Colin Cowherd#54 of 87 NFL pundits · Nov 7, 2025

Cowherd predicted that Indiana's Fernando Mendoza and Dante Moore will be the first two quarterbacks/players taken in the draft.

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1 of 2calls landed1 hit · 1 miss · all settled

50Average accuracyout of 100, across 2 calls

50A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

2 of 2Settlednone still waiting

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I think Mendoza and Dante Moore are going to go one and two.

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The episode: THE HERD - Hour 2 - Colin's Blazing 5 NFL picks, the best QBs from the 2024 draft, Mike Sando
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1Matt Moore to be picked at number 2“I think Mendoza and Dante Moore are going to go one and two. That's my guess.”
2Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1“I think Mendoza and Dante Moore are going to go one and two. That's my guess.”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting

Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
Matt Moore to be picked at number 2¹	Mock Draft Picks	Went undrafted	0	50	—
Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1²	Mock Draft Picks	Went 1	100	50	—
2 calls · 1 hit · 1 miss · all settled			50	50

How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive

2 checkable claims — 2 mock draft picks — 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 2 have settled, averaging 50 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.

Where this call stands in the room

Fernando Mendoza · 2025 season · overall pick

Colin Cowherd — 1 overall pickthe room — 16 calls from 13 punditsmedian 1 overall pickwhat happened — 1 overall pick

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Their call against what happened

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2They said

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Their call against what actually happened.

1Mock Draft Picks Matt Moore
Matt Moore to be picked at number 2
What happenedWent undraftedmocked at 2
0Miss · naive 50
How this was scored
draft:
2026
naive:
a shuffled mock scores 50
player:
Matt Moore
season:
2025
zero credit this far off:
undrafted
outcome:
went undrafted in 2026; later signed with KC
accuracy:
0
baseline:
50
actual pick:
undrafted
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
pick accuracy:
0
predicted pick:
2
weeks left when called:
0
mock ordering score:
only one pick — no order to score
Think this is wrong?
2Mock Draft Picks Fernando Mendoza
Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1
What happenedWent 1mocked at 1
100Hit · naive 50
How this was scored
draft:
2026
naive:
a shuffled mock scores 50
player:
Fernando Mendoza
season:
2025
zero credit this far off:
32
accuracy:
100
baseline:
50
actual pick:
1
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
pick accuracy:
100
predicted pick:
1
weeks left when called:
0
mock ordering score:
only one pick — no order to score
Think this is wrong?
All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
50naive 50

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