{"id":856014,"date":"2026-04-06T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856014\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T00:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:01:22","slug":"top-5-qbs-per-draft-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856014\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 QBs, per Draft Wire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 5, 2026, 3:27 p.m. MT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a> could look for a quarterback in the 2026 NFL draft. There is question as to when they will address the position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Who are the top quarterbacks in the draft?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Draft Wire&#8217;s Curt Popejoy <a href=\"http:\/\/cardswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/draft\/2026\/03\/29\/2026-nfl-draft-updated-offensive-positional-rankings\/89376020007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">named his top five quarterbacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Top 5 QB prospects, per Draft WireFernando Mendoza, IndianaTy Simpson, AlabamaDrew Allar, Penn StateCole Payton, North Dakota StateGarrett Nussmeier, LSUNeed a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mendoza and Simpson are the top two in most rankings. After that, it can change. Miami&#8217;s Carson Beck is noticeably absent from this list, although, outside of Mendoza, he is the most decorated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mendoza is going to be the first overall pick. Simpson could go in Round 1 or Round 2. Everyone else is a mix of Round 3 of Day 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Get more <a data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from <a data-autotag=\"c6331531-478d-4c7a-b93a-28f5b26af3f9\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cards<\/a> Wire&#8217;s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/27gxR7Oml5yVPywhOG8KHR?si=cGJ0FN6aRBquiLus5nj7rw&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=05e790ef05a641b8\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9sICHPD_aT9zxnG7dJj6izJWgMhLMh_U&amp;si=rpNldnLNN-_DdW8R\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fthe-rise-up-see-red-podcast%2Fid670822447%3Fmt%3D2&amp;xcust=SC1-SCAR&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fcardswire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fcardinals%2F2026%2F04%2F05%2F2026-nfl-draft-top-5-qbs-per-draft-wire%2F89478213007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 5, 2026, 3:27 p.m. MT The Arizona Cardinals could look for a quarterback in the 2026 NFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[95878,7,6,15,95973,95974,95882,95890,95930,95896,95888,95899,96948,96008,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-856014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-sstssportsnflcardinals","13":"tag-sstsncardinals","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","16":"tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","17":"tag-tagnational-sports","18":"tag-tagnfl","19":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","20":"tag-tagpenn-state-nittany-lions","21":"tag-tagsmg-listicle","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116354829126393166","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}