{"id":774417,"date":"2026-07-02T14:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/774417\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:12:16","slug":"morning-break-saints-rookie-buzz-builds-2026-predictions-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/774417\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Break: Saints rookie buzz builds, 2026 predictions emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like predicting the NFL season. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever gotten it right, but it&#8217;s still a good time. So, I came up with 10 early predictions. Before you dive into these 2026 predictions, remember how absurd an accurate preseason 2025 prediction would have looked. <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/49218532\/2026-nfl-season-predictions-division-winners-awards-playoffs-trades\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"10 predictions for 2026 NFL season: Division winners, trades\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the NFL&#8217;s offseason hits a pause until training camps kick off in late July, rookies have had opportunities to make first impressions without pads. Our NFL Nation reporters tracked the progress of all 32 first-round picks, so here&#8217;s how all of them from the 2026 draft class have fared, and here&#8217;s what coaches and players around the league have had to say about them: <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/49167327\/nfl-2026-first-round-draft-picks-impression\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"2026 NFL rookie updates: Tracking all first-round draft picks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SEE MORE&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I like predicting the NFL season. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever gotten it right, but it&#8217;s still a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,1347,362584,593,85],"class_list":["post-774417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-latest-news","tag-morning-break","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}