Mike Renner#28 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 16, 2026
Renner ranks the top five 2026 NFL draft classes after Week 1, putting Kansas City first, followed by Cleveland, Baltimore, Miami and New York. They also project Browns third-rounder Austin Barber as a long-term starting right guard and Ravens rookie Matthew Hibner as a capable second tight end.
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What Mike Renner said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromBarber looked like he'll be a long-term starter at the position for Cleveland.
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- CBS Sports
- The piece
- Ranking the five best 2026 NFL Draft classes after Week 1: Chiefs rookies shine brightest
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- 1Matthew Hibner to be 2nd on the depth chart“Hibner looked like a very capable TE2”
- 2Power Rankings“These are the top-five draft classes after the first week of the season. 1. Kansas City Chiefs ... 2. Cleveland Browns ... 3. Baltimore Ravens ... 4. Miami Dolphins ... 5. New York Giants”
- 3Austin Barber to be 1st on the depth chart“Barber looked like he'll be a long-term starter at the position for Cleveland.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hibner to be 2nd on the depth chart1 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “These are the top-five draft classes after the first week of…”2 | Power Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| Austin Barber to be 1st on the depth chart3 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 2 depth chart calls and 1 power ranking — 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.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Of the 2 unsettled calls enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room on every one.
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.
1Depth Chart CallsMatthew HibnerBaltimore Ravens
Matthew Hibner to be 2nd on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“These are the top-five draft classes after the first week of the season. 1. Kansas City Chiefs ... 2. Cleveland Browns ... 3. Baltimore Ravens ... 4. Miami Dolphins ... 5. New York Giants”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Depth Chart CallsAustin BarberCleveland Browns
Austin Barber to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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