Brady Quinn#85 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 12, 2025
Quinn assessed the preseason AP poll, saying Texas at No. 1 is appropriate, that Penn State should actually be No. 1 and is positioned to reach the championship game and win it all, that Ohio State/Clemson/Georgia are ranked about right, and that Arizona State and Illinois are overrated. They also predicted Arch Manning would be the first overall pick if they come out, and later said Drew Allar would be the top pick if they have the year Quinn expects.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromI actually would put them at one.
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- Hour 1: Brady Quinn & Anthony Gargano – AP Poll Top 5
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- SaidAug 12, 2025
- GradedAug 7, 2026
- 1Arch Manning to be picked at number 1“if he does what he we think he's going to do, and he wants to come out after this next year, he probably will be the first overall pick”
- 2Kadyn Proctor to be picked “first round pick” (picks 1–32)“you've got legitimate All Americans in Caden Procter at tackle. He's going to be a first round pick.”
- 3Drew Allar to be picked at number 1“I think if Alor has the year he's gonna have, he'll be he'll he'll he'll be the top pick.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Manning to be picked at number 11 | Mock Draft Picks | Went undrafted | 0 | 50 | — | |
| Kadyn Proctor to be picked “first round pick” (picks 1–32)2 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 12 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Drew Allar to be picked at number 13 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 76 | 3.88 | 50 | — | |
| 3 calls · 1 hit · 2 misses · all settled | 34.6 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive3 checkable claims — 3 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.
All 3 have settled, averaging 34.6 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.
Arch Manning to be picked at number 1
What happenedWent undraftedmocked at 10Miss · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Arch Manning
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- undrafted
- outcome:
- went undrafted in 2026; has not appeared on an NFL roster
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- undrafted
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 0
- predicted pick:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
2Mock Draft PicksKadyn Proctor
Kadyn Proctor to be picked “first round pick” (picks 1–32)
What happenedWent 12100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Kadyn Proctor
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 12
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- first round pick (picks 1–32)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
Drew Allar to be picked at number 1
What happenedWent 76mocked at 13.88Miss · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Drew Allar
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 3.88
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 76
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 3.88
- predicted pick:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 3 settled calls, each counted once
34.6naive 50
Who this take is about
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