see a veteran 'run the show' at first "Ideally you don't want him to start from Day 1. You'd love for him to learn behind somebody. That's a perfect world. It doesn't always work out that way. Sometimes they have to play from Day 1 and it's our job as a coach to get them ready to go. I think it does help the player, though, if they can sit behind a mature adult and watch how they run the show." Aidan O'Connell, 27, is the only QB on Las Vegas' current roster and the team is reportedly in the mix for Kirk Cousins, who's 37.