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Chris Fisk's team turned down a shorter second half. The bigger question is why the game was booked in the first place.

Arch Manning rallies past Ohio State, Dante Moore falls to Oklahoma State, while Mensah and Yhonzae Pierre climb 2027 draft boards.

Two weeks ago we re-ran the 2026 season after the opening Sunday and told you Buffalo was back and the Rams never left. Week 2 had notes for us. San Francisco followed the Melbourne massacre by hanging 35 on Miami without punting a meaningful drive. Patrick Mahomes threw for 382 in an overtime game his team refused to lose. Atlanta scored three points at home behind a third-string quarterback and an undrafted rookie. So we fed every snap of it back into the machine, locked all thirty-one real results into the standings, and played the rest of the season 200 times over. Here is what moved, and what would not budge

In July we played the 2026 NFL season one hundred times and published what came back. Then the real thing started. San Francisco beat the Rams by twenty in Melbourne. Chicago scored 59 in Carolina. Baltimore hung 41 on the Colts. Seattle, Atlanta and Minnesota all finished Week 1 with a different quarterback than the one they started it with. So we did the only sensible thing and ran it again.

Our previews of all 134 FBS teams, in one place. Indiana are the defending champions, and for once the SEC is the one doing the chasing. Read the national picture below, then click any name for its full breakdown and 2027 draft outlook.

If scouting reports are your only stop, you have missed nine tenths of the site.

We simulated the 2026 NFL season 100 times. The Rams dominate, Buffalo collapses, and eight projections argue hard with Vegas.

Pick a Madden release. Any one, going back to Madden NFL 92. Pick a team. Pick a player. We have the ratings. That is the new Madden Ratings Database from NFL Draft Buzz, live today.

Pick any two NFL teams from any season back to 2013. Hit one button. Watch a full game play out. That is the new Game Simulator from NFL Draft Buzz, live today.

Everything in the Game Simulator explained. How to play Coach Mode, build a custom team, create a league, set fantasy scoring rules, save sims, and more.

Mendoza was the easy part. After that, the 2026 draft got weird, with stolen picks, medical slides, and quarterback chaos across all seven rounds.

The 2026 pro day circuit is done. McCoy delivered, Fields ducked, Tyson vanished. Pittsburgh answers everything else.