Bucky Brooks#26 of 87 NFL pundits · Apr 3, 2026
Brooks endorses several of Jeremiah's Day 2 names, projecting Dominique Orange as a Day 2/third-round defensive tackle, Max Claire as a top-50 pick and starting tight end, and Demon Claiborne at the bottom of Day 2.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromI think somewhere in those top fifty picks that's where he goes.
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- 2026 NFL Draft Standouts with Day Two Projections
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- SaidApr 3
- GradedAug 18
- 1Domonique Orange to be picked “Taken day two... third round” (picks 65–100)“Solid player, and I think he's an integral part of a defense. Taking day two, we talk about making the third round”
- 2Demond Claiborne to be picked “the bottom of day two”“I have him right there at the borderline, DJ have him at the bottom of day two.”
- 3Logan Jones to be 1st on the depth chart“Logan Jones forty nine starts... He's going to be a starter from the jump”
- 4Max Klare to be picked “somewhere in those top fifty picks”“I think somewhere in those top fifty picks that's where he goes. And he's a very successful starting time end.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domonique Orange to be picked “Taken day two... third round” (picks 65–100)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 82 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Demond Claiborne to be picked “the bottom of day two”2 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Logan Jones to be 1st on the depth chart3 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Max Klare to be picked “somewhere in those top fifty picks”4 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 1 hit · 3 waiting | 100 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive4 checkable claims — 3 mock draft picks and 1 depth chart call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 4 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 4 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.
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 PicksDomonique Orange
Domonique Orange to be picked “Taken day two... third round” (picks 65–100)
What happenedWent 82100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Domonique Orange
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 82
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- Taken day two... third round (picks 65–100)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
2Mock Draft PicksDemond Claiborne
Demond Claiborne to be picked “the bottom of day two”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Logan Jones to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Max Klare to be picked “somewhere in those top fifty picks”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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