Rhett LewisFeb 25, 2026
Lewis calls Jeremiah Love the top running back in the class with teammate Jadarian Price possibly the second back drafted, sees Fernando Mendoza as the likely No. 1 overall pick, pegs Omar Cooper as a first-rounder and Elijah Surant as a Day 2 pick, and gives their own current receiver pecking order.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromTo me, that's a first round pick right there.
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- 2026 NFL Scouting Combine Preview + Breaking Down Daniel Jeremiah’s Top 50 Prospects 2.0
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- SaidFeb 25
- GradedAug 5
- 1Omar Cooper to be picked “first round pick” (picks 1–32)“He is clearly a top fifty player. DJ has him as a top twenty player. Bucky. To me, that's a first round pick right there.”
- 2Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1“showed you just about everything you could ever want to see from a quarterback prospect that is likely going to go number one overall”
- 3Jeremiyah Love to be 1st running back off the board“Jeremiah Love going to run the running back from Notre Dame, top running back in this class”
- 4Jadarian Price to be 2nd running back off the board“his buddy Jadarium Price, who might be the second running back off the board”
- 5Top Player Lists“Carnel Tait is still the top dude for me, Bucky, and then I think at this point I've got like Jordan Tyson up there, and then probably Omar and then mackay Lemon is kind of the way that I'm I'm viewing it right now.”
- 6Elijah Sarratt to be picked “day two”“we'll see his buddy Elijah Surant a little bit later on in the draft, but I think probably on day two”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Cooper to be picked “first round pick” (picks 1–32)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 30 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 12 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 1 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Jeremiyah Love to be 1st running back off the board3 | Position Order Calls | — | 100 | 25.97 | +74.03 | |
| Jadarian Price to be 2nd running back off the board4 | Position Order Calls | — | 100 | 31.29 | +68.71 | |
| “Carnel Tait is still the top dude for me, Bucky, and then I…”5 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| Elijah Sarratt to be picked “day two”6 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 calls · 4 hits · 2 waiting | 100 | 39.3 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive6 checkable claims — 3 mock draft picks, 2 position order calls and 1 top player list — 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.
4 of 6 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 39.3 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. Rhett Lewis said 1 overall pick. the room's median is 1 overall pick. what happened: 1 overall pick
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Their call against what happened
overall pickTheir call against what actually happened.
Omar Cooper to be picked “first round pick” (picks 1–32)
What happenedWent 30100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Omar Cooper
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 30
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- first round pick (picks 1–32)
- 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
3Position Order CallsJeremiyah Love
Jeremiyah Love to be 1st running back off the board
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 25.97100this call−25.97a naive guess=74.03better than naive×1difficulty=+74.03skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- naming one of the 13 at random averages 25.97
- skill:
- 74.03
- player:
- Jeremiyah Love
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- credit halves every two places
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 25.97
- position:
- running back
- class size:
- 13
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual order:
- 1
- predicted order:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 0
4Position Order CallsJadarian Price
Jadarian Price to be 2nd running back off the board
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 31.29100this call−31.29a naive guess=68.71better than naive×1difficulty=+68.71skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- naming one of the 13 at random averages 31.29
- skill:
- 68.71
- player:
- Jadarian Price
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- credit halves every two places
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 31.29
- position:
- running back
- class size:
- 13
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual order:
- 2
- predicted order:
- 2
- weeks left when called:
- 0
“Carnel Tait is still the top dude for me, Bucky, and then I think at this point I've got like Jordan Tyson up there, and then probably Omar and then mackay Lemon is kind of the way that I'm I'm viewing it right now.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
6Mock Draft PicksElijah Sarratt
Elijah Sarratt to be picked “day two”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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The take as a whole
the average of 4 settled calls, each counted once
100naive 39.3
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