Matt Verderame#83 of 87 NFL pundits · Mar 26, 2026
Matty says Mekhi Lemmon and Carnell Tate will both be drafted before pick 29, and pegs Penn State edge Dani Dennis-Sutton around pick 74.
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our reading, beside the words we read it from...two guys that are clearly going before pick 29 in this draft with Lemon and Tate...
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- KC Sports Network (podcast)
- The episode
- KC Laboratory 3/25: Deciding the Best Position Order for the Chiefs’ Top 2026 Draft Picks!
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- SaidMar 25
- GradedAug 13
- 1Deny Dennis Sutton to be picked at number 74“I'm with you. I think 74. Yeah. Because I think you're getting a low ceiling high floor player”
- 2Makai Lemon to be picked “going before pick 29”“So I just wonder with them bringing in two guys that are clearly going before pick 29 in this draft with Lemon and Tate for a visit”
- 3Carnell Tate to be picked “going before pick 29”“two guys that are clearly going before pick 29 in this draft with Lemon and Tate for a visit”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deny Dennis Sutton to be picked at number 741 | Mock Draft Picks | Went undrafted | 0 | 50 | — | |
| Makai Lemon to be picked “going before pick 29”2 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Carnell Tate to be picked “going before pick 29”3 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 1 miss · 2 waiting | 0 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive3 checkable claims — 3 mock draft picks — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 3 have settled so far, averaging 0 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Their call against what happened
overall pickTheir call against what actually happened.
1Mock Draft PicksDeny Dennis Sutton
Deny Dennis Sutton to be picked at number 74
What happenedWent undraftedmocked at 740Miss · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Deny Dennis Sutton
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- undrafted
- outcome:
- went undrafted in 2026; has not appeared on an NFL roster
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- undrafted
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 0
- predicted pick:
- 74
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
Makai Lemon to be picked “going before pick 29”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Carnell Tate to be picked “going before pick 29”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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