The 2026 Draft Thread - 1st Round - 7th overall

[Iraolaball]

You say that from where you sit. But if you were where he is, you’d probably feel similarly.

Well, he’s got the next 3 years to show his worth for a major contract, and still get paid insanely well while doing so. Hard for me to sympathize.

 

[Dlts20]

 

[KDawg]

Well, he’s got the next 3 years to show his worth for a major contract, and still get paid insanely well while doing so. Hard for me to sympathize.

Sorry to hear that. These guys work hard and are nitpicked to death by all of us. It’s okay to understand they are privileged while acknowledging they are human.

 

[Dlts20]

 

[washington football]

If we did not take Delane the saints would have at 8

 

[KDawg]

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/s/AWtSQP2zBF

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

I really wish they drafted Tyson.

 

[HTTR]

My guess is, local kid Delane wanted to come to D.C. and was disappointed we didn't (somehow... how?!) beat the KC trade offer and go to 6 for him.

Nope. He may be local but apparently he grew up a Ravens fan so I’m guessing he doesn’t like our team very much.

 

[Neophyte]

Bain such an angry young man.

Hall of Fame careers are fueled by anger like that. And in his case, I think it's fair to be angry.

 

[Bulldog]

Measurables are important but that can't be the answer to the total package of a football player.

Emmitt Smith ran a 4.62 and that allowed the Cowboys to take him later in the first round.

At some point you have to look at what a football player actually does on the field.

Now if you have a 5'11 quarterback in college that may be an issue at the next level he can't overcome despite superior numbers and performance.

But Bain is not only productive but is sized to play at the NFL level.

So, I think Tampa probably got a steal here.

 

[MartinC]

Again, IMO there will be a WR between #71 and the end of Round 7 that comes in and contributes in 2026.

I don't know which guy it will be but every year you see a guy taken in Round 5 or 6 that comes in and surprises people by being a bit quicker on the field than he showed in the Combine 40 or is able to separate using route running skills that were underestimated coming out of college.

Romeo Doubs was a fourth round draft choice and the Patriots gave him $97M.

Puka Nakua was taken in the fifth round by the Rams.

One of the guys out there in free agency that Washington may end up interested in, Jajuan Jennings, was drafted in Round 7 by the 49ers.

You don't need a #1 pick to get a productive WR.

Terry McLaurin - pick #76 overall.

 

[DWinzit]

Terry McLaurin - pick #76 overall.

Yessir! That was also a strong draft with a hell of a WR group, but you are correct

 

[Bulldog]

Terry McLaurin - pick #76 overall.

What's funny about picking McLaurin in 2019 is that Dwayne Haskins' 'mentor' Shawn Springs complained about the fact Washington 'didn't go out and get the quarterback any wide receivers' in the offseason.

As it turned out the team drafted a guy that posted 5 1,000 yard seasons in Round 3 but Springs wasn't paying attention to that.

All he was looking at was whether Washington went into free agency and signed a big name.

 

[Faithful Fan]

Nope. He may be local but apparently he grew up a Ravens fan so I’m guessing he doesn’t like our team very much.

Maybe, but Silver Spring is still home to him, he likely has family here, etc. I’m sure there was mutual interest there.

But like I said, I really think people are making too much out of him saying “You’re a little too late,” that’s just what you say to the guy who calls right after the listing has been sold.

 

[Bulldog]

Delane comes across as a punk.

 

[burgold]

Delane comes across as a punk.

Yeah, but corners are always arrogant weirdos

It really was a weird thing to say. I mean Peters didn't slight him. Peters had no opportunity to either pick him or skip him in favor of another player.

 

[skinsinparadise]

 

[skinsinparadise]

 

[Bulldog]

It always seems as if what we are looking for is just out of our reach, except in 2024 when we had the #2 overall pick.

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

EB has the intelligence of a gnat with a learning disability.

 

[rosehill]

I’m nobody but personally I disagree with this. I didn’t even like the pre-draft Day 2 + Day 3 threads lol, but I’m a mega thread purist. One thread left open in a tab for months, just refreshing over and over again. That’s how I do it.

But seriously, these draft threads are like historic living documents. I like being able to reference them in their entirety in future years, and mourn the loss of thousands of pages of that history from the other site where many of us did this every year forever. Splitting all the conversation, debates, rankings, etc. up into different threads kills that imo.

But again, not my site not my choice lol. Just expressing an opinion

The draft thread should be the draft thread