Daniel Jeremiah#25 of 87 NFL pundits · Mar 6, 2026
Jeremiah walks through their updated Top 50 draft prospect rankings, keeping Mendoza at No. 1, moving Jeremiah Love to No. 2 and Styles up to No. 3, and stacking six offensive tackles through the top 25. They also say it wouldn't shock them if Monroe Freeling were the first offensive lineman off the board and a top-10 pick.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromI've had him as the top player in the draft through the whole process. I'm going to just continue to ride that out.
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- SaidMar 6
- GradedAug 7
- 1Monroe Freeling to be picked “a top ten pick in this draft” (picks 1–10)“if you told me that Monroe Freeling was a top ten pick in this draft... I wouldn't be surprised”
- 2Monroe Freeling to be 1st offensive lineman off the board“if you told me that Monroe Freeling was a top ten pick in this draft as the number and somebody made him the first offensive lineman in the draft, I wouldn't be surprised... It wouldn't shock me if he was the first one to go.”
- 3Top Player Lists“Top fifty review... I got Mendoza one. Jeremiah loved two styles... Bailey stayed at my top edge. He's four. Five is rvel Reese... and we finish it up with Antonio Williams receiver from Clemson, Chase Pisantis interior lineman from A and M, and then the last but not least, Jeremy Bernard from Alabama.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Freeling to be picked “a top ten pick in this draft” (picks 1–10)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 19 | 67.71 | 50 | — | |
| Monroe Freeling to be 1st offensive lineman off the board2 | Position Order Calls | — | 17.68 | 10.8 | +6.87 | |
| “Top fifty review... I got Mendoza one. Jeremiah loved two…”3 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 1 close call · 1 miss · 1 waiting | 42.7 | 30.4 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive3 checkable claims — 1 mock draft pick, 1 position order call and 1 top player list — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
2 of 3 have settled so far, averaging 42.7 out of 100, against 30.4 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 PicksMonroe Freeling
Monroe Freeling to be picked “a top ten pick in this draft” (picks 1–10)
What happenedWent 1967.71Close · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Monroe Freeling
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 67.71
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 19
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 67.71
- predicted pick:
- a top ten pick in this draft (picks 1–10)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
2Position Order CallsMonroe Freeling
Monroe Freeling to be 1st offensive lineman off the board
VerdictMiss17.68Miss · naive 10.817.68this call−10.8a naive guess=6.88better than naive×1difficulty=+6.87skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- naming one of the 50 at random averages 10.8
- skill:
- 6.87
- player:
- Monroe Freeling
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- credit halves every two places
- accuracy:
- 17.68
- baseline:
- 10.8
- position:
- offensive lineman
- class size:
- 50
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual order:
- 6
- predicted order:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 0
“Top fifty review... I got Mendoza one. Jeremiah loved two styles... Bailey stayed at my top edge. He's four. Five is rvel Reese... and we finish it up with Antonio Williams receiver from Clemson, Chase Pisantis interior lineman from A and M, and then the last but not least, Jeremy Bernard from Alabama.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
42.7naive 30.4
Who this take is about
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The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
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