{"id":686118,"date":"2026-03-29T15:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/686118\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:03:24","slug":"tyler-shough-taliese-fuaga-on-2026-international-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/686118\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Shough, Taliese Fuaga on 2026 international play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The best mock drafts are built on signals, not guesses. For this projection, I weighed post-free agency needs, scheme fits, front-office tendencies, prospect-team connections and market clues across all 32 clubs. NFL IQ powered by Amazon Quick helped me pressure-test team needs, draft capital and realistic outcomes before putting this mock together. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/mike-band-2026-nfl-mock-draft-1-0-jeremiyah-love-to-commanders-cardinals-land-quarterback-via-trade\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Mike Band 2026 NFL mock draft 1.0: Jeremiyah Love to Commanders; Cardinals land quarterback via trade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The free agency frenzy reshuffled rosters across the league, while a series of trades addressed (and created) team needs. In the wake of all that player movement &#8212; and a month away from the 2026 NFL Draft &#8212; it&#8217;s time for my third attempt at forecasting how the entire first round will play out in Pittsburgh. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/bucky-brooks-2026-nfl-mock-draft-3-0-cowboys-pounce-on-rueben-bain-jr-chiefs-add-tight-end\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Bucky Brooks 2026 NFL mock draft 3.0: Cowboys pounce on Rueben Bain Jr.; Chiefs add tight end\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The best mock drafts are built on signals, not guesses. For this projection, I weighed post-free agency needs,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,3175,86884,6,478,470,4073,4072,675],"class_list":{"0":"post-686118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-latest-news","10":"tag-morning-break","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-new-orleans","13":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","14":"tag-neworleans","15":"tag-neworleanspelicans","16":"tag-pelicans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116313076814810600","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}