Projecting the 1st-Round Order for the 2026 NFL Draft

The dust is still settling from this year's event, but it's not too early to look ahead to the 2026 NFL Draft.

Every team hopes that the players they selected this past weekend will help turn them from pretender to contender, or will get them over the hump and make them a championship team next season, but that will only be the case for a select few.

For others, the way they navigated the offseason could set their rebuilding plans back even further, and the inevitable injuries that can pile up during the season will obviously have a massive impact on where they end up selecting in the first round of 2026.

So, what could the first-round order of the 2026 NFL Draft look like?

Here's an early forecast, based on the latest composite Super Bowl odds:

1. New Orleans Saints

2. Cleveland Browns

3. New York Jets

4. Tennessee Titans

5. New York Giants

6. Carolina Panthers

7. Indianapolis Colts

8. Las Vegas Raiders

9. Cleveland Browns (from JAX)

10. Los Angeles Rams (from ATL)

11. Arizona Cardinals

12. Seattle Seahawks

13. New England Patriots

14. Dallas Cowboys

15. Miami Dolphins

16. Chicago Bears

17. Pittsburgh Steelers

18. Houston Texans

19. Minnesota Vikings

20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

21. Denver Broncos

22. Los Angeles Chargers

23. Los Angeles Rams

24. Green Bay Packers

25. San Francisco 49ers

26. Cincinnati Bengals

27. Washington Commanders

28. Detroit Lions

29. Baltimore Ravens

30. Buffalo Bills

31. Kansas City Chiefs

32. Philadelphia Eagles