{"id":18034,"date":"2026-04-22T08:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/?p=18034"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:32:16","slug":"2026-nfl-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.365scores.com\/news\/2026-nfl-mock-draft","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Mock Draft: Trying to Predict an Impossible First Round"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2026 NFL<\/a> Draft is finally happening Thursday night, and we\u2019re back with our third annual attempt at a mock draft. I did one for 2024<\/a>, then last year<\/a> was a lot of chalk with the first seven picks correct as far as the player in the right slot, then I got a few more right like Tyler Warren to the Colts, Derrick Harmon to the Steelers, and Matthew Golden to the Packers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this year? Good luck to everyone, including the 32 NFL teams who are going to have to make sense of what\u2019s been considered by many to be a weak draft class as far as true first-round talent goes. There were so many chalk picks last year that just don\u2019t exist this year once you get past Fernando Mendoza at No. 1. That one\u2019s free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it could be a deep draft with plenty of players with a second or third-round grade that prove useful for your team, and some teams have quite an arsenal of top 100 picks to unload on Thursday and Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are our positional previews for the top draft prospects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n