Nick Shook#67 of 87 NFL pundits · May 13, 2025
Shook's picks in the best-position-group draft: Buccaneers receivers (over the Bengals), Lions tackles, Ravens tight ends, Steelers interior offensive line, Lions running backs, Giants edge rushers, Ravens safeties, Commanders quarterbacks, Lions defensive tackles and Texans safeties. They also called Jordan Addison one of the league's best No. 2 receivers.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromThat's the best receiver group in my opinion. It's not the Bengals, it's the Buccaneers.
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- SaidMay 13, 2025
- GradedAug 7, 2026
- 1Jordan Addison to be 2nd on the depth chart“you know what you have in Jordan Adison, who I think is one of the best number two receivers in the NFL”
- 2Position Group Rankings“But I love what the Ravens have in safety right now... But we're gonna go safeties because the top tier, you know, potential with these guys and who they have at safety in Houston”
- 3Position Group Rankings“That's the best receiver group in my opinion. It's not the Bengals, it's the Buccaneers... Okay, let's go receiver again... come on down, Minnesota Vikings.”
- 4Position Group Rankings“So that's my next pick, Lions running backs. First running backs group off the board... No group, I think, and the top two is better rounded, just more complete than the Lions running backs.”
- 5Position Group Rankings“I'm going to keep it a quarterback... We know what Jaden Daniels did as a rookie offensive Rookie of the Year... But it's the presence of Marcus Mariota back there as well.”
- 6Position Group Rankings“So we're going to start with the Giants, and we're going to go with their edge rushing group”
- 7Position Group Rankings“we're going to interior offensive line, and we're going with the Pittsburgh Steelers”
- 8Position Group Rankings“I'm going to tight Ends... The leader is the Baltimore Ravens, and it's Mark Andrews and it's Isaiah Likely.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Addison to be 2nd on the depth chart1 | Depth Chart Calls | No. 2 | 100 | 100 | 0 | |
| “But I love what the Ravens have in safety right now... But…”2 | Position Group Rankings | — | 0 | 100 | −200 | |
| “That's the best receiver group in my opinion. It's not the…”3 | Position Group Rankings | — | 100 | 0 | +200 | |
| “So that's my next pick, Lions running backs. First running…”4 | Position Group Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| “I'm going to keep it a quarterback... We know what Jaden…”5 | Position Group Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| “So we're going to start with the Giants, and we're going to go…”6 | Position Group Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| “we're going to interior offensive line, and we're going with…”7 | Position Group Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| “I'm going to tight Ends... The leader is the Baltimore Ravens,…”8 | Position Group Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 calls · 2 hits · 1 miss · 5 waiting | 66.7 | 66.7 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive8 checkable claims — 7 position group rankings and 1 depth chart call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
3 of 8 have settled so far, averaging 66.7 out of 100, against 66.7 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
Their call against what actually happened.
1Depth Chart CallsJordan AddisonMinnesota Vikings
Jordan Addison to be 2nd on the depth chart
What happenedNo. 2called No. 2 · by receptions100Hit · naive 100100this call−100a naive guess=0better than naive×2difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- club:
- MIN
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Jordan Addison
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- position:
- WR
- naive slot:
- 2
- actual slot:
- 2
- difficulty:
- 2
- measured by:
- receptions
- the naive guess:
- where he sat last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted slot:
- 2
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“But I love what the Ravens have in safety right now... But we're gonna go safeties because the top tier, you know, potential with these guys and who they have at safety in Houston”
VerdictMiss0Miss · naive 1000this call−100a naive guess=−100worse than naive×2difficulty=−200skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- best:
- HOU
- unit:
- safety
- skill:
- −200
- method:
- spearman
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- teams ranked:
- 2
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“That's the best receiver group in my opinion. It's not the Bengals, it's the Buccaneers... Okay, let's go receiver again... come on down, Minnesota Vikings.”
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 0100this call−0a naive guess=100better than naive×2difficulty=+200skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- best:
- NE
- unit:
- wide_receiver
- skill:
- 200
- method:
- spearman
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- teams ranked:
- 2
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“So that's my next pick, Lions running backs. First running backs group off the board... No group, I think, and the top two is better rounded, just more complete than the Lions running backs.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“I'm going to keep it a quarterback... We know what Jaden Daniels did as a rookie offensive Rookie of the Year... But it's the presence of Marcus Mariota back there as well.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“So we're going to start with the Giants, and we're going to go with their edge rushing group”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“we're going to interior offensive line, and we're going with the Pittsburgh Steelers”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“I'm going to tight Ends... The leader is the Baltimore Ravens, and it's Mark Andrews and it's Isaiah Likely.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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The take as a whole
the average of 3 settled calls, each counted once
66.7naive 66.7
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