B
Jacksonville Jaguars
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Jaguars and McNeil-Warren: B.
by jb ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 7 steals
· 0 reaches
You could see the war room lean forward. Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at Round 3, Pick 36 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did.
They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
Value with a capital V on Lee Hunter in pick 58, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Jacob Rodriguez in No. 81 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Domonique Orange is a better player than Round 3, Pick 24 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They robbed the room for Emmanuel McNeil-Warren here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Bryce Lance at pick No. 124 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
By-the-book stuff, Oscar Delp at the Round 4 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They did well to land Jalen Farmer in slot 164, just ahead of his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Demond Claiborne at the 166th pick. It fills a real need, too.
The board had Ephesians Prysock higher than No. 203, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Zavion Thomas at the Round 7 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Trey Zuhn III in pick 240 is fair value, right on his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Josh Cuevas at Round 7, Pick 29 is money in the bank, a tight end taken below his worth. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
