Feb 28, 2026
NFLIndianapolis
Mendoza goes first overall and that part is settled. What happens after him — and what a GM said Thursday evening that stuck with me.
A few things I've been thinking about as the combine wraps up in Indianapolis this week. The quarterback class is thin. I don't mean thin in the way that draft analysts use as shorthand for "no generational talent at the top." I mean thin in a structural way — there are fewer quarterbacks who can step into a starting role in year one without significant protection around them than there have been in any class I can remember covering over the past decade. That has real implications for roughly a third of the league.
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NFLDallas
A coaching change, a quarterback in question, and an offensive line that needs rebuilding — the offseason story in Dallas starts up front.
A few things worth thinking through as the NFL offseason begins to take shape. The first is this: the coaching change in Dallas was coming. Everyone in the league knew it. The front office knew it. The people I talked to before the season started knew it. When you bring in a new head coach — particularly one being handed a roster that is, in many ways, still being built around a quarterback who may have already played his best football — you're making a statement about organizational patience. Dallas isn't a patient franchise by nature. They never have been.
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