Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>3 – Arizona Cardinals – EDGE David Bailey – Texas Tech<\/p>\nDavid Bailey and Rueben Bain Jr. are neck and neck here, but we give Bailey the edge here based on his elite measurables.<\/p>\n
4 – Tennessee Titans – EDGE Rueben Bain Jr. – Miami<\/p>\n
Bain has all the skills to be an elite edge defender but he’s bucking history if he is going to be successful.<\/p>\n
5 – New York Giants – LB Arvell Reese – Ohio State<\/p>\n
The Giants get the most disruptive defensive prospect in the draft and a centerpiece of their defense with Arvell Reese.<\/p>\n
6 – Cleveland Browns – S Caleb Downs – Ohio State<\/p>\n
Downs is one of the best safety prospects we’ve graded in the last 10 years and is a perfect fit staying in Ohio to add punch to the Browns defense.<\/p>\n
7 – Washington Commanders – LB Sonny Styles – Ohio State<\/p>\n
We already knew how good Sonny Styles was but the combine really opened people’s eyes to what a freakish athlete is is.<\/p>\n
8 – New Orleans Saints – TE Kenyon Sadiq – Oregon<\/p>\n
There is a huge gap between what Kenyon Sadiq brings as a tight end and the next best prospect so he makes perfect sense for a young quarterback.<\/p>\n
9 – Kansas City Chiefs – CB Mansoor Delane – LSU<\/p>\n
After trading away OJ McDuffie, cornerback immediately becomes a priority and we like Mansoor Delane based on how he dominated on a bad LSU defense last seaosn.<\/p>\n
10 – Cincinnati Bengals – OT Caleb Lomu – Utah<\/p>\n
The Bengals offensive tackles were terrible last season so we go with Caleb Lomu here as the top pass protector in the OT class.<\/p>\n
11 – Miami Dolphins – CB Jermod McCoy – Tennessee<\/p>\n
If McCoy had gone to the Chiefs and Delane here, you’d get no argument as both are lockdown cornerbacks with great size.<\/p>\n
12 – Dallas Cowboys – OT Francis Mauigoa – Miami<\/p>\n
Many pundits have Mauigoa as the top offensive tackle so getting him at No. 12 is a bargain pick for Dallas.<\/p>\n
13 – Los Angeles Rams – RB Jeremiyah Love – Notre Dame<\/p>\n
Ultimately, Jeremiyah Love is the guy some team is going to trade up to get so we do not expect him to last this long in the first round but if he does, the Rams can go with the best player on the board.<\/p>\n
14 – Baltimore Ravens – WR Jordyn Tyson – Arizona State<\/p>\n
The Ravens are one of a dozen teams eyeing a new offense so we went with Jordyn Tyson here as a complete receiver who can do a little of everything.<\/p>\n
15 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers – WR Makai Lemon – USC<\/p>\n
The Bucs need another weapon in the passing game and while we worry some about Makai Lemon’s character and passion for the game, if he’s focused he’s an elite talent.<\/p>\n
16 – New York Jets – EDGE Keldric Faulk – Auburn<\/p>\n
Faulk has a ceiling as high as any edge in this first tier but he has to put it together more consistently for him to be a top pass rusher.<\/p>\n
17 – Detroit Lions – OT Monroe Freeling – Georgia<\/p>\n
Some pundits consider Monroe Freeling the top offensive tackle in this draft. While I disagree, he’s got more than enough upside to land here with the Lions.<\/p>\n
18 – Minnesota Vikings – S Dillon Thieneman – Oregon<\/p>\n
Pairing the Vikings with Dillon Thieneman is a perfect fit, but we do wonder if Thieneman is the type of player that another team will trade up for.<\/p>\n
19 – Carolina Panthers – OT Spencer Fano – Utah<\/p>\n
Fano is the other Utah offensive tackle in the first round and like Lomu should be an anchor on an NFL offensive line for a very long time.<\/p>\n
20 – Dallas Cowboys – WR Omar Cooper Jr. – Indiana<\/p>\n
Dallas comes back to the podium and this time goes for Cooper who will replace George Pickens if the Cowbioys cannot work out a contract.<\/p>\n
21 – Pittsburgh Steelers – DT Caleb Banks – Florida<\/p>\n
The Steelers filled some big needs in free agency and can use this pick for Banks who could eventually replace Cameron Heyward.<\/p>\n
22 – Los Angeles Chargers – Vega Ioane – Penn State<\/p>\n
We went back and forth between an edge and offensive line here, but ultimately we went with Ioane Vega just based on our ratings and his placement being much higher than the next hybrid edge.<\/p>\n
23 – Philadelphia Eagles – OL Kadyn Proctor – Alabama<\/p>\n
Proctor was supposed to be the best offensive tackle in this draft, but as it turns out, he’s probably the second-best guard instead, and that’s good enough for the Eagles.<\/p>\n
24 – Cleveland Browns – WR Kevin Concepcion – Texas A&M<\/p>\n
After addressing defense earlier in the round, the Browns come back around and get Shedeur Sanders a weapon with Kevin Concepcion.<\/p>\n
25 – Chicago Bears – DT Peter Woods – Clemson<\/p>\n
Woods is a tough player to grade because selecting him here, you are basing it almost exclusively on potential over production.<\/p>\n
26 – Buffalo Bills<\/a> – LB C.J. Allen – Georgia<\/p>\nLost in the two big Ohio State linebackers is C.J. Allen, who has all the tools to be a three-down linebacker and play all over the formation.<\/p>\n
27 – San Francisco 49ers – S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren – Toledo<\/p>\n
McNeill-Warren is a notch below Downs and Thieneman but this doesn’t make him less of a value here thanks to his size and instincts.<\/p>\n
28 – Houston Texans – DT Kayden McDonald – Ohio State<\/p>\n
The Texans always seem to be searching for more interior defensive line help and Kayden McDonald has some important scheme versatility.<\/p>\n
29 – Kansas City Chiefs – EDGE Akheem Mesidor – Miami<\/p>\n
We worry about Mesidor’s age and injury history but we still expect a team in need to roll he dice in the first round.<\/p>\n
30 – Denver Broncos – DT Christen Miller – Georgia<\/p>\n
Miller is a very balanced interior defensive lineman but it’s his value as a run stuffer that puts him here in the round.<\/p>\n
31 – New England Patriots – EDGE Zion Young – Missouri<\/p>\n
Too many people don’t know Zion Young but he’s a guy Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel can use in a variety of formations.<\/p>\n
32 – Seattle Seahawks – CB Avieon Terrell – Clemson<\/p>\n
The Seahawks never seem to have enough good cornerbacks so we add one more with Avieon Terrell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 20, 2026, 1:55 p.m. ET The first wave of NFL free agency is in the books, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[95878,215,214,53,2086,7,6,97205,97206,97116,95882,95930,96033,95896,95888,95906,96099,96626,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-826640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-bills","10":"tag-buffalo","11":"tag-buffalo-bills","12":"tag-buffalobills","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbills","16":"tag-sstsnbills","17":"tag-tag2026-nfl-draft","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","20":"tag-tagbuffalo-bills","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagoverall-positive","24":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","25":"tag-tagshedeur-sanders","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116271399988261763","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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1 – Las Vegas Raiders – QB Fernando Mendoza – Indiana<\/p>\n