The NFL coaching cycle is finalized, with the last two vacancies filled by Klint Kubiak (Raiders) and Mike LaFleur (Cardinals).

This allows a bit of a better idea of which direction teams might be looking come the 2026 NFL Draft, especially with the conclusion of the Super Bowl.

So here’s an updated look at what might happen, post- Senior and Super Bowl, and before the NFL Combine...

No. 1: Las Vegas Raiders - QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana

Pick from Mock 1.0: Mendoza

This is the most obvious lock in the draft, especially after the Raiders hired Kubiak. They need a quarterback, and they’ll find one in Mendoza. The real question is when the next quarterback will be taken -- and who it will be.

No. 2: Jets - EDGE Arvell Reese, Ohio State

Pick from Mock 1.0: EDGE Reuben Bain Jr., Miami

I flip-flopped between Reese and Bain several times here. Bain would give the Jets more flexibility. He can kick inside in passing situations, allowing Jermaine Johnson and Will McDonald to play on the edge. The Jets were starting to experiment with Johnson inside before Aaron Glenn’s arrival, and that’s something they could revisit.

Reese has too much potential as a game-wrecking, Micah Parsons-like edge rusher to pass on at No. 2.

No. 3: Arizona Cardinals - OT Francis Mauigoa, OT, Miami

Pick from Mock 1.0: EDGE Arvell Reese, Ohio State

The Cardinals still need their answer at quarterback, but with none available in this draft, they might as well build the wall in front of him for when he arrives -- that’s what Mauigoa does here.

No. 4: Tennessee Titans - EDGE Reuben Bain Jr., Miami

Pick from Mock 1.0: WR Carnell Tate, Ohio State

There was a moment when Robert Saleh, then the Jets’ head coach, thought Aidan Hutchinson might fall to him at No. 4. He allowed visions of Hutchinson’s positional flexibility and game-breaking ability to dance in his head -- until it became clear there was zero chance Detroit would pass on him.

Here is Saleh again, picking at No. 4, only this time the pass rusher is there. He gets Bain, who could be a supercharged version of what John Franklin-Myers was for him in New York.

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