# Daniel Jeremiah: Jeremiah runs through his top-50 draft prospect list, with Fernando Mendoza first and Ty Simpson 40th, calls Makai Lemon the best wide receiver in the class, and in his mock draft has the Rams taking Lemon at No. 13 and Clemson tackle Blake Miller at No. 29, while suggesting Denzel Boston will still be available late in the first round. **Claimed:** Jan 27, 2026 **Pundit:** Daniel Jeremiah — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/daniel-jeremiah **Outlet:** Move the Sticks (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/move-the-sticks-podcast **How it reached us:** said on air or in an interview **Original:** https://omny.fm/shows/40s-and-free-agents-nfl-draft-season/conference-championship-fallout-top-50-draft-prospects-and-the-best-moves-in-free-agency 5 checkable claims — 3 mock draft picks, 1 position order call and 1 top player list — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet. It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record. 4 of 5 have settled so far, averaging 64.3 out of 100, against 40.7 for a naive guess at the same calls. > I think he's the best wide receiver in the draft. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Blake Miller to be picked at number 29** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Blake Miller - Verdict: scored 59.46 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess - **Denzel Boston to be picked “later in the first round” (picks 1–32)** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Denzel Boston - Verdict: scored 73.84 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess - **Makai Lemon to be 1st wide receiver off the board** - Kind: Position Order Calls · About: Makai Lemon - Verdict: scored 50 out of 100, against 12.84 for a naive guess - **Makai Lemon to be picked at number 13** - Kind: Mock Draft Picks · About: Makai Lemon - Verdict: scored 73.84 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess - **So Frandom Mende's a quarterback for me Dia number one. Jeremiah Love from Notre Dame running back... Caleb Downs is number ten... Mendoza number one and then ty Simpson number forty** - Kind: Top Player Lists - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Blake Miller — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/blake-miller - Denzel Boston — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/denzel-boston - Makai Lemon — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/makai-lemon ## What others said about the same people - Nick Pedone on Denzel Boston: Previewing the Browns' preseason finale, Pedone says five receivers — Jerry Jeudy, KC Concepcion, Denzel Boston, Isaiah Bond and Tylan Wallace — are very likely to make Cleveland's 53-man roster, leaving one final spot open for Luke Floriea and others. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/b7401a6b-fdaf-4d71-84f3-d96262d88dcd (scored 100) - Nick Pedone on Denzel Boston: Reading the Browns' first depth chart, Pedone projects Deshaun Watson as the Week 1 starting quarterback, lays out the full projected starting offensive line with Parker Brailsford as backup center, expects KT Leveston to make the roster as guard depth, and names Jeudy, Concepcion, Boston and Bond as roster locks with Tylan Wallace as the fifth receiver. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1ad89afe-570a-4067-b536-6940a8533619 (scored 100) - Jeff Kerr on Makai Lemon: Kerr's updated 53-man roster projection for the Eagles after eight training camp practices, naming which players make the team at each position plus depth-chart placements like Wicks as WR2, Mundt as TE2, Kendall as third guard, Bell as third tackle, and Epps/Carter battling to start at safety. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/328a952b-d6b4-4065-aac9-0029421fb50f (scored 100) - Jeff Kerr on Makai Lemon: Kerr judges Eagles camp overreactions: he doubts Jalen Hurts reaches 30 touchdown passes, thinks only one of Darius Cooper or Johnny Wilson makes the 53 (with Cooper leading the WR5 race), and expects Dallas Goedert to post double-digit receiving touchdowns again. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e4e149d7-62f4-4077-bed0-e267c3dee9d6 (scored 100) - Jeff Kerr on Makai Lemon: Kerr ranks the Eagles' 2025 draft picks by cut risk, predicting seventh-rounders Keyshawn James-Newby and Cole Wisniewski land on the practice squad, while Cole Payton, Uar Bernard, Makai Lemon, Eli Stowers and Markel Bell make the 53. He also says Lemon starts Week 1 and Bell is the right tackle of the future. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ae8f39f7-dab8-4908-a53e-e3401a7c8bee (scored 0) - Jeff Kerr on Makai Lemon: Kerr's third Eagles 53-man roster projection names the players he expects to make the team at each position, with Cole Payton, Elijah Moore, Johnny Wilson, Gabe Hall and Rocco Underwood left off; he also predicts Underwood is exposed to waivers and returns to the practice squad, Deontae Lawson lands on the practice squad, and Eli Stowers is the TE3. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2120c4ea-7113-4ebf-9ebc-0d4a62d83c3a (scored 100) ## More mock draft picks The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Ryan Wilson on J.J. McCarthy: Recalling his pre-draft evaluation, Wilson notes he had ranked J.J. McCarthy as the fifth quarterback in the 2024 class and given him a second-round grade rather than a first-round one, citing the gap between Michigan's system and NFL demands. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/44cc5859-8b2b-4fbf-b5c0-62c635f2e357 (scored 36.92) - Lance Zierlein on Jeremiyah Love: Zierlein laid out his final mock draft: Jeremiah Love at No. 3 to Arizona, Sonny Styles at No. 4 to Robert Saleh's team, and Caleb Downs to the Giants at No. 5. He also called Styles the only first-round linebacker in the class and said Ty Simpson is a lock to be a first-round pick, most likely to Arizona. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/cf600df8-87eb-492b-9d91-f7a2b39104ac (scored 100) - Nick Shook on Max Iheanachor: Shook walks through his full first-round mock draft, assigning a prospect to every pick from No. 1 to No. 32, headlined by Fernando Mendoza to the Raiders, David Bailey to the Jets and Jeremiah Love to the Cardinals in the top three. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7d4209aa-2e2d-47a2-b6e5-791d16d209cb (scored 87.81) - Gregg Rosenthal on K.C. Concepcion: Rosenthal disagrees most with Casey Concepcion being left out of the first round, arguing he could go as high as the top 15 and certainly won't last past receiver-needy teams in the late twenties. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8fae9a3a-7fd8-454c-99cc-0a8400c35d7d (scored 67.71) - Bucky Brooks on Carnell Tate: In a mock draft covering the first 14 picks, Brooks made the odd-numbered selections: Fernando Mendoza to the Raiders at No. 1, a Miami offensive lineman to Arizona at No. 3, Caleb Downs to the Giants at No. 5, Ohio State's Arvell Reese to Washington at No. 7, Carnell Tate to Kansas City at No. 9, tight end Kenyon Sadiq to Miami at No. 11, and Spencer Fano to the Rams at No. 13. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/677f566f-9e38-4dd7-b312-0baad54b440e (scored 80.52) - Jeff Cavanaugh on Lorenzo Styles: Streaming from the NFL Combine, Jeff pegged safety Dylan Thienemann's draft range at roughly picks 20-35, said LSU safety AJ Halsey would cost a second- or third-round pick, and insisted Sonny Styles' brother would not be a top-50 selection despite a fast 40. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f1f48cc1-f9d5-44ca-b130-2c6447b49bc6 (scored 0.51) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. 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