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Dante Moore or Fernando Mendoza

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Call your shot....or add your own.

Dante Moore:

https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Dante-Moore-QB-UCLA

Fernando Mendoza:

https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Fer ... California

May the football godz look kindly down upon the feeble and inept.

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Is Mendoza the QB who is/was in love with Mahomes? Cut his hair like Mahomes. Used that silly fingers signal. Head band. Or was that someone else?
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tatalalicious wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 3:17 pm Not a big fan of comps, they're almost never quite accurate.
comparison is never going to be accurate but it still has value from style of play perspectives
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Simpson is a high character dude..props to him for giving it a go...I imagine he has cracked or broken ribs...he should stay with Bama another year!
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RickRyb wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 3:19 pm Is Mendoza the QB who is/was in love with Mahomes? Cut his hair like Mahomes. Used that silly fingers signal. Head band. Or was that someone else?
Wtf?
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RickRyb wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 3:19 pm Is Mendoza the QB who is/was in love with Mahomes? Cut his hair like Mahomes. Used that silly fingers signal. Head band. Or was that someone else?
That’s the Nebraska QB who is in the portal and will probably end up at Texas Tech
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RickRyb wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 3:19 pm Is Mendoza the QB who is/was in love with Mahomes? Cut his hair like Mahomes. Used that silly fingers signal. Head band. Or was that someone else?
Nope. Dylan Raiola he's in the portal. Former Husker qb and current Mahomes larper
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Never mind. That was Dylan Raiola. Being #15 confused me
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BoKnows81 wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 3:20 pmWtf?
Yea that was weird lol
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Did Mendoza join Indiana this year and that team had 11 wins last year with a stellar O-line.
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Doza looks the part and a high character kid. As pro ready as I have seen since Luck. If they screw this up!

We will know by the 4 oclock game on Sunday, correct? If NYG beats dallas then it doesn't matter what Raiders do vs. chiefs.
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BG3428 wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 3:01 pm I’m not understanding the pocket awareness concerns. He seems to slide around the pocket, scramble, escape a few pressures, etc. Are we saying it’s a problem because he’s taken a couple of sacks when they blitz? Isn’t he extremely highly rated under pressure?
Agreed.

The announcers said Bama did not blitz during the reg season. They did to start the game.

Yes Bama got the sacks early, the great this is Mendoza adjusted his reads and made plays.

Nice to see a QB adjust to what the defense is doing.
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The Joe Joe wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 3:39 pm Doza looks the part and a high character kid. As pro ready as I have seen since Luck. If they screw this up!

We will know by the 4 oclock game on Sunday, correct? If NYG beats dallas then it doesn't matter what Raiders do vs. chiefs.
I was gonna actually say, I think Andrew Luck is a decent comp.

Luck's claim to fame is being one of the most pro ready prospects ever, and I think Mendoza isn't too far off from that.
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I’m pretty sold by Mendoza at this point

He’s no Joe burrow, but definitely better than Carr, so I’m comfortable with that.
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Corleone wrote: Thu Jan 01, 2026 3:45 pm I was gonna actually say, I think Andrew Luck is a decent comp.

Luck's claim to fame is being one of the most pro ready prospects ever, and I think Mendoza isn't too far off from that.
Fair analogy.
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I’m assuming that someone has done the “MENDOOOOZAAAA”! from The Simpsons already.
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