Fernando Mendoza checks many boxes while still raising important questions that front offices must carefully weigh.

With just three weeks remaining in the 2025 NFL season, and the Conference Championship games behind us at the college level, the 2026 NFL Draft picture is coming into focus. As things stand right now, the New York Giants have the first overall selection, followed by the Las Vegas Raiders, the Tennessee Titans, and the Cleveland Browns.

The Browns have three wins and are hunting high NFL Draft picks. The Jets are giving them no help this weekend in that hunt.

The Tennessee Titans beat the Cleveland Browns 31-29, removing them from the top pick in April's draft. They've been supplanted by the New York Giants, losers of seven straight games. The loss moved Cleveland up to the No. 4 slot.

The New York Giants had all the makings of the same NFL Draft mistake they made two years ago, when they beat the Jets in a lost season to lose out on a top-thr

Dane Brugler, draft analyst for The Athletic, expects the Cleveland Browns to package its two No. 1 picks in 2026 and draft a quarterback.