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DUELING MOCK DRAFTS: Two Pre-Free Agency Projections for Round 1 of the 2026 NFL Draft

·37 min

They run two mock drafts in one, which is how the show frames this offseason conversation. Because the episode lands before free agency, every pick stays tentative, with the hosts circling fit, value, and what could still shift once the market opens. Caleb Downs becomes a useful test of that logic. One side takes him as a floor play, but the discussion also makes clear that he still has a few boxes left to check. Miami gets a clean match at 11. Both sides land on Mansoor Delane, one of the top prospects in this class and an LSU cornerback, so there is real agreement there. Pick 12 is where the board splits. One side sees Ruben Bain and thinks the fit is great for Dallas, while also floating the idea that the Cowboys could use their extra draft capital to move around. The other side keeps the selection and goes with Keldrick Falk instead. That keeps the conversation grounded in what can be defended at the spot instead of forcing a trade. The Bears come up only as a reference point for how much capital Dallas has compared with Chicago. The episode never settles into certainty. It stays in mock-draft mode, using quick turn-taking and roster logic to show how Round 1 could bend before free agency changes the board.

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A brisk mock-draft debate that keeps fit, range, and board pressure front and center.

Lockdown NFL Six Pack spends this episode on the useful kind of mock-draft theater: two round-one versions laid out before free agency can scramble the board. What gives it weight is the argument itself.

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Two mock drafts, one round-one board, and plenty of pre-free-agency debate.

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