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Pundit mock drafts 2026 [maybe with FAILs]

I will, though.

1.31 EDGE TJ Parker, Clemson
2.63 WR Elijah Sarratt, Indiana
3.95 DT Kaleb Proctor, SE Louisiana
4.125 OT Kage Casey, Boise State
4.131 CB Devon Marshall, NC State
5.171 TE Lance Mason, Wisconsin
6.191 WR C.J. Daniels, Miami
6.198 OT Markel Bell, Miami
6.202 S Cole Wisniewski, Texas Tech
6.212 LB Jack Kelly, BYU
7.247 P Brett Thorson, Georgia

Not thrilled with waiting until day 3 to address both OT and TE. That said, I believe this is the first mock in this thread to give the Pats a punter (he has the Steelers taking one 10 picks earlier).
mayoclinic said:
Full 7 round mock from Vinnie Iyer at The sporting News.

NFL Mock Draft 2026: Complete 7-round edition sends Ty Simpson to Jets, Jeremiyah Love to Commanders | Sporting News

Sporting News' first April mock draft for 2026 expands to seven rounds in its latest pick projections.
www.sportingnews.com

I won't go through his picks for the Pats, but many of his prospect values seem way off: Treydan Stukes 121, Sam Roush 149, Oscar Delp 196, Bud Clark 217, Jimmy Rolder 225.
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mayoclinic said:
Full 7 round mock from Vinnie Iyer at The sporting News.

NFL Mock Draft 2026: Complete 7-round edition sends Ty Simpson to Jets, Jeremiyah Love to Commanders | Sporting News

Sporting News' first April mock draft for 2026 expands to seven rounds in its latest pick projections.
www.sportingnews.com

I won't go through his picks for the Pats, but many of his prospect values seem way off: Treydan Stukes 121, Sam Roush 149, Oscar Delp 196, Bud Clark 217, Jimmy Rolder 225.
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Yeah.

Here's the top 20 TE on the "consensus" board:

top 5: Kenyon Sadiq, Eli Stowers, Max Klare, Oscar Delp, Sam Roush
6-10: Justin Joly, Michael Trigg, Joe Royer, Eli Raridon, Jack Endries
11-15: Dae'Quan Wright, Dallen Bentley, Nate Boerkircher, Tanner Koziol, Matthew Hibner
16-20: Marlin Klein, Will Kacmarek, John Michael Gyllenborg, Josh Cuevas, DJ Rogers

Here are the 20 TE Iyer has:

top 5: Kenyon Sadiq, Eli Stowers, Max Klare, Michael Trigg, Jack Endries
6-10: Nate Boerkircher, Eli Raridon, Dallen Bentley, Justin Joly, Joe Royer
11-15: Sam Roush, Marlin Klein, Josh Cuevas, Lance Mason, Oscar Delp
16-20: Dae'Quan Wright, Tanner Koziol, John Michael Gyllenborg, Miles Kitselman, Will Kacmarek
 
ctpatsfan77 said:
What do you hate most?
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Almost everything.

- Young at 31. His 1.72 10-split has him almost off my board.
- Klare at 63. His 2024 tape is good, 2025 is awful. Didn't test at either the Combine or his Pro Day.
- Genesis Smith at 95. A safety who can't tackle.
- Trading up for a LB I don't want at 107.

That's a start.
 

2026 NFL Draft: Ideal top two picks for every team

Is there a better possible scenario for the Bengals in the 2026 NFL Draft than landing a pair of defensive building blocks in safety Caleb Downs and DT Peter Woods by the time Round 2 is over? Eric Edholm projects the ideal top two picks for all 32 teams.
www.nfl.com

I'd take it!
 
Hard for me to argue with that one.
 
That could be my dream draft:

31. Max Iheanachor (34)
63. Treydan Stukes (64)
95. Dani Dennis-Sutton (not included)

Missing out on Sam Roush hurts, but I could live with it.

Add De'Zhaun Stribling at 125 and Kaleb Elarms-Orr at 131, and we'd be cooking.

Keldric Faulk is an enigma. I could live with him st 31 if the Pats took him, but I don't see it happening.
 
ESPN have just done a 3 rounder where the pundits alternate picks. Some interesting things

1. Max Iheanacohor goes at 23 to the Eagles.

2. Gabe Jacas falls to 63.

3. Our picks

1. Cashius Howell (Blake Miller was on the board)
2. Gabe Jacas
3. Bryce Lance

Swap out Howell for Miller and I'd absolutely take that. It does show that from 23 to even down in the 60s, this draft is all over the place. for example, Stukes often goes in the top 55, here he falls to 84.

2026 NFL mock draft: Kiper, Miller, Reid, Yates on Rounds 1-3

We asked four NFL draft analysts -- Mel Kiper Jr., Matt Miller, Jordan Reid and Field Yates -- to make picks in the first three rounds. Where do the top prospects land?
www.espn.com
 
Miller at 31, Jacas at 63 and a trade-up for Stukes would be a home run.

This draft is totally unpredictable. You can't get locked in on any 1 player. The key is to be flexible, and take advantage of opportunities.
 
Is this the draft fail thread? I'm sure this mock should have been released yesterday April 1st.



Replace Will Campbell with someone who has even shorter arms? And "start Crawford and Swinson... see what happens" is hardly a recipe for success. I really like both but not even I would go that far.
 
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I like the Crawford, Taaffe and Heidenreich picks.

I've noticed that this draft is so deep, even the most clueless mocks hit on a few picks.

Brazzell - Tiernan has to be a new low, though, for worst 1st 2 picks.
 
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mayoclinic said:
I like the Crawford, Taafe and Heidenreich picks.

I've noticed that this draft is so deep, even the most clueless mocks hit on a few picks.

Brazzell - Tiernan has to be a new low, though, for worst 1st 2 picks.
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What comes after "yuck?"
 
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