Peter Schrager leans on his intel after last week's annual league meeting to project picks in the NFL draft. Here's where things stand right now in Round 1.

After my latest crazy 2026 NFL mock draft, I wanted to look a bit more deeply into each team’s needs and get players ranked a bit more closely to where I have them projected this time around. Overall,

The NFL can schedule a Friday (or Saturday) game during the first weekend of September, and that option is available when Labor Day falls on Sept. 1, 2 or 3, which happened in both 2024 and 2025. After this year, the holiday won't fall on one of those three dates again until 2029, so that will likely be the next time we see a Friday game in Week 1.

View post: Angel Reese's Immediate Reaction to Chicago Sky Trade AthlonSportsDraft2026 The magazine offers scouting reports, a top-100 prospects list, and a two-round mock draft. Includes exclusive Caleb Downs interview and analysis of top quarterback fits ...

The NFL is opening on Wednesday this upcoming season because the Thursday-Friday Week 1 setup used in 2024 and 2025 isn’t allowed for 2026 The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 bars NFL games occurring on Friday night or Saturday from the second Friday of September until the… https://t.co/QsCMHfQHUN

The NFL combine begins soon, running from Feb. 23 to March 2. To preview this important pre-draft event, we will be taking a position-by-position look at which prospects were invited and the level of need that the Indianapolis Colts have at each spot.

What styles best suit this year’s top quarterback prospects? Doug Farrar broke it down for Athlon Sports’ draft preview magazine. On its face, the 2026 QB class is much taller than wide, with one sure-fire prospect — Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza ...