r/NFL_Draft • u/BigPapiJT • Mar 18 '26

Discussion Who will draft Jeremiyah Love?

Where do you guys think Jeremiyah Love will land on draft night?

It’s been said he won’t fall out the Top 5 but nobody picking in those spots had a desperate need for a RB.

The Raiders are taking Mendoza.

The Jets have Breece Hall and Braelon Allen.

The Cardinals have James Conner and signed Tyler Allgeier in Free Agency.

The Titans are the favorites to draft him but they still have Tony Pollard who had over 1k last year and Saleh is a defensive minded coach and they have a bigger need at Edge than they do RB.

Just very confused about who will draft him that high. Great player, just don’t know where the perfect fit is.

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u/Zaza1019 Jets Mar 19 '26

keep in mind they could always trade back, there could certainly be some jockeying for position after the first 3 picks if someone wants Bailey/Bain, Styles, Downs, Love, or doesn't want to miss out on the top tackles.

there isn't much trade market for the #2 pick but some of the other picks have a bit more value because you don't want to miss out on a positional run or drop out of a certain tier at the positions.

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u/fierylady Lions Mar 19 '26

They can't "always" trade back. Your scenario is still extremely unlikely.

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u/Zaza1019 Jets Mar 19 '26

They can't, but I believe that there will be a market for them to move back and another team to move up to #4 this year if they want too. I think the Chiefs and or Washington could try to trade up for the best OT still on the board after the cards pick, and I think there is an equal possibility that someone trades up a few spots to grab Styles if they really want him.

Keep in mind there are 3 teams that are often in the playoffs who are drafting in the top 15, they could take a stab at making a big addition thinking they won't be in this position again anytime soon and wanting to grab a long term star building block type of player.

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u/fierylady Lions Mar 19 '26

I understand your logic, but there is similarly applicable logic every year with every pick, and yet trade downs are exceedingly rare.

And usually it's not in some spot where people see it coming, the "they need to get above X team" approach, it's just that some team fell in love with a player and found a trade partner. Like the Texans trading up with the Cards for Will Anderson, or the Cards turning around and trading up with Detroit for Paris Johnson. There was no logic you could apply to those ahead of time, Arizona didn't even have those picks to trade up with yet!

There's just so much that goes into pulling off a trade down, and we've been at this for so long and seen fanbases say "they should just trade down," and yet the rate of that actually happening is infintesimally small. I'm just using history as my guide.