Gregg Rosenthal#39 of 87 NFL pundits · Feb 27, 2026
Rosenthal says Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza will be the No. 1 overall pick, suggests Sonny Styles has now entered the top-five discussion (with five possibly being their floor), and floats the Jets choosing between Styles, Rvel Reese and David Bailey at No. 2.
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What Gregg Rosenthal said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromSo you know, Mendoza's Fernando Mendoz is going to be the number one pick.
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- Around the NFL (podcast)
- The episode
- Styles and Reese Shine at Combine, Latest Trade Rumors, and Dan Morgan and Dave Canales Join the Show
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- SaidFeb 27
- GradedAug 5–14
- 1Sonny Styles to be picked “top five pick” (picks 1–5)“is this guy a top five pick? Is five even gonna be like the floor for him”
- 2Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1“Mendoza's Fernando Mendoz is going to be the number one pick”
- 3Jacob Rodriguez to be picked “kind of a late too, he might have pushed himself up”“A guy maybe believed to be kind of a late too, he might have pushed himself up”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Styles to be picked “top five pick” (picks 1–5)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 7 | 91.7 | 50 | — | |
| Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 12 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 1 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Jacob Rodriguez to be picked “kind of a late too, he might have pushed himself up”3 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 2 hits · 1 waiting | 95.9 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter 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.
2 of 3 have settled so far, averaging 95.9 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 pick17 calls from 13 pundits between 1 overall pick and 1 overall pick. Gregg Rosenthal said 1 overall pick. the room's median is 1 overall pick. what happened: 1 overall pick
Every dot is a call somebody published on the same question, before the answer existed. The bar is what actually happened. Hover a dot for the name and number; click it to read that take.
Their call against what happened
overall pickTheir call against what actually happened.
Sonny Styles to be picked “top five pick” (picks 1–5)
What happenedWent 791.7Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Sonny Styles
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 91.7
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 7
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 91.7
- predicted pick:
- top five pick (picks 1–5)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
2Mock Draft PicksFernando Mendoza
Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1
What happenedWent 1mocked at 1100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?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
3Mock Draft PicksJacob Rodriguez
Jacob Rodriguez to be picked “kind of a late too, he might have pushed himself up”
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
95.9naive 50
Who this take is about
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