Draft Day Shuffle: Teams Pick, Trade and Plan Ahead

The 2026 NFL draft starts with the first pick, where a top quarterback from Indiana is expected to go to Las Vegas. The second pick lands a strong edge rusher from Ohio State on the Jets, who have been busy adding defenders. The third pick sees a ready‑made pass rusher from Texas Tech move to Washington, after the Commanders trade up. Tennessee grabs a running back from Notre Dame with the fourth pick, aiming to boost their ground game. The Giants select a safety from Ohio State as their fifth pick, showing that defensive positions can be high priority. Cleveland takes an offensive tackle from Miami for the sixth pick, and the Cardinals trade down to acquire a left tackle from Georgia on the seventh. New Orleans chooses a cornerback from LSU for the eighth pick, while Kansas City picks a wide receiver from Ohio State as their ninth. The Bengals go for an offensive tackle from Utah on the tenth pick, and Miami drafts a defensive lineman from their own school as the eleventh. Dallas picks a linebacker from Ohio State on the twelfth, and the Rams choose a wide receiver from USC for the thirteenth. Baltimore takes an offensive tackle from Penn State on the fourteenth.The Tampa Bay Buccaneers draft a defensive end from Auburn for the fifteenth, and the Jets pick a tight end from Oregon on the sixteenth. Detroit selects an offensive tackle from Clemson as the seventeenth, and Minnesota takes a safety from Oregon for the eighteenth. Carolina chooses an offensive tackle from Utah on the nineteenth, and Dallas adds another defensive end from Texas A&M for the twentieth. The Steelers take an offensive tackle from Alabama as the twenty‑first pick, and the Chargers draft a defensive lineman from Ohio State for the twenty‑second. Philadelphia selects a defensive end from Miami for the twenty‑third, and Cleveland picks a wide receiver from Arizona State on the twenty‑fourth. Chicago goes for a defensive lineman from Clemson as the twenty‑fifth, and Buffalo takes a wide receiver from Washington for the twenty‑sixth. San Francisco drafts an edge rusher from Missouri on the twenty‑seventh, Houston takes a tackle from Iowa for the twenty‑eighth, and Kansas City chooses a cornerback from Tennessee on the twenty‑ninth. Miami selects a cornerback from Clemson as the thirtieth, and New England picks a player with potential on the thirty‑first. Each team is balancing talent across positions, trading, and planning for future drafts.