Erik EngleMar 5, 2026
The 49ers host expects Carnell Tate to be the first wide receiver drafted, sees Ohio State tight end Will Kaczmarek and Memphis tackle Travis Burke as middle-round picks, and views Juwon Jennings as no better than a No. 3 receiver in a top offense.
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What Erik Engle said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI would assume that he's probably still the first receiver taken off the board, in this draft.
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- The episode
- 49ERS SQUAD SHOW: POST COMBINE DRAFT ANALYSIS, Free Agency Taking Shape
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- SaidMar 4
- GradedAug 13
- 1Carnell Tate to be 1st wide receiver off the board“Yeah. And so he I I would assume that he's probably still the first receiver taken off the board, in this draft.”
- 2Travis Burke to be picked “middle of the draft”“this is a guy who's, he's not gonna be a a a early round pick. He's probably gonna be a a middle of the draft guy”
- 3Will Kacmarek to be picked “somewhere in those mid rounds”“I don't think he was even the number one tight end for Ohio State this last year, and he still could be a guy who goes somewhere in those mid rounds”
- 4Jauan Jennings to be 3rd on the depth chart“it's a guy who's maybe a wide receiver too, probably better suited as a wide receiver three in a real, you know, top flight offense”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnell Tate to be 1st wide receiver off the board1 | Position Order Calls | — | 100 | 9.48 | +90.52 | |
| Travis Burke to be picked “middle of the draft”2 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Will Kacmarek to be picked “somewhere in those mid rounds”3 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Jauan Jennings to be 3rd on the depth chart4 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 1 hit · 3 waiting | 100 | 9.5 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive4 checkable claims — 2 mock draft picks, 1 depth chart call and 1 position order call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 4 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 4 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 9.5 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.
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
Carnell Tate · 2026 season · positional finish9 calls from 9 pundits between 1 positional finish and 1 positional finish. Erik Engle said 1 positional finish. the room's median is 1 positional finish. what happened: 1 positional finish
Every dot is a call somebody published on the same question, before the answer existed. The bar is what actually happened. Hover a dot for the name and number; click it to read that take.
Their call against what happened
positional finishTheir call against what actually happened.
1Position Order CallsCarnell Tate
Carnell Tate to be 1st wide receiver off the board
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 9.48100this call−9.48a naive guess=90.52better than naive×1difficulty=+90.52skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- naming one of the 36 at random averages 9.48
- skill:
- 90.52
- player:
- Carnell Tate
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- credit halves every two places
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 9.48
- position:
- wide receiver
- class size:
- 36
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual order:
- 1
- predicted order:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 0
Travis Burke to be picked “middle of the draft”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Mock Draft PicksWill Kacmarek
Will Kacmarek to be picked “somewhere in those mid rounds”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Depth Chart CallsJauan Jennings
Jauan Jennings to be 3rd on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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