2026 NFL Draft Picks Love 'The Blind Side' and 'Love Island'
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- "The Blind Side" dominated as the top film pick among Round One 2026 NFL Draft selections, with the 2009 Sandra Bullock biographical drama cited by multiple players as their all-time favorite movie.
- Jordyn Tyson (Saints, No. 8 overall) called "The Blind Side" his "favorite movie of all time" and claimed he could recite Sandra Bullock's lines "word for word."
- Kadyn Proctor (Dolphins, No. 12) also named "The Blind Side," "Remember the Titans," and "The Sandlot" as films he's watched "hundreds of times each, at least."
- Mansoor Delane (Chiefs, No. 6) said the last movie he saw in theaters was Disney's "Zootopia 2," while Cowboys safety Caleb Downs (No. 11) finished bingeing "Night Agent," "Breaking Bad," and "Paradise" in the days before the draft.
- Dating reality shows were the biggest surprise of the Variety survey, with Carnell Tate (Titans, No. 4) naming "Love Island," "Temptation Island," "Love Is Blind," and "Traitors" as his go-to binges, and saying he'd "be a traitor and make it far" on the Peacock show.
- Dillon Thieneman (Bears, No. 25) said he just finished the "Invincible" Season 4 finale and has been watching the new season of "The Boys."
Why it matters: The Variety roundup reveals a generational pattern among elite young athletes: even at the highest level of professional football, top 2026 draft picks gravitate toward the same comfort-viewing classics — and the same trashy reality TV — that dominate general American streaming charts, suggesting these players' off-field brand identities will be shaped as much by shared pop-culture touchstones as by their on-field roles.
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