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2026 NFL Draft Thread

Shooter McGavin said:
Scott must have interviewed like **** or something. No idea how he’s still on the board.
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At 25 YO, at a speed position, and has bad tape playing ouside...he's a 1 contract candidate. Teams are going to want it a cheap contract with all the leverage. He'll get drafted, just further down than we would like him to.
 
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Scott, Coop, Wes, CJ, Blay, Brockermeyer, Marion still looking for a home. Scott delivers crazy value on Day3, Coop 4 year starter with zero injury history. Both off the board in R4 IMO.
 
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BoxingRobes said:
Jaguars are having an uneventful draft.

Nate Boerkircher pick is getting dragged by the Jag fans...not a great pick for value, but can see Liam Coen being obsessed with a blocking TE2 all offseason. Been saying weird **** to the media about improving run blocking. The Jaguars were like 20th in the league in rushing. 27th per attempt. Lost Travis Etienne in free agency. Got more of a power back in Chris Rodriguez in free agency. He was always frustrated with the lack of numbers and skillset at TE. Brenton Strange is good but was injured. Had Chuma Edoga out there on run situations and it was driving him nuts. Edoga penalty a key factor that lost them the playoff game. These ADHD coaches have a type they obsess over and sometimes they hyperfocus on the edges, especially when that ends your season.

To be fair, that is what good team do. Fix the minutiae. Jaguars want to run more 12 and 13 personnel, too. Its the du jour in the league. Rams used it 30% of the time last year, 40% down the stretch and the Jags just didnt have the personnel. This front office is from the Rams tree.

Value...ymmv. The tight ends at this tier were off the board in this range, he was one of them in this group. Seems like market value in this draft. Usually there are 7-10 TEs taken on Day 1/2. 9 were taken tonight.

Pick is very smartest guy in the roomish. Didnt help the draft grade by drafting more niche players when I assume Gladstone took the wheel. Pregnon was another run blocker.

Regis was very active versus Miami and Notre Dame against the run. Gladstone comes from the Rams organization and they just kind of like quirky hustle run defenders - Kobie Turner, Braden Fiske, Bobby Brown of recent vintage over there. Jags lost because they couldnt stop the run against the Bills.
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Yeah, but... usually, when you're reaching this far, you're getting smacked years down the road because the players simply aren't producing.

And spending 3rd round picks on blocking TEs is just odd to me. We've spent a 3rd on Raridon and he can block + catch passes. And I don't believe that the Jaguars have such a good roster that they can afford making these kinds of selections. The Patriots believed that too not too long ago and their roster just absolutely tanked within a few years.
 
E1k said:
6 canes in the top100, most since?
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We had 5 taken in the first 77 and 6 in the first 128 in 2015. Chick was the 7th and last pick at 212.

4, all taken from 72 to 100, in 2012. 5 from 46 to 86 in 2011 with Colin McCarthy going 109.

We had 6 in 2006 so that is your answer; 3 more canes were drafted post top 100. 6 first rounders in 2004 also tied this year; no more canes selected until the 7th round. 2002 was another tie with 6 in the first 51; 5 more players drafted post top 100. 6 in the first 64 in 1988.

As far as I can tell, we’ve never had 7 go in the first 100.
 
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Bender said:
Yeah, but... usually, when you're reaching this far, you're getting smacked years down the road because the players simply aren't producing.

And spending 3rd round picks on blocking TEs is just odd to me. We've spent a 3rd on Raridon and he can block + catch passes. And I don't believe that the Jaguars have such a good roster that they can afford making these kinds of selections. The Patriots believed that too not too long ago and their roster just absolutely tanked within a few years.
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Well yeah...the players have to hit.

Just providing context to the draft and picks. It was a team that went 13-4, but limited resources (no cap, plenty of picks in a bad draft but none of the premium variety). From the Rams tree and its a team that wants to run more 12 and 13 personnel (and run the ball better period). Perhaps they should have gotten one later, but in the last 10 picks of R2 and first 10 of R3, six TEs went off the board.

Some sources had this guys value low, but NFL dot com had him in that group.

Jags draft lacked value (Rams drafts do too...as we saw clearly this year), but Im giving Gladstone and Coen the benefit of the doubt until they prove they are dummies. Through two seasons...some smartest guy in the room drafts...but they went 13-4 and they are getting a lot back from the injury front next year and they are going to try and get out front in a league moving toward 12 n 13 personnel. Jags team is changing and improving...just more subtly. Players gotta hit, obv.
 
Shooter McGavin said:
Scott must have interviewed like **** or something. No idea how he’s still on the board.
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Someone mentioned earlier...maybe another thread. Nickel trend might be having a little market correction with more multiTE sets around the league. Limits his market of teams looking for his role.

Sucks.

Keionte Scott no matter what.
 
RVACane said:
@OldhamA are you pleased thus far?
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We let Bain fall to the Bucs rather than trading up, so Freeling had better be all that and a bag of chips.

The other two players - yeah I can see why they took them. I haven't looked at their cut-ups too much yet though.

I basically only watch the Canes seriously. When I watch other College teams it's passively so I haven't the foggiest about a guy from Texas Tech / Tennessee without diving into their scouting reports.
 
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Highline17 said:
as the other resident panther fan, first two picks were smart. Brazell is bleugh
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Freeling has a ridiculously high ceiling, but would benefit from sitting behind Walker to start the season and being brought along slowly. He was coached by Stacy Searles at Georgia, so his technique is poor. He wins on athleticism right now. I can understand that pick if they're willing to be patient.

Hunter I think is their attempt to replicate what Derrick Brown does at the other 3-4 DE spot, but on a budget. Good enough athlete, but plays violent. Was clearly 20lbs overweight in College (despite his impressive stats - I can't get over him belly flopping when trying to pass rush Leavitt) - looked much better in the Senior Bowl drills / game at 315lbs.

(Razzle) Brazzell is all about whether you take Tennessee WRs off your board or not. Athletically he's up there with the best WRs in this Draft and his production is fantastic (1,000 yards and 9 TDs), but the system doesn't prepare guys for the NFL. If you ask him to do the things he's good at in the NFL he'll succeed, if you ask him to be a short yardage, YAC guy he'll fail.
 
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