NFL Draft 2026: Giants have No. 1 pick (for now). Here’s what they could do with it

The Giants emerged from their Week 14 bye with the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft — for now.

There are now three 2-11 teams at the top of the draft order, because the Titans won Sunday — Giants, Raiders and Tennessee. Like the Giants, the Raiders have lost seven straight games. (More on them in a bit.)

The Saints also won Sunday, so now they’re in the group of five 3-10 teams clustered from Nos. 4-8 — Browns, New Orleans, Commanders, Jets and Cardinals.

Before we assess what the Giants might do at No. 1, let’s consider this: Will they even wind up with that pick, which belonged to the Titans until Sunday?

If they lose out, they almost certainly will. (They’ve picked first just twice, in 1951 and 1965.) That’s because their strength of schedule right now (using every opponent they