Bucky Brooks#26 of 87 NFL pundits · Mar 3, 2026
Brooks argued Ty Simpson's value matches the bottom of the first round or the second round, not a top-six pick, and graded receiver Germie Bernard as a middle-of-the-second-round prospect.
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What Bucky Brooks said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI'm talking about the bottom of the second round, bottom of the first round, where you're like, Okay, here's the perfect spot, because this is closer to where the value matches the projection.
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- SaidMar 3
- GradedOct 1
- 1Germie Bernard to be picked “middle of the second round” (picks 33–64)“I had given him a day two grade, and I think he just kind of slidifies himself as the middle of the second round type of prospect.”
- 2Ty Simpson to be picked “bottom of the second round, bottom of the first round” (picks 1–64)“I'm talking about the bottom of the second round, bottom of the first round... I would be okay at the bottom of the first, but hearing what I'm hearing about him and people talking about top six, I was like, no, I can't.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germie Bernard to be picked “middle of the second round” (picks 33–64)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 47 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Ty Simpson to be picked “bottom of the second round, bottom of the first round” (picks 1–64)2 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 13 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 hits · all settled | 100 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 2 mock draft picks — 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.
All 2 have settled, averaging 100 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 PicksGermie Bernard
Germie Bernard to be picked “middle of the second round” (picks 33–64)
What happenedWent 47100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Germie Bernard
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 47
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- middle of the second round (picks 33–64)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
Ty Simpson to be picked “bottom of the second round, bottom of the first round” (picks 1–64)
What happenedWent 13100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Ty Simpson
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 13
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- bottom of the second round, bottom of the first round (picks 1–64)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
100naive 50
Who this take is about
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