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Jon & I wrap up our draft coverage by evaluating and tiering every team’s class. We finish up with the NFC, discussing why the best organizations disappointed, why we differ on the value of a couple of classes, the value of the “Consensus Board,” and which teams are poised to make a leap after nailing their classes.

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Jon & I wrap up our draft coverage by evaluating and tiering every team’s haul. First up, it’s the AFC. What did we like? What didn’t we like? What was confusing? What are the best scheme fits? Who are the later round gems? All that and much more.

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Jon & I go LIVE for Round 1 of the 2026 NFL Draft, reacting to each pick in real time and offering analysis and scouting evaluations on all 32 selections.

To see who the best players are left on my big board and positional rankings, click below. Oh, and we will be back on Friday to do it all again!

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Programming note: Jon and I will be LIVE throughout the first two days of this year’s draft. If you want to hear our instant reactions and analysis to each and every pick, we will be live here on Substack through the first three rounds. All subscribers will get a pop-up notification when we get going, roughly 30 minutes before the draft kicks off on Thu…

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Jon and I wrap up our 2026 scouting series with a look at this year’s running back class. We discuss the requirements for the position in the modern game, the skills, tools, and techniques we look for when evaluating, and run through our personal rankings of this year’s class.

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Jon and I continue our scouting series. This week, we’re onto tight ends. We discuss the requirements for the position in the modern game, the skills, tools, and techniques we look for when evaluating, and run through the bulk of this year’s deep and talented class.

How We Scout TEs: 0:00-18:00

Oregon TE Kenyon Sadiq: 18:00-45:35

Vanderbilt TE Eli Stowers:…

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Jon and I wrap up our look at the 2026 cornerback class. We rattle through our evaluations of Keith Abney II, Julian Neal, Malik Muhammad, Chandler Rivers, Ephesians Prysock, and a number of interesting Day Three players. We finish up with a look at our individual tiers.

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Jon and I continue our scouting series with another look at the cornerback class. We discuss the requirements for the position in the modern game, the skills, tools, and techniques we look for when evaluating, and the next four players up on the consensus board: San Diego State’s Chris Johnson; Indiana’s D’Angelo Ponds; South Carolina’s Brandon Cisse; a…