Kyle Brandt#56 of 87 NFL pundits · Apr 22, 2025
Brandt says Tyler Warren will be drafted before Colston Loveland, but that Loveland is still a potential top-10-to-15 pick, and that Ashton Jeanty will be a top-ten pick; they also list their five "Angry Runs" watch-list prospects most likely to earn a scepter as rookies.
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What Kyle Brandt said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromHe's not going to get drafted before Tyler Warren... but he's going to be a potential top ten to fifteen draft pick at tight end.
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- GMFB Tuesday Hour 1: QB Intrigue in NFL Draft, Top 150 Prospects, Angry Runs WATCH LIST
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- SaidApr 22, 2025
- GradedAug 7, 2026
- 1Colston Loveland to be picked “potential top ten to fifteen draft pick” (picks 1–10)“But he's going to be a potential top ten to fifteen draft pick ats tight end with very little pub”
- 2Ashton Jeanty to be picked “top ten picks” (picks 1–10)“I want to give you some more guys that maybe aren't going to be top ten picks, like gent Is.”
- 3Top Player Lists“I have five guys who I don't think are necessarily the best running backs. They're the angriest, the five most likely to win a Scepter in their rookie season.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colston Loveland to be picked “potential top ten to fifteen draft pick” (picks 1–10)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 10 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Ashton Jeanty to be picked “top ten picks” (picks 1–10)2 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 6 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| “I have five guys who I don't think are necessarily the best…”3 | Top Player Lists | — | 25 | 50 | −50 | |
| 3 calls · 2 hits · 1 miss · all settled | 75 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive3 checkable claims — 2 mock draft picks and 1 top player list — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
All 3 have settled, averaging 75 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 PicksColston Loveland
Colston Loveland to be picked “potential top ten to fifteen draft pick” (picks 1–10)
What happenedWent 10100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2025
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Colston Loveland
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 10
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- potential top ten to fifteen draft pick (picks 1–10)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
2Mock Draft PicksAshton Jeanty
Ashton Jeanty to be picked “top ten picks” (picks 1–10)
What happenedWent 6100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2025
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Ashton Jeanty
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 6
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- top ten picks (picks 1–10)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
“I have five guys who I don't think are necessarily the best running backs. They're the angriest, the five most likely to win a Scepter in their rookie season.”
VerdictMiss25Miss · naive 5025this call−50a naive guess=−25worse than naive×2difficulty=−50skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- naive:
- a coin-flip ordering scores 50
- skill:
- −50
- placed:
- 3
- season:
- 2025
- players:
- 5
- accuracy:
- 25
- baseline:
- 50
- by position:
- RB 3: 25
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- could not place:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 3 settled calls, each counted once
75naive 50
Who this take is about
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