{"id":858163,"date":"2026-04-07T04:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858163\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T04:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:24:20","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-top-5-ots-per-draft-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858163\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL draft: Top 5 OTs, per Draft Wire"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there is one position that mock drafts have focused on for the Arizona Cardinals<\/a> in the first round, it is at offensive tackle. Yes, they also have a big need at outside linebacker for edge rushers, but most focus on right tackle as being the Cardinals’ biggest need this offseason.<\/p>\n

They could definitely take a tackle in the first or second rounds.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Who are the best tackles in the draft?<\/p>\n

Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy, in his offensive positional rankings<\/a>, gives us the top five. All five could end up in the first round.<\/p>\n

Top 5 OT prospects, per Draft Wire<\/p>\n

These rankings might surprise you.<\/p>\n

In almost all other rankings, Mauigoa is the top tackle. However, Mauigoa is a right tackle. Freeling is viewed as the best true left tackle by many.<\/p>\n

Get more Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from Cards<\/a> Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: 2026 NFL draft: Top 5 OTs, per Draft Wire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If there is one position that mock drafts have focused on for the Arizona Cardinals in the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,2604,1327,23888,7,7779,216,28960,54561,6,4136,36794],"class_list":{"0":"post-858163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizonacardinals","11":"tag-cardinals","12":"tag-curt-popejoy","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-francis-mauigoa","15":"tag-miami","16":"tag-mock-drafts","17":"tag-monroe-freeling","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-offensive-tackle","20":"tag-positional-rankings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116361525231100212","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858163","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=858163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}