AFC North offensive linemen and QBs will get a reprieve from Myles Garrett for… one season.
The #Rams are scheduled to face the AFC North in 2027, including Garrett’s return to Cleveland to face the #Browns
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Bombshell: The #Browns are finalizing a trade of Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the #Rams in a shocker, sources tell me, @TomPelissero & @AdamSchefter.
Cleveland would send Garrett to LA in exchange for star edge Jared Verse, a first-rounder, and more.
The Rams are the first team in NFL history to pair the reigning MVP and reigning DPOY together. They now have the 2025 NFL leader in:
- Pass yards and touchdowns (Matthew Stafford)
- Receptions (Puka Nacua)
- Receiving touchdowns (Davante Adams)
- Sacks (Myles Garrett)
AFC teams ultimately made 144 of the 257 picks in the 2026 #NFLDraft, a new record for the most by either conference in a single draft under the 7-round format.
The AFC selected 31 more players in 2026 than the NFC, the largest pick disparity between conferences since the merger
AFC teams are scheduled to make 143 of the 257 picks in the 2026 #NFLDraft (only 114 picks by NFC teams).
The record for selections made by a single conference in the 7-round draft format (since 1994) is 140 by the 2004 AFC
Five teams - all in the AFC - selected multiple tight ends in the 2026 #NFLDraft, the most to do so in any draft under the 7-round format: #Dolphins, #Ravens, #Browns, #Jaguars and #Broncos
Multiple TE sets were used on a @NextGenStats era high 33.2% of offensive plays in 2025
The #Dolphins made an NFL-high 13 selections in the 2026 #NFLDraft, the first time Miami has had the NFL’s largest draft class since 1997, when HOF Jason Taylor and 2-time All-Pro Sam Madison were two of their 14 selections
Entering the 2026 #NFLDraft, Texas Tech @TexasTechFB had never had more than 4 players selected in a 7-round draft and never more than 6 in a draft of any length.
Behren Morton is Texas Tech’s 8th player selected this weekend
Players with 400+ rushing yards and 900+ receiving yards in a single FBS season over the last 70 years:
2010 Randall Cobb at Kentucky
2012 Tavon Austin at West Virginia
2025 Eli Heidenreich of @NavyFB and now the Pittsburgh #Steelers
TE Jack Endries caught passes from 2026 #NFLDraft 1st overall pick Fernando Mendoza (Cal, 2022-24), potential 2027 1st overall pick Arch Manning (Texas, 2025) and now could catch passes from former 2020 1st overall pick Joe Burrow on the #Bengals
Cole Payton had 13 rush TD in a season twice in his career at North Dakota State.
Jalen Hurts has had 13+ rush TD in a season in an NFL-record 3 different seasons for the #Eagles.
NDSU has now had five QBs selected in the #NFLDraft, two by Philadelphia
Randall is the 8th player to participate in a running back group at the Combine since 2003 that measured at least 6’3” tall
The only one of the previous 7 to spend his NFL career as a full-time running back was Brandon Jacobs (6’ 4 1/4” 267 lbs in 2005)
Brotherly affair in New Orleans in the 2026 #NFLDraft:
The #Saints have taken Sonny Styles’ brother Lorenzo Jr, Trey Lance’s brother Bryce, and 1st rounder Jordyn Tyson’s brother Jaylon plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA
Brenen Thompson, the 2026 Combine’s 40-yard dash king, is the first wide receiver from @HailStateFB to be selected in the #NFLDraft since 1996 Bills 1st round pick Eric Moulds
#Chargers
Fernando Mendoza’s first career interception thrown in college was also that pick to McCoy.
October 7th, 2023, Cal vs Oregon State. A day of notable firsts for two future #Raiders draft picks
Jermod McCoy’s first career interception in college was as a true freshman at Oregon State… against Cal… off of his new #Raiders teammate and top #NFLDraft pick Fernando Mendoza
19 out of 32 picks in the 1st round of the 2026 #NFLDraft were on offense, T-2nd-most for the round in the common draft era.
22 out of 32 picks in the 2nd round were on defense, tying a record for the round.
And 23 of 36 in the 3rd were on offense, a new record for the round
Drew Allar is 1 of 3 FBS players all-time with at least 1,000 career pass attempts and fewer than 15 INTs.
The others were both Heisman Trophy winners: Caleb Williams and Marcus Mariota.
Aaron Rodgers is the NFL’s all-time leader in INT rate (1.4%)
#Steelers@PennStateFball
No team in the Common Draft Era has made 3 first-round picks in back-to-back drafts.
Jets 2026 1st Rounders
LB David Bailey (2nd)
TE Kenyon Sadiq (16th)
WR Omar Cooper Jr. (30th)
Jets 2027 1st Rounders
Original
From IND (Sauce Gardner trade)
From DAL (Quinnen Williams trade)