Which teams should take a quarterback in 2026 NFL Draft? Ranking needs for all 32

While there’s a decent amount of mystery regarding what will happen in the 2026 NFL Draft , there’s really none at the top, where it’s virtually inconceivable that the Las Vegas Raiders will do or consider anything aside from picking former Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza with the No. 1 overall selection. After that?

Though a group of blue-chip players has coalesced , it wouldn’t surprise anyone if Mendoza is the only passer taken in Round 1 . And while most draft observers regard Alabama’s Ty Simpson as the second-best QB available this year, the cluster of signal-callers following him will appeal to different teams in various ways. But there’s little doubt quite a few will be chosen – possibly 10 over the draft’s second and third days – given the league is never going to stop swinging in a bid to find the next diamond in the rough, if not necessarily the next Tom Brady in Round 6, while resupplying a position perpetually in high demand.

“(W)e will draft quarterbacks every year, if not every other year because I think you have to. If you hit on a guy, great,” Miami GM Jon-Eric Sullivan, who made his professional bones in Green Bay, said after being hired in January. “If you hit on two, you have trade value.

“I think if you look at the history of the Green Bay Packers all the way back to (Hall of Fame GM) Ron Wolf – I mean, (Hall of Fame QB) Brett Favre's backups were Matt Hasselbeck, Kurt Warner, Aaron Brooks, Ty Detmer, you can go on down the line. I can't say enough about the importance of it, and we'll be very active in acquiring quarterbacks to make sure that that room is deep – as deep as we can make it. ” So even though the Dolphins signed Malik Willis to a three-year, $67.