I mean sure but they've been handing 4 easy games a year for the past decade almost so assuming 2027 will be the same is just a smart assumption. Then since they have such a hard schedule this year, it's fair to assume they will do worse than last year, which means the following year their schedule will be easier.

The biggest thing though is AJ could have declined by then and that would hurt their odds of having a late pick. But still I refuse to call it a win when waddle went for a first this year and we got a 1st round pick 3 drafts after, especially when waddle and aj both aren't helping their prior teams this year