By DREW BEATTY, film analyst
With the 2026 NFL Draft now in the rearview mirror, we enter the dreaded dead zone of the NFL offseason. With general manager Mike Borgonzi now having two draft classes under his belt, the sample size of draft picks is now slightly larger – and his 2026 class gives a much clearer lens into “his type.”
Why is Borgonzi’s second draft class much more telling than his first? Well, beyond the expansion of the sample size, the contextual circumstances surrounding his second draft class are significantly different from those in 2025.
In addition to whatever extra “leash” or comfort level Borgonzi feels in his process as a second-year general manager compared to a rookie one, his roster is also in a much more conducive place to take “his guys” than in comparison to Year One, where he was more of a frenzied captain trying desperately to plug holes in a rapidly sinking ship.
