2026 WR Deep Dive: Finding WR1, Favorite Comps, and Don’t Be Surprised If …
The McShay Show
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | There's no Calvin Johnson or Andre Johnson. There's no Julio Jones or Jamar Chase. |
| 0:11.3 | But when we look back on it, the 2026 class might be the deepest, most talent-rich group in the history of the draft. |
| 0:19.5 | That's not hype. That's reality. |
| 0:22.0 | Wide receiver deep dive is next in just 36 days until the NFL draft. |
| 0:28.0 | You good, Minch? |
| 0:29.4 | I'm great, but listen, man, I just want to point out just three days until Tucker gets |
| 0:33.5 | married. |
| 0:34.5 | Bigger countdown. |
| 0:36.1 | Huge countdown. |
| 0:59.4 | Hey, tuck on that note roll that beat please Carnel Tate, |
| 1:02.1 | Kai Lemon, Jordan Tyson. |
| 1:05.3 | When I talk consensus, I'm not talking about media. |
| 1:09.5 | I'm talking about general managers, personnel directors, scouts in the league. |
| 1:14.9 | It's not a complete consensus, but when you talk to people in the league, |
| 1:16.6 | it's those are the three guys. And then where it gets special in 2026 for the wide receiver group is that there's a ton. |
| 1:23.4 | And we'll get to the numbers. |
| 1:24.8 | I think 10 more guys after those first three could go in the first two rounds. |
| 1:28.6 | Could be record setting or tie the record that we've seen twice in the last five years, right? |
| 1:35.4 | 2022, we were 13 taken in the first two rounds. |
| 1:38.2 | 2020, 13 taken in the first two rounds. |
| 1:40.5 | I went back, common draft era, 1967, Mensch. |
| 1:47.8 | I did. I know, I have a problem. Dig it deep. I like it. 1967, those two drafts have produced the most first and second round |
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