Pundit mock drafts 2026 [maybe with FAILs]

PatsFan2 · Mar 6, 2026

ctpatsfan77 said:
Normally I have a Mock Draft FAIL thread, but, remarkably, I haven't seen more than one or two truly glaring ones so far. So instead I'll just use this one to track pundit mocks I find. In general, I'm only going to post ones that are unique [i.e., one-rounders with new names at 31] or three or more rounds.

TRADE: NE trades 31 and 201 to CIN for 41 and 72. [For some reason they're missing one of the 6s and the 7 they got back.]

2.41: R Mason Thomas, EDGE, Oklahoma

2.63: Michael Trigg, TE, Baylor

3.72: Dametrious Crownover, OT, Texas A&M

3.95: Brenen Thompson, WR, Mississippi State

4.125: Kaleb Elarms-Orr, LB, TCU

4.131: Zane Durant, DT, Penn State

5.169: VJ Payne, S, Kansas State

6.190: Lewis Bond, WR, Boston College

6.197: Diego Pounds, OT, Ole Miss

6.211: J’Mari Taylor, RB, Virginia

https://atozsports.com/nfl/new-england-patriots-news/7-round-2026-nfl-mock-draft-trade-back-for-multiple-day-2-picks-drake-maye-more-pass-game-weapons-mike-vrabel/

Nice Draft: you picked some sneaky guys at WR there.

PatsFan2 · Mar 6, 2026

mayoclinic said:
Not if we sign Alec Pierce. I like Cooper, but I'd rather go OT in the 1st and get Antonio Williams, Skyler Bell or DeZhaun Stribling instead of Markel Bell.

I don't like Klein, substitute Sam Roush or Oscar Delp.

Would like to find a way to get VJ Payne.

FA and the upcoming Draft is important for us to acquire WR's. We have Three WR's coming off the Books at the end of 2026 Boutte - Pop and Barefoot. WR is a Huge Need... getting Pierce and Omar Cooper with Kyle Williams in the wings is a good start.

ctpatsfan77 · Mar 6, 2026

PatsFan2 said:
Nice Draft: you picked some sneaky guys at WR there.

Not mine, but I'll take the thanks for sharing it.

ctpatsfan77 · Mar 11, 2026

Just before FA started DraftTek did a mock where the dream is not dead.

1.31 OT Monroe Freeling, Georgia
2.63 WR Chris Bell, Louisville
3.95 EDGE Anthony Lucas, USC
4.125 TE Jack Endries, Texas
4.131 S Jalon Kilgore, the other USC
5.169 OT J.C. Davis, Illinois
6.189 CB Collin Wright, Stanford
6.196 DT Deven Eastern, Minnesota
6.200 OG Febechi Nwaiwu, Oklahoma
6.210 RB Jam Miller, Alabama
7.247 DT Brandon Cleveland, NC State

manxman2601 · Mar 12, 2026

I'm watching a 2 round mock draft from Josh Norris and Hayden Winks, both excellent guys, and they have Freeling, Lomu, Iheanachor and Malachi Lawrence off the board by pick 22 and I can see it happening.

mayoclinic · Mar 12, 2026

As long as Blake Miller lasts to 31 and DDS to 63.

Or Caleb Banks at 31 and Dametrious Crownover at 63.

manxman2601 · Mar 12, 2026

mayoclinic said:
As long as Blake Miller lasts to 31 and DDS to 63.

Or Caleb Banks at 31 and Dametrious Crownover at 63.

It's Blake Miller passing on Mesidor.

mayoclinic · Mar 12, 2026

Interesting that they see things that way.

Water Boy · Mar 12, 2026

mayoclinic said:
As long as Blake Miller lasts to 31 and DDS to 63.

Or Caleb Banks at 31 and Dametrious Crownover at 63.

Miller at 31 and DDS at 63 is my dream scenario, but not sure it's in the cards.

manxman2601 · Mar 12, 2026

mayoclinic said:
Interesting that they see things that way.

Obviously I think they're wrong but I could live with it.

mayoclinic · Mar 12, 2026

Interesting that they have Malachi Lawrence going before Mesidor.

manxman2601 · Mar 12, 2026

mayoclinic said:
Interesting that they have Malachi Lawrence going before Mesidor.

Josh Norris did the first round, Hayden Winks the 2nd. Winks agreed with Norris that Lawrence is going to be a draft riser and I agree but winks took Mesidor almost immediately in the 2nd round saying he's a top 15 talent. Winks also too Stukes top 40.

Do you want a link to the video?

manxman2601 · Mar 12, 2026

mayoclinic said:
Interesting that they have Malachi Lawrence going before Mesidor.

Went with Max Klare in the 2nd round. I could see it.

mayoclinic · Mar 12, 2026

Don't like that one.

manxman2601 · Mar 12, 2026

mayoclinic said:
Don't like that one.

It fits a need and I think Klare is underrated because of his lack of production. That'll happen when you play in an offense with Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate.

Klare is a pretty good like for like Henry replacement and the edges were wiped out apart from Josephs and Crawford. The downside to not going EDGE in round one.

dliverey44 · Mar 12, 2026

manxman2601 said:
I'm watching a 2 round mock draft from Josh Norris and Hayden Winks, both excellent guys, and they have Freeling, Lomu, Iheanachor and Malachi Lawrence off the board by pick 22 and I can see it happening.

I think Lawrence has climbed up draft boards so high that he is challenging Mesidor as 3rd Edge rusher (I did not include Reese)

mayoclinic · Mar 12, 2026

manxman2601 said:
The edges were wiped out apart from Josephs and Crawford. The downside to not going EDGE in round one.

We've discussed this elsewhere. It will take a ton of luck for the Pats to get RT and EDGE in the first 2 rounds, in either order.

dliverey44 said:
I think Lawrence has climbed up draft boards so high that he is challenging Mesidor as 3rd Edge rusher (I did not include Reese)

Discounting Reese, there are at least 11 potential EDGE rushers who could go in the first 2 rounds:

- David Bailey
- Rueben Bain
- Akheem Mesidor
- Keldric Faulk
- Cashius Howell
- TJ Parker
- Zion Young
- Malachi Lawrence
- Gabe Jacas
- Dani Dennis-Sutton
- R Mason Thomas

I think Bailey and Bain are locked in, but after that it's anyone's guess.

I think it would take a lot for Lawrence to jump all 5 of the guys I have listed ahead of him, but it's not impossible. I like Lawrence, but not that high.

manxman2601 · Mar 14, 2026

I'd take it but I think I'd rather have someone else at WR even though I like Sarratt. I just think his upside is limited.

ctpatsfan77 · Mar 16, 2026

Not terrible, but not my favorite.

1.31 EDGE Zion Young, Missouri
2.63 DT Domonique Orange, Iowa State
3.95 TE Sam Roush, Stanford

2026 NFL three-round mock draft: How free agency reshaped the first 100 picks

Team needs have become clearer as the free-agency frenzy winds down.

www.cbssports.com

ctpatsfan77 · Mar 16, 2026

Pat Lane with a 7-rounder.

1.31 OT Blake Miller, Clemson
TRADE: Patriots trade 2.63 to NO for 3.73 + 4.136
3.73 EDGE Romello Height, Texas Tech
TRADE: Patriots trade 3.95 + 6.191 + 6.202 to JAX for 3.88
3.88 LB/S Kyle Louis, Pitt
4.125 TE Oscar Delp, Georgia
4.131: CB Charles Demmings, Stephen F. Austin
4.136: WR Jeff Caldwell, Cincinnati
5.171: S VJ Payne, Kansas State
6.198: DT Nick Barrett, South Carolina
6.212 "RB" Desmond Reid, Pitt
7.247 OT Nolan Rucci, PSU

7-round mock draft: Patriots keep filling holes after free agency

The Patriots add some high-end talent at positions of need in this new NFL mock draft.

www.patspulpit.com

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