Mike MayockApr 8, 2025
As relayed on the show, Mayock said Shedeur Sanders will slide out of the top 10 and had Jalen Walker going to Carolina.
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What Mike Mayock said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromMayock said that Chador would drop out of the top 10
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- SaidApr 8, 2025
- GradedAug 13, 2026
- 1Shedeur Sanders to be picked “drop out of the top 10” (picks 1–10)“Bottom line, though, is Mayock said that Chador would drop out of the top 10”
- 2Jalon Walker to be picked at a slot they never named“Jalen Walker, who Mayock has, as he says, at a better grade than Abdul Carter, would go to Carolina, which is what Mayock said yesterday.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shedeur Sanders to be picked “drop out of the top 10” (picks 1–10)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 144 | 0.3 | 50 | — | |
| Jalon Walker to be picked at a slot they never named2 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 miss · 1 waiting | 0.3 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive2 checkable claims — 2 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.
1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 0.3 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.
1Mock Draft PicksShedeur Sanders
Shedeur Sanders to be picked “drop out of the top 10” (picks 1–10)
What happenedWent 1440.3Miss · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2025
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Shedeur Sanders
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 0.3
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 144
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 0.3
- predicted pick:
- drop out of the top 10 (picks 1–10)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
2Mock Draft PicksJalon WalkerCarolina Panthers
Jalon Walker to be picked at a slot they never named
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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