Daniel Jeremiah#25 of 87 NFL pundits · Mar 3, 2025
As relayed by Eisen, Jeremiah said the Titans will use the No. 1 overall pick rather than trade it, and they ranked Travis Hunter second overall on their draft board and first among wide receivers.
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What Daniel Jeremiah said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromAnd he goes, they're gonna use it.
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- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
- The episode
- OverReaction Monday: NFL Combine Recap
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- SaidMar 3, 2025
- GradedAug 13, 2026
- 1Tennessee Titans to pick at number 1“Titans used the per first pick or trade it. Go. And he goes, they're gonna use it.”
- 2Travis Hunter to be 1st wide receiver off the board“There's Travis Hunter. Yep. Number two overall on his draft board, but number one in the wide receiver.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Titans to pick at number 11 | Team Draft Slot Calls | Picked at 1 | 100 | 77.11 | +45.78 | |
| Travis Hunter to be 1st wide receiver off the board2 | Position Order Calls | — | 100 | 11.01 | +88.99 | |
| 2 calls · 2 hits · all settled | 100 | 44.1 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 1 position order call and 1 team draft slot call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
All 2 have settled, averaging 100 out of 100, against 44.1 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.
1Team Draft Slot CallsTennessee Titans
Tennessee Titans to pick at number 1
What happenedPicked at 1called 1100Hit · naive 77.11100this call−77.11a naive guess=22.89better than naive×2difficulty=+45.78skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- team:
- TEN
- draft:
- 2025
- naive:
- they picked 7 the year before
- skill:
- 45.78
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 77.11
- actual pick:
- 1
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted pick:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 18
2Position Order CallsTravis Hunter
Travis Hunter to be 1st wide receiver off the board
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 11.01100this call−11.01a naive guess=88.99better than naive×1difficulty=+88.99skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2025
- naive:
- naming one of the 31 at random averages 11.01
- skill:
- 88.99
- player:
- Travis Hunter
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- credit halves every two places
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 11.01
- position:
- wide receiver
- class size:
- 31
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual order:
- 1
- predicted order:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
100naive 44.1
Who this take is about
Others on the same people
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More position order calls
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
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Rapoport said Travis Hunter is likely the pick at No. 2 for the Browns, that Shedeur Sanders is in play at No. 3, and predicted Tetairoa McMillan would be the first receiver drafted. They also expected Brock Purdy's next deal to land around $50 million per year with Dak Prescott remaining the only quarterback above $60 million.Peter Schrager · Position Order Calls · Tetairoa McMillan · Close 71
Schrager laid out their top 10 prospects entering the 2025 combine, with Travis Hunter first, Abdul Carter second and Tyler Warren third, and attached draft-range calls to several of them — Will Johnson in the first round, Mason Graham a top-five pick, Ashton Jeanty a first-rounder, Tyler Warren not escaping the top ten, and Cam Ward a top-five to top-ten pick who will start as a rookie.Matty Lane · Position Order Calls · Spencer Fano · Hit 100
Maddie Lane said Spencer Fano is clearly the first tackle off the board, that the top four players in their mock will be four of the first five picks, that Malik Mohammed goes ahead of Igbunosin, and that Blake Miller would beat out Jalen Moore for the Chiefs' starting job.Andrew Erickson · Position Order Calls · Olaivavega Ioane · Hit 100
Erickson made the even-numbered selections in the 2026 mock draft, taking David Bailey second to the Jets, Caleb Downs fifth to the Giants and Carnell Tate eighth to the Saints, and also called Sonny Styles a top-five pick and Tate the first receiver drafted.