2026 Way-Too-Early Mock Draft: Arch Manning, Caleb Downs and MORE!
The PFF College Football Show
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5.0 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Max and Dalton do their annual way-too-early 2026 mock draft after the end of the NFL Draft.
(0:00) Intro (4:45) Giants Pick (7:00) Browns Pick (10:23) Titans Pick (13:00) Jets Pick (14:30) Saints Pick (16:08) Panthers Pick (17:02) Raiders Pick (19:15) Colts Pick (21:15) Cowboys Pick (22:16) Browns Pick (22:37) Seahawks Pick (24:47) Patriots Pick (26:54) Rams Pick (28:10) Steelers Pick (29:17) Dolphins Pick (31:00) Bears Pick (31:40) Cardinals Pick (33:07) Vikings Pick (34:30) Broncos Pick (37:03) Texans Pick (39:40) Packers Pick (40:40) Buccaneers Pick (41:10) Chargers Pick (41:40) Commanders Pick (42:58) Bengals Pick (43:50) Rams Pick (45:40) Lions Pick (48:25) 49ers Pick (51:00) Chiefs Pick (53:11) Eagles Pick (53:50) Ravens Pick (54:36) Bills Pick
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another episode of the PFF college football show, Max Chadwick alongside Dalton |
| 0:18.5 | Wassman. |
| 0:19.0 | Dalton and I just wrapped up four days of live coverage of the 2025 NFL draft over on the PFF NFL YouTube channel. |
| 0:28.4 | So anyone who watched that, we really appreciate you guys. |
| 0:30.2 | If you want to go watch it back, you can watch it as well. |
| 0:32.3 | We broke down literally all 257 picks in the 2025 NFL draft and just wrapped up our recap show going over |
| 0:40.1 | every team's draft class for the 2025 class and you know usually dawn we're |
| 0:44.1 | exhausted right now we will take some time before going to the next draft we're like you know |
| 0:47.6 | what no let's do it right now a live 26 way too early mock draft for all the true sickos out there that can't wait already for |
| 0:58.2 | the next year's draft and i'll say it right now don't you and i preparing for this mock this class next |
| 1:04.0 | year is completely wide open there are not a lot of blue chip guys or isn't like a caleb williams |
| 1:10.1 | going into the year or marvin errs junior or joe alt or mason graham or travis hunter there's a lot of blue chip guys or isn't like a Caleb Williams going into the year, |
| 1:13.6 | or Marvin Erfson Jr. or Joe Alt or Mason Graham or Travis Hunter. |
| 1:16.3 | There's a lot of guys that's just completely up in the air. |
| 1:19.7 | I'll say it right now, when we look back on this mock draft a year from now, |
| 1:22.1 | this might be the worst way to really mock we ever do. We may just not, I don't know, we may just not want to look back on it because I think that's what it is. You mentioned the quarterback class, but I think this entire class, for me, it's just wait |
| 1:31.4 | and see. |
| 1:32.1 | Who's emerging during the college football season? |
| 1:34.5 | Who's emerging even during the college football playoff? |
| 1:36.9 | Who are the breakout teams and breakout players that we may not even have studied this |
| 1:40.5 | hard yet, you know, that emerge? |
| 1:41.9 | Because we see it every year, even this year, look, went into last year thinking Cam Ward was, |
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