ESPN's Peter Schrager Is Hearing The Saints Will Select This Player In The First Round
The ESPN on-air talent has released his first mock draft of the season
As the days wind down to the start of the NFL draft, mock drafts will start to come in with people selecting players based on what they are hearing rather than the players they believe the team should select. ESPN's Peter Schrager is one of the league's most tapped-in media members and usually releases one mock draft per season, which is based on the intel he has collected around the league. Today is the day for Schrager's mock.
Schrager makes sure to outline the reasoning for each first-round selection: "What follows is my first mock draft for the 2026 class. These 32 projections are based on what I'm hearing, rather than what I would personally do at each slot. Nothing is set in stone quite yet, which is why I'll have a second mock draft in two weeks.
But for now, this is my best guess for how things could play out. " So, who did Schrager hear the Saints will target in the first round? 8.
New Orleans Saints Reuben Bain, Jr. , Miami, EDGE "New Orleans said farewell to many defensive leaders this offseason, as Cameron Jordan, Demario Davis, and Alontae Taylor will all likely be elsewhere next season. (Jordan is still a free agent.