Did Free Agency CHANGE the 2026 NFL Draft?

Hey, the Chiefs and Saints both need running backs, they could both be potential landing spots for Jeremiyah Love! Ope, guess again. Hey, the Rams need help in the secondary, surely they're going to use at least one of their first-round picks on a corner. Ope, guess not (and so long, say so long to one of those first-round picks, too). Activity in free agency always changes what we think about the upcoming draft, and this year was no different. Dane Brugler and Dave Helman discuss how the results of free agency affected what we think about the 2026 NFL Draft on this episode of The Athletic Football Show's Building the Beast.

0:00 Welcome to the show
4:00 Las Vegas Raiders
5:20 New York Jets
5:53 Jets & edge rusher
6:41 Jets & Arvell Reese, David Bailey, Sonny Styles
7:08 Jets & receiver
8:33 Arizona Cardinals
10:08 Cardinals & right tackle
10:25 Cardinals & Francis Mauigoa, Spencer Fano
11:12 Dane drops a Lord of the Rings reference
12:37 Tennessee Titans
13:11 Titans & Jeremiyah Love
15:17 Robert Saleh’s impact on Titans draft
16:24 Is Jeremiyah Love still a top draft pick?
19:18 Washington Commanders
21:02 New York Giants
21:13 Giants & Jeremiyah Love
22:31 Giants & Sonny Styles, Caleb Downs, Mansoor Delane
23:13 Giants & receiver
23:37 Cleveland Browns
23:47 Browns offensive line
24:16 Browns & Monroe Freeling
29:24 New Orleans Saints
29:50 Saints & Kenyon Sadiq
31:42 Kansas City Chiefs
31:53 Chiefs cornerback vs edge
32:23 Chiefs & Rueben Bain
33:50 Chiefs & pass catcher
34:21 Chiefs & Denzel Boston
35:20 Cincinnati Bengals
36:11 Bengals & Caleb Downs
37:35 Bengals & Mansoor Delane
38:08 Where is the first DT taken?
39:11 Miami Dolphins
39:22 We’re sorry, Malik Willis
40:06 Dolphins & pass catcher
41:32 Dolphins & Kenyon Sadiq
43:17 Dallas Cowboys
44:01 Cowboys & Sonny Styles
45:17 Los Angeles Rams
45:50 Rams & Makai Lemon
46:35 Baltimore Ravens
47:59 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
49:44 Jets part 2
50:10 Jets & receiver
50:44 Jets & Ty Simpson
52:44 Detroit Lions
53:35 Lions & edge rusher
53:56 Lions & Malachi Lawrence
54:39 Offensive tackles in first round
58:20 Chicago Bears
58:30 Bears & pass rush
59:02 Bears & McNeil Warren, Malachi Lawrence
59:16 Bears & defensive tackle

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