It’s Time for Rich’s 2026 ‘Come @ Me!!!’ NFL Mock Draft!!!

Rich announces the annual ritual with the kind of mock self promotion only this show executes well. The come at me mock draft 2026, presented by SoFi. Top ten only, because two jobs, three kids, two dogs, and a wife do not leave room for thirty two teams. Adopt do not shop, by the way.

The board opens with Fernando Mendoza first overall to no one's surprise, and a brief detour into ABBA pronunciation that the room wisely abandons before any Swedes get angry. Then comes the pivot point. At two, the Jets, and Rich plants his flag on David Bailey out of Texas Tech. The logic is visceral. The Jets want a guy who puts his fingers in the dirt of the MetLife turf and hunts. Josh Allen is in the division. Drake Maye is in the division. Malik Willis is in the division. Go hunt and win football games.

That decision puts Arvell Reese on the board at three, and Rich does not see the Cardinals taking him there. He sees a trade. Kansas City moving up from nine to grab Reese, because the Chiefs are never picking in the top ten by design and they get a clean defensive line plug who does not have Ruben Bain's arm length issues. Arizona drops to nine and stockpiles capital to climb back into round one for Tai Simpson.

At four the Titans are on the clock and Rich gives Brian Daboll the gift of Jeremiah Love. With Cam Ward already in house, the pitch sells itself. Cam Ward, Jeremiah Love, get your tickets now Titans fans. Tony Pollard and Tyjae Spears are still on the roster, but unicorn running backs do not show up often.

Five belongs to the Giants and Rich makes the contrarian call. Carnell Tate, not Jordan Tyson. He keeps hearing Tyson as the first receiver off the board in other mocks and Tate dropping out of the top ten, and he refuses to play. Tate next to Malik Nabers, with Jaxson Dart throwing and Cam Skattebo running, is too clean to pass up. The Giants still have ten for defense or a tackle.

Six, the Browns. Rich goes Spencer Fano of Utah over Francis Mauigoa, even acknowledging the buzz the other way. Seven, Sunny Styles to Washington, and the Commanders do cartwheels and run the card up. Eight, the Saints stick and take Jordan Tyson for Tyler Shough. Nine, the Cardinals scoop Mauigoa at the value spot they would have reached for at three. Ten, the Giants close it out with Caleb Downs, the Ohio State safety who fits the John Harbaugh archetype on the back end.

Mendoza, Bailey, Reese to the Chiefs, Love, Tate, Fano, Styles, Tyson, Mauigoa, Downs. Come at him.