Midseason Reset: Fernando Mendoza leads the pack in race for QB1
How is the QB class shaking out at the midway point? Let's reset this crop of gunslingers.
This 2026 NFL Draft crop of quarterbacks is a refreshing group coming out of last season. And in what looks to be a quarterback-needy draft, we could see four of them fly off the board rather quickly by the time April rolls around.
I came into the season as a Fernando Mendoza truther, and I’ve had no reason to come off of him through the first half of the season. The rest of the class behind him, however? We’ve had some massive risers and massive fallers, and it’s put the class in an interesting place.
Again, not a bad place. I quite like this class. But the names we talked about over the summer, for the most part, are no longer the names we’re giving a ton of hype to in mid-October.
So, how does this quarterback class shake out at the midpoint in the season for me? Here are 15 quarterbacks ranked and tiered.
