Fernando Mendoza or Philadelphia Defense: who should I start in Week 3?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Sep 24, 2026 at 11:21 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and no sportsbook prices either of them this season, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB33 · LV · bye 13
- Overall rank
- 200
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
DEF3 · PHI · bye 10
- Overall rank
- 201
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 1
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size230 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Fernando Mendoza: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 200th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 151.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Philadelphia Defense: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 201st overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 145.
What the sportsbooks price
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Fernando Mendoza, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Philadelphia Defense, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
Their last full seasons
Fernando Mendoza is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.
The season feed carries no line for Philadelphia Defense in the last completed season.
Side by side
Fernando Mendoza is a quarterback and Philadelphia Defense a defense, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.
Byes and availability
Fernando Mendoza is off in Week 13 and Philadelphia Defense in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
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