Darrion GrayApr 23, 2026
Gray named Caleb Downs as the most likely Saints pick at No. 8 and said receiver Jordan Tyson will be drafted before the Saints select.
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What Darrion Gray said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI got downs one, and then I'm with John.
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- Locked On Saints (podcast)
- The episode
- SAINTS SQUAD SHOW: Ranking MOST LIKELY New Orleans Saints First Round Options
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- SaidApr 22
- GradedAug 14
- 1Caleb Downs to be picked at number 8“I still feel like Downs is the guy... I got downs one... downs being the most likely”
- 2Jordyn Tyson to be picked “gonna go before the Saints”“I'm starting to get a a little bit of a feel that... Tyson with what he showed at his private workout is gonna go before the Saints.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Downs to be picked at number 81 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 11 | 87.81 | 50 | — | |
| Jordyn Tyson to be picked “gonna go before the Saints”2 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 hit · 1 waiting | 87.8 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 2 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 2 have settled so far, averaging 87.8 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 PicksCaleb DownsNew Orleans Saints
Caleb Downs to be picked at number 8
What happenedWent 11mocked at 887.81Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Caleb Downs
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 87.81
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 11
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 87.81
- predicted pick:
- 8
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
Jordyn Tyson to be picked “gonna go before the Saints”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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