The week of April 23, 2026, as Mother’s Day approached, 22-year-old Fernando Mendoza faced off against 50-year-old NFL legend Peyton Manning. Here’s what happened. Fernando was about to be selected as the first pick in the NFL draft and was expected to mount the stage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and speak to waiting news cameras. Instead, Fernando Mendoza wanted to spend that moment with his family in Florida, and particularly with his mother, …