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Diante Lee

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2910 total appearances

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The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I just think that anything that is any any take that I think that is too definitive saying that Ty Simpson is certainly not just a first round quarterback, but the best quarterback in this class.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

you've really got to lay it out for me.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

Cause when I look at his games against top competition this year, especially even when he was hot, I think I just have some questions about what that's going to be when you up the 80, when you're asking more of him in the pocket, when there's going to be more challenging situations being thrown at him at the NFL level.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I don't see a guy physically who is always going to be able to rise to that occasion.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

The next season?

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

So this takes us back to the 2016 draft?

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I think you're probably talking about maybe four.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I would say the most optimistic would be four for me.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

Luck would have been the only guy I knew for sure.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

Everybody else would have been, okay, I don't exactly remember where their record was as a rookie quarterback.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

And if you ask me what Vegas would be, I would probably say they're probably about a 5-12, 6-11 team more often than not.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

Absolutely.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I think that he probably is my favorite overall non-quarterback in this class.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I think that I like the athletic profile on him best of any player in this class.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I think the production last year probably flashed the most on tape of any player in this class, if you're asking me.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I think that also on the other side, I don't know if there's a less enviable spot to be in the entire first round of this draft than picking number two.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

This is one of the rare situations in a draft where you don't have a runner-up at quarterback that makes sense to take with the number two pick.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

You don't have a Travis Hunter like you did last year where you can manufacture enough interest where maybe I can make a trade.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

There's not necessarily a surefire, like you know you're getting the next Joe Thomas left tackle where you can go draft that guy or be able to trade out to get a team who's desperate to upgrade in the trenches.

The Ringer NFL Show
Mocking the Top 10 Picks in the 2026 NFL Draft!

I think that New York is kind of stuck