Brian Peacock#29 of 87 NFL pundits · Mar 3, 2026
Peacock expects Thieneman to be drafted ahead of Emmanuel McNeil Warren after the combine, thinks Jacob Rodriguez will be off the board by the 49ers' second-round pick (high second or even first round), believes Sonny Styles won't last to the 49ers' first-round slot, and floats Jesse Bates ending up in San Francisco via trade or free agency.
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What Brian Peacock said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI still think my dark horse for the forty niners is they end up with Jesse Bates in some sort of a trade.
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- Locked On 49ers (podcast)
- The episode
- Combine Performances for 49ers Draft Targets at Linebacker and Defensive Back
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- SaidMar 3
- GradedAug 14–18
- 1Jacob Rodriguez to be picked “high second round even maybe even into the first round” (picks 1–64)“He's not going to the fourth round. He's not going to the third round either. He might go like Carson's he might be this year's Carson Swessinger where he's creeping up high second round even maybe even into the first round with the way he worked out.”
- 2Sonny Styles to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)“Now they don't have to worry about Sonny Styles being there in the first round because he went crazy at the combine”
- 3Dillon Thieneman to be drafted ahead of Emmanuel McNeil Warren“even though before the combine, he was being mocked higher than Dylan Thieneman. Maybe Thieneman goes higher, but maybe that means Emmanuel Mc McNeil Warren is there for the San Francisco forty niners.”
- 4Jessie Bates to move to San Francisco 49ers“I still think my dark horse for the forty niners is they end up with Jesse Bates in some sort of a trade.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Rodriguez to be picked “high second round even maybe even into the first round” (picks 1–64)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 43 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Sonny Styles to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)2 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 7 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Dillon Thieneman to be drafted ahead of Emmanuel McNeil Warren3 | Prospect vs Prospect Calls | — | 100 | 50 | +50 | |
| Jessie Bates to move to San Francisco 49ers4 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 3 hits · 1 waiting | 100 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive4 checkable claims — 2 mock draft picks, 1 prospect vs prospect call and 1 trade and signing call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 5 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
3 of 4 have settled so far, averaging 100 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 PicksJacob Rodriguez
Jacob Rodriguez to be picked “high second round even maybe even into the first round” (picks 1–64)
What happenedWent 43100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Jacob Rodriguez
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 43
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- high second round even maybe even into the first round (picks 1–64)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
Sonny Styles to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)
What happenedWent 7100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Sonny Styles
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 7
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- first round (picks 1–32)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
3Prospect vs Prospect CallsDillon Thieneman
Dillon Thieneman to be drafted ahead of Emmanuel McNeil Warren
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 50100this call−50a naive guess=50better than naive×1difficulty=+50skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- claim:
- Dillon Thieneman drafted ahead of Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
- draft:
- 2026
- skill:
- 50
- what happened:
- Dillon Thieneman went 25, Emmanuel McNeil-Warren went 58
- player:
- Dillon Thieneman
- season:
- 2026
- correct:
- yes
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- compared to:
- Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
4Trade and Signing CallsJessie BatesSan Francisco 49ers
Jessie Bates to move to San Francisco 49ers
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 3 settled calls, each counted once
100naive 50
Who this take is about
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