2026 NFL Mock Draft 3.0: Browns take QB to compete with Shedeur Sanders

The NFL Scouting Combine and free agency frenzy caused frenzied changes in the Serby Mock 3.0.The Jets get a blue-chip defender and stud wide receiver with their two picks, while the John Harbaugh gets the star of the combine to bolster his defense.Don’t peek: You’ll see more than one quarterback in Round 1.Fernando Mendoza, QB, IndianaPete Carroll arrived a year too early.Klint Kubiak gets to watch Tyler Linderbaum snap the ball to his franchise quarterback, with Tom Brady supervising a commitment to excellence.Arvell Reese, Edge, Ohio StateHe isn’t a pro-ready pass rusher, more of a projection … but the projection is Micah Parsons.

Let’s see that superpower, Coach Glenn.David Bailey, Edge, Texas TechThe draft’s best pass rusher is an ideal bookend for Josh Sweat.(He could also be an ideal bookend for Will McDonald.

Just sayin’.)Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre DameA dual-threat weapon who would help Cam Ward more than anyone else.Bijan Robinson-esque.

Let Brian Daboll cook.Sonny Styles, LB, Ohio StateThe 6-foot-5 freak would help Tremaine Edmunds stop the run.So much for positional value! After the pick is made, John Harbaugh removes the tape over Joe Schoen’s mouth.Monroe Freeling, OT, GeorgiaThe best pure left tackle in the draft — 6-foot-7, 315 pounds with 34 ³/₄-inch arms — has been rising the draft boards.

He can be the blindside protector for the next decade for the next five Browns quarterbacks.Caleb Downs, S, Ohio StateThe pass rush has been upgraded, and now this versatile, playmaking partner for newly signed S Nick Cross.Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio StateCoach Kellen Moore would love nothing better than to help QB Tyler Shough with a bookend, who simply doesn’t drop passes, for Chris Olave.Mansoor Delane, CB, LSUDefensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo ought to be pounding the table for this cover corner to help replace Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson.Rueben Bain Jr., Edge, Miami (Fla.)With Trey Hendrickson now in Baltimore, no one cares ...