Bleacher Report's Brent Sobleski and Matt Holder already provided a first glance at the 2026 crop of talent, while projecting potential landing spots 12 months in advance. Sobleski handled the AFC side of things, while Holder took the NFC. DraftKings ' reverse Super Bowl odds determined the draft order.

This is the first pick in my mock draft I actually deserve any sort of credit for predicting correctly. It might also be the last. I was convinced the Panthers were taking a pass rusher. I honestly never considered a receiver here. This was a swing-and-a-miss. Yikes. I was way off the mark here.

In his way-too-early first-round 2026 NFL mock draft, Draft Wire's Curt Popejoy has the Denver Broncos selecting Georgia linebacker C.J. Allen with the 17th overall pick. (Don't get too offended -- Popejoy noted that the order of picks was "largely random.")