Bucky Brooks#26 of 87 NFL pundits · Feb 27, 2026
Brooks argues Sonny Styles submitted themselves as a top-ten player and calls it a lock they go inside the top ten, with Washington at 7 and Cincinnati at 8 as natural landing spots. They also lock Caleb Banks into the first round, and says Malaki Lawrence may go earlier than expected. They predict Brandon Sees can lock in a first-round spot if they test well.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromTo me, it's the lock that he's going within the top ten
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- SaidFeb 27
- GradedAug 5–14
- 1Sonny Styles to be picked “within the top ten” (picks 1–10)“he submitted Himself as a top ten player ... To me, it's the lock that he's going within the top ten”
- 2Brandon Cisse to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)“If he shows up and shows out athletically, we'll talk about him locking in his spot in the first round.”
- 3Caleb Banks to be picked “first round lock” (picks 1–32)“freak athlete, explosive to me, first round lock you can lock him in”
- 4Malachi Lawrence to be picked “Day two ... might go earlier”“Day two ... Malachi Lawrence. Yeah, might go earlier Did people envision because of what he did here at Indy”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Styles to be picked “within the top ten” (picks 1–10)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 7 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Brandon Cisse to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)2 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 52 | 42.04 | 50 | — | |
| Caleb Banks to be picked “first round lock” (picks 1–32)3 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 18 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Malachi Lawrence to be picked “Day two ... might go earlier”4 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 2 hits · 1 close call · 1 waiting | 80.7 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive4 checkable claims — 4 mock draft picks — 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.
3 of 4 have settled so far, averaging 80.7 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.
Sonny Styles to be picked “within the top ten” (picks 1–10)
What happenedWent 7100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Sonny Styles
- season:
- 2025
- 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:
- within the top ten (picks 1–10)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
2Mock Draft PicksBrandon Cisse
Brandon Cisse to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)
What happenedWent 5242.04Close · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Brandon Cisse
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 42.04
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 52
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 42.04
- predicted pick:
- first round (picks 1–32)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
Caleb Banks to be picked “first round lock” (picks 1–32)
What happenedWent 18100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Caleb Banks
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 18
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- first round lock (picks 1–32)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
4Mock Draft PicksMalachi Lawrence
Malachi Lawrence to be picked “Day two ... might go earlier”
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
80.7naive 50
Who this take is about
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