Browns NFL Draft: Daniel Jeremiah denies claims about QB1 battle

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ESPN football analyst Dan Orlovsky has been burning the boats when he describes Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson, a Cleveland Brownstarget in the 2026 NFL Draft.

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He stepped a little too far on Tuesday this week when he was on the Pat McAfee Show and challenged Pat and the Boys to prove why Fernando Mendoza was better than Ty Simpson when he asked "what games" when asking about which games Mendoza was better.

Well, the games that he was better in were against the best defense in the country, Ohio State, Simpson's Crimson Tide, the Oregon Ducks, and then in the National Championship against the Miami Hurricanes. Mendoza's approach and release are definitely different and more robotic than Simpson's natural release, but that's about the only thing that's different.

On Thursday, NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah went on the You Better You Bet podcast and put water all over that flame. When asked if he had talked to anyone who had Simpson over Mendoza, he said:

"You can talk to different people, but I have not talked to anyone who has that. That's not saying that he's saying anything untrue, he is just talking to different people."

The conspiracy theories are flowing about the connection between Orlovsky and Simpson through the same agency, along with many other things, but the point is that whatever is going on is very forced.

What does this mean for the Browns and the NFL Draft?

Now, what does this all mean for the Cleveland Browns? The best-case scenario for Cleveland would be if Simpson's interest skyrocketed thanks to all of this dialogue about him, and someone in the first round jumped up to pull the trigger on him.

The connection between Cleveland and Simpson is certainly a growing theory. I don't think that is a theory that is growing in legitimate draft circles, but it is a conversation that is getting louder on the outside. If the price is right for the Browns (maybe the fourth round), then they could pull the trigger.

However, if they are thinking that they need to grab him with pick No. 24 or pick No. 39, then they are sorely mistaken.

No matter wherever Orlovsky is getting his information, we can all only hope that Andrew Berry and the Browns aren't drinking the Simpson koolaid because they could make an incredible mistake if they are.

This article originally appeared on Browns Wire: Browns NFL Draft: Daniel Jeremiah denies claims about Ty Simpson stock

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