Every NFL draft class has a way of quickly laying waste to long-held expectations.
All the rankings, projections and mock drafts that fill out the monthslong pre-draft process tend to quickly fall by the wayside once the picks start coming in. And when this year's first round began on Thursday, April 23, in Pittsburgh, it didn't take long for the pre-draft narratives to fade away as the order took shape.
Still, some moves left teams' decision-makers subject to some justified second-guessing.
With the first round now complete, here are the five most questionable picks in the 2026 NFL Draft so far:
When word first began trickling out this week that the Cardinals were zeroing in on Love, it seemed like classic pre-draft misdirection.
