Bradford BantaApr 8, 2026
Banta said Spencer Fano was also the Lions pick in their own mock draft at No. 17 in 2026, with Fano installed at right tackle and Penei Sewell moving to left tackle.
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What Bradford Banta said
Love your fan o pick. Love it. So that's who I had in my mark draft, so to speak.
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The call scored 70.7 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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Where this call stands in the room
Spencer Fano · 2026 season · overall pick4 calls from 3 pundits between 9 overall pick and 17 overall pick. Bradford Banta said 17 overall pick. the room's median is 17 overall pick. what happened: 9 overall pick
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Their call against what happened
overall pickTheir call against what actually happened.
Mock Draft PicksSpencer FanoDetroit Lions
Spencer Fano to be picked at number 17
What happenedWent 9mocked at 1770.71Close · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Spencer Fano
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 70.71
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 9
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 70.71
- predicted pick:
- 17
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
Who this take is about
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