Of Mice and Mendozas

The State of the Franchise

Of Mice and Mendozas

A Trust Me, Bro Analytics Institute franchise file, by Roster McRosterface, Senior Dynasty Correspondent

The Busiest Team in the League, By Far

Of Mice and Mendozas has made 26 trades -- more than any other Sweats Only franchise, and not particularly close. Its 151 all-time transactions also lead the league. This is a front office that treats the transaction wire the way most managers treat their starting lineup: constantly. And in 2025-26, that activity turned into a full teardown. A 10-4, 2nd-place finish in 2024 collapsed into a 4-10, 12th-place finish in 2025 -- a 43-percentage-point win-rate swing, the single steepest collapse of any team in the league this period.

The most important trade in that collapse wasn't really a loss on the field -- it was a philosophy change on the trade desk. Of Mice and Mendozas sent Jalen Hurts to Off to Grandma in October 2024 for Justin Fields and two future 1st-round picks, then turned around in April 2025 and paid a premium to get Hurts back. That kind of round-trip only makes sense for a team that's constantly re-evaluating rather than committing, and the pattern repeated everywhere: A.J. Brown came in, then went right back out to Off to Grandma for a 2027 1st five months later.

Trading Talent for Time

By 2026, the direction had fully reversed. Of Mice and Mendozas selected 10 rookies in the 2026 draft -- more than any other franchise -- while continuing to move veteran pieces for future capital. The Travis Hunter pick in the 2025 draft (using a slot originally belonging to Off to Grandma) was the headline of that shift: a true cornerstone asset, acquired via aggressive pre-draft pick trading rather than a natural draft slot.

Current State of the Union

The result is a roster in the exact middle of a transition -- veteran pieces still walking out the door (Justin Fields, A.J. Brown, both flipped again after arriving), rookies flooding in faster than anywhere else in the league. Whether that nets out to a genuine young core or just a lot of turnover depends entirely on how the 2026 rookie class actually develops.

Franchise History

All-time, Of Mice and Mendozas sits at 14-14 (50%), exactly even, 8th of 14 -- a number that hides an enormous amount of movement underneath a perfectly average-looking record. Few franchises in the league have changed as much, as often, as this one, and the 2024-to-2025 collapse is the most dramatic single-year swing on record for any team.

The Institute's Outlook

Trust Me, Bro Analytics projects Of Mice and Mendozas' Vibes Above Replacement to remain volatile by design -- volatility is the whole strategy here. The franchise's Adjusted Excuse Rate doesn't really apply, since nobody here is claiming this was an accident. Its Projected Future Championship Proximity reads "somewhere in this pile of rookies, eventually."

The Institute will continue monitoring this situation, mostly by checking the transaction wire every few hours.

Methodology: every figure on this page is computed directly from the league's reconciled tables -- the all-time and season-by-season standings, the pick registry, the custody log, and the trade ledger -- not estimated.