Jeff CavanaughMar 1, 2026
Streaming from the NFL Combine, Jeff pegged safety Dylan Thienemann's draft range at roughly picks 20-35, said LSU safety AJ Halsey would cost a second- or third-round pick, and insisted Sonny Styles' brother would not be a top-50 selection despite a fast 40.
Said on air, transcribed by us · DLLS Dallas Cowboys (podcast)Hear the original
What Jeff Cavanaugh said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI think his draft range is around the Cowboys pick, somewhere around 20 to 35.
- Where it was said
- DLLS Dallas Cowboys (podcast)
- The episode
- Caleb Downs? Rueben Bain? A Post-NFL Combine Cowboys Mock Draft
- The original
- Hear the original
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- SaidFeb 28
- GradedAug 18–Sep 18
- 1Lorenzo Styles to be picked “not gonna go in the top 50” (picks 1–50)“Sonny Styles' brother is not gonna go in the top 50. It's not gonna happen.”
- 2A.J. Haulcy to be picked “a second round pick to get him, maybe even a third” (picks 33–100)“I like AJ Halsey, LSU safety. I need a second round pick to get him, maybe even a third if the league will let me.”
- 3Dillon Thieneman to be picked “somewhere around 20 to 35”“I'm not gonna say negative things about Dylan DeEineman, but I think his draft range is around the Cowboys pick, somewhere around 20 to 35.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo Styles to be picked “not gonna go in the top 50” (picks 1–50)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 172 | 0.51 | 50 | — | |
| A.J. Haulcy to be picked “a second round pick to get him, maybe even a third” (picks 33–100)2 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 78 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Dillon Thieneman to be picked “somewhere around 20 to 35”3 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 1 hit · 1 miss · 1 waiting | 50.3 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive3 checkable claims — 3 mock draft picks — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
2 of 3 have settled so far, averaging 50.3 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.
1Mock Draft PicksLorenzo Styles
Lorenzo Styles to be picked “not gonna go in the top 50” (picks 1–50)
What happenedWent 1720.51Miss · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Lorenzo Styles
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 0.51
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 172
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 0.51
- predicted pick:
- not gonna go in the top 50 (picks 1–50)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
A.J. Haulcy to be picked “a second round pick to get him, maybe even a third” (picks 33–100)
What happenedWent 78100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- A.J. Haulcy
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 78
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- a second round pick to get him, maybe even a third (picks 33–100)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
3Mock Draft PicksDillon Thieneman
Dillon Thieneman to be picked “somewhere around 20 to 35”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
50.3naive 50
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