2026 NFL Team Draft Page

Giants' fans are hopeful they've found their QBOTF in Jaxson Dart, but Dart will need to curb his appetite for running with the football and sustaining injury. In eight games played, he's the most proficeint of all rookie QBs with 10 TDs versus just 3 picks, a 93.5 NFL Passer Rating and 71.5 PFF grade. Further, Dart has scrambled for a Josh Allen-lite 317 yards and 7 TDs. We look forward to 2026 when Malik Nabers and Cam Skattebo return to action.

Offensively the Giants are a middling 15th ranked with 333.2 yards generated per game. The passing game is hampered by poor OL play, which has surrendered 33 sacks through just 11 games, an average of 3 per game. Dart's 23.6 Pressure-to-Sack percentage is the NFL's 2nd worst behind Cam Ward.

We're targeting OT Francis Mauigoa here with ROT Jermaine Eluemanor hitting free agency after the season. Still, the pressure damage in the Giant's OL is primarily the fault of the two Guards Greg Van Roten and Jon Runyan, who are credited with allowing 22 and 24 pressures, respectively. LT Andrew Thomas and Eluemanor are at just 10 and 12. Expect interior OL help early in the 2026 Draft to help keep Dart clean in the 2026 season. Also expect the team's head coach in 2026 to be tasked primarily with the development of Dart.

Taking advantage of a strong-armed franchise QB's prime window necessarily means protecting him up front and surrounding him with some quality targets. For Jim Harbaugh's LA Chargers, that involve successful rehabs from major injuries by both starting O Tackles, and it will cost some prime draft capital to try to elevate Justin Herbert to the biggest stage. The team's receiving room has been thin since Harbaugh arrived, with Ladd McConkey the lone consistent bright spot. With Keenan Allen approaching the end of his terrific run in the sky blue, a dynamic slot receiver may be Herbert's next BFF.

USC's Makai Lemon is absurd. His route running and ball skills are just sick. Came into today ranked top 10 nationally in yards per route run (3.47).

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— Bobby Football (@robpaul.bsky.social) Nov 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM

USC's Makai Lemon projects to Amon-Ra St. Brown like dependability after playing in the same collegiate program. Like the Sun God, Lemon does not project as a size-speed marvel or combine sensation, but Herbert figures to look his way on third down soon enough.

See all the Chargers' selections at the Chargers Team Draft Page

--Jud Branam, Chargers Analyst