2026 Road to the Draft – Part 11

March 24, 2026

By Noonefromtampa

Roster Updates – Free Agency

There were no major roster changes for Washington in the past week.

Draft Data

This week saw an increase of 14 in the number of mocks being tracked which rose to 258 mocks tracked. Sixty-six percent of mock pick data occurred in last few weeks. The distribution for Washington by position is:

Position	Picked Count	Picked %	Last Week %	% Change
Edge	98	37.98%	45.90%	-7.92%
LB	46	17.83%	16.80%	1.03%
S	39	15.12%	14.34%	0.77%
RB	35	13.57%	10.66%	2.91%
WR	31	12.02%	7.79%	4.23%
CB	6	2.33%	3.28%	-0.95%
DL	2	0.78%	0.82%	-0.04%
OT	1	0.39%	0.41%	-0.02%
QB	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
IOL	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
TE	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Grand Total	258	100%

This week saw the full impact of free agency on the mock draft picks. The biggest decrease was at edge rusher, which was down nearly 8% from last week. Wide receiver, running back and linebacker all saw significant increases. Safety also was up over three quarters of a percent.

Washington holds the 7^th pick in the first round. The players mocked to Washington with that pick are:

Player	Position	School	Picked Count	Picked %
David Bailey	Edge	Texas Tech	51	19.77%
Rueben Bain	Edge	Miami	44	17.05%
Caleb Downs	S	Ohio State	39	15.12%
Sonny Styles	LB	Ohio State	35	13.57%
Jeremiyah Love	RB	Notre Dame	35	13.57%
Carnell Tate	WR	Ohio State	26	10.08%
Arvell Reese	LB	Ohio State	11	4.26%
Mansoor Delane	CB	LSU	6	2.33%
Makai Lemon	WR	USC	4	1.55%
Keldric Faulk	Edge	Auburn	3	1.16%
Peter Woods	DL	Clemson	2	0.78%
Francis Mauigoa	OT	Miami	1	0.39%
Jordyn Tyson	WR	Arizona State	1	0.39%
Grand Total			258	100.00%

The top 5 places remain unchanged this week, but Downs, Styles and Love all gained ground on Bailey and Bain, who both dropped around 4% each. Draft prognosticators are trending away from edge rushers as the round one pick for the Commanders and are distributing the choice across Downs, Styles, Love and Tate.

Draft Thoughts

Noone’s Mock Draft, first version:

Pick	Team	Player	Pos.	School
1	Raiders	Fernando Mendoza	QB	Indiana
2	Jets	Arvell Reese	LB	Ohio State
3	Cardinals	Francis Mauigoa	OT	Miami
4	Titans	David Bailey	Edge	Texas Tech
5	Giants	Jeremiyah Love	RB	Notre Dame
6	Browns	Monroe Freeling	OT	Georgia
7	Commanders	Carnell Tate	WR	Ohio State
8	Saints	Rueben Bain	Edge	Miami
9	Chiefs	Mansoor Delane	CB	LSU
10	Bengals	Caleb Downs	S	Ohio State
11	Dolphins	Jermod McCoy	CB	Tennessee
12	Cowboys	Sonny Styles	LB	Ohio State
13	Rams	Spencer Fano	OT	Utah
14	Ravens	Olaivavega Ioane	IOL	Penn State
15	Buccaneers	Akheem Mesidor	Edge	Miami
16	Jets	Makai Lemon	WR	USC
17	Lions	Kadyn Proctor	OT	Alabama
18	Vikings	Dillon Thieneman	S	Oregon
19	Panthers	Kenyon Sadiq	TE	Oregon
20	Cowboys	Keldric Faulk	Edge	Auburn
21	Steelers	Peter Woods	DL	Clemson
22	Chargers	Zion Young	Edge	Miss
23	Eagles	Kayden McDonald	DL	Ohio State
24	Browns	Jordyn Tyson	WR	Arizona State
25	Bears	CJ Allen	LB	Georgia
26	Bills	Cashius Howell	Edge	Texas A&M
27	49ers	Blake Miller	OT	Clemson
28	Texans	Lee Hunter	DL	Texas Tech
29	Chiefs	Colton Hood	CB	Tennessee
30	Dolphins	Kevin Concepcion	WR	Texas A&M
31	Patriots	Emmanuel McNeil-Warren	S	Toledo
32	Seahawks	T.J. Parker	Edge	Clemson

It’s hard to actually predict what happens on draft day because there are always a few trades that occur during the draft.  For example, do the Dolphins or Cowboys try and move up for an elite player since they have good draft capital?

Outside of the first pick of the draft, most of the next 7 selections are up in the air, which is unlike most years when the first three to five picks are more or less locked down.

Who does Washington take? Well, they do need a quality wide receiver to pair with Terry McLaurin. The Tate pick would give them that and a future beyond McLaurin, if Tate performs as expected.

The real answer is that the actual pick may not matter that much in the grand scheme of things. Players like Downs, Love, Styles and Bailey would all add much needed talent to the roster and potentially be starters for years to come.

The Commanders need better, younger, faster talent on the team and all the players mentioned fit that bill. The team has a couple of years before they must hand out a $50 million dollar per year contract to Jayden Daniels, so the time to lay a good foundation around him is now.

Sources: nflmockdraftdatabase.com