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No one in Pittsburgh is perhaps having a better time than ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky during the 2026 NFL draft.

On Thursday night, the draft got off to a predictable start with the Raiders selecting quarterback Fernando Mendoza with the No. 1 pick —in spite of Orlovsky’s passionate argument weeks earlier that the real QB1 of this year’s draft class was Alabama’s Ty Simpson.

Orlovsky didn’t need to wait long to get some smug satisfaction, though, as Simpson ended up stunningly getting taken by the Rams with their No. 13 pick.…