Gregg Rosenthal#39 of 87 NFL pundits · Jul 1, 2026
Rosenthal made the even-numbered picks in NFL Daily's quarterback draft for 2026, taking Lamar Jackson second overall and finishing with Jacoby Brissett at No. 32; they also suggested Jackson Dart will eventually be a top-10 quarterback.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromSo my number two pick... I actually would take Lamar Jackson as my second pick.
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- 1Jaxson Dart to finish top 10 at his position, by an unstated measure“It wouldn't surprise me at all if Jackson Dart's a top ten quarterback at some point in his career and he's fallen here at twenty seventh.”
- 2Top Player Lists“Rosenthal's picks: Lamar Jackson second, "I'm gonna go Joe Burrow forth", "I'm gonna take Herbert sixth overall", "I'm going to go with Dak Prescott next" (eighth), Brock Purty tenth, Trevor Lawrence twelfth, "I'll pair him with Caleb Williams next at fourteen", Bo Nix sixteenth, Jalen Hurts eighteenth, "I have Kyler Murray next at twenty", Tyler Shuck twenty-second, Bryce Young "at twenty four", "Malik Willis at twenty six", Mac Jones twenty-eighth, Kirk Cousins thirtieth, Jacoby Brissett thirty-second.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaxson Dart to finish top 10 at his position, by an unstated measure1 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| “Rosenthal's picks: Lamar Jackson second, "I'm gonna go Joe…”2 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 1 positional finish and 1 top player list — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
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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.
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positional finishTheir call against what actually happened last time. Not yet settled.
1Positional FinishesJaxson Dart
Jaxson Dart to finish top 10 at his position, by an unstated measure
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“Rosenthal's picks: Lamar Jackson second, "I'm gonna go Joe Burrow forth", "I'm gonna take Herbert sixth overall", "I'm going to go with Dak Prescott next" (eighth), Brock Purty tenth, Trevor Lawrence twelfth, "I'll pair him with Caleb Williams next at fourteen", Bo Nix sixteenth, Jalen Hurts eighteenth, "I have Kyler Murray next at twenty", Tyler Shuck twenty-second, Bryce Young "at twenty four", "Malik Willis at twenty six", Mac Jones twenty-eighth, Kirk Cousins thirtieth, Jacoby Brissett thirty-second.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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