The 2026 NFL Draft is less than two weeks away, and one mock projection has the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams all climbing into the top six. The scenario puts Dallas at No. 3, Kansas City at No. 4 and Los Angeles at No. 6 in a reshaped opening round.
That kind of movement would change the shape of the draft’s top tier in a hurry. The projections center on a board that is already being treated as fluid, with speculation focused on who moves and who gets left standing as the clock ticks down.
The latest round of projections also comes after the Raiders signed Kirk Cousins, a four-time Pro Bowler, since the last set of mock moves. It is the kind of veteran addition that can alter how teams think about their own needs, even if the draft itself remains a projection rather than a completed result.
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For now, the more immediate story is the speed of the calendar. With the draft now less than two weeks away, the focus shifts from broad forecasts to the specifics of who could pay to jump the line, and whether Dallas, Kansas City and Los Angeles will all be willing to make that kind of aggressive move.
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The unanswered question is not when is nfl draft so much as how chaotic the first few picks may become once it arrives. If the projected trades hold even partially true, the top of the board could look nothing like a standard opening night.
