Daniel Jeremiah#25 of 87 NFL pundits · Feb 10, 2026
Jeremiah names Mikayle Lemon of USC as their favorite wide receiver in the draft class, and says they have 10 or 11 receivers in their top 50.
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What Daniel Jeremiah said
my favorite receiver in the whole class is Mikayle Lemon, who's a slot receiver out of USC
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- 40s and Free Agents: Free Agent WR Rankings and What's Next for Patriots, Seahawks?
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The call scored 50 out of 100, against 12.8 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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Where this call stands in the room
Makai Lemon · 2025 season · positional finish3 calls from 3 pundits between 1 positional finish and 3 positional finish. Daniel Jeremiah said 1 positional finish. the room's median is 1 positional finish. what happened: 3 positional finish
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positional finishTheir call against what actually happened.
Position Order CallsMakai Lemon
Makai Lemon to be 1st wide receiver off the board
VerdictClose50Close · naive 12.8450this call−12.84a naive guess=37.16better than naive×1difficulty=+37.16skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- naming one of the 36 at random averages 12.84
- skill:
- 37.16
- player:
- Makai Lemon
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- credit halves every two places
- accuracy:
- 50
- baseline:
- 12.84
- position:
- wide receiver
- class size:
- 36
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual order:
- 3
- predicted order:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 0
Who this take is about
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