Rich Eisen#38 of 87 NFL pundits · Mar 2, 2026
After watching Jeremiah Love work out at the combine, Eisen believes the Notre Dame running back is now a top-five pick and will not last until the Chiefs at No. 9. They also expect two running backs, including Notre Dame's Jadarian Price, to go in the first round, and thinks Woody Marks will be Houston's lead back in year two with David Montgomery in the complementary role.
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What Rich Eisen said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI don't think Jeremiah Love even gets out of the top five now.
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- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 1: Jeremiyah Love Draft Prediction, Lions Trade Montgomery, plus NFL Insider Tom Pelissero
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- SaidMar 2
- GradedAug 13
- 1Jeremiyah Love to be picked “top five” (picks 1–5)“I don't think Jeremiah Love even gets out of the top five now.”
- 2Jadarian Price to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)“And not one, but two running backs going in the first round, and they could be teammates as well. Jadarian Price, he was a really good looking running back I saw working out over the weekend with Jeremiah Love as well.”
- 3Woody Marks to be 1st on the depth chart“Now, Marks comes to the fore, you think in year two, he's he's the guy, but in the Nick Chubb role, David Montgomery, that's an upgrade.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiyah Love to be picked “top five” (picks 1–5)1 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 3 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Jadarian Price to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)2 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 32 | 100 | 50 | — | |
| Woody Marks to be 1st on the depth chart3 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 2 hits · 1 waiting | 100 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive3 checkable claims — 2 mock draft picks and 1 depth chart call — 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.
2 of 3 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.
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.
Where this call stands in the room
Woody Marks · 2026 season15 calls from 7 pundits between 1 and 2. Rich Eisen said 1. the room's median is 1. not settled yet
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Their call against what happened
overall pickTheir call against what actually happened.
1Mock Draft PicksJeremiyah Love
Jeremiyah Love to be picked “top five” (picks 1–5)
What happenedWent 3100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Jeremiyah Love
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 3
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- top five (picks 1–5)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
2Mock Draft PicksJadarian Price
Jadarian Price to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)
What happenedWent 32100Hit · naive 50Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Jadarian Price
- season:
- 2026
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 32
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- first round (picks 1–32)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
3Depth Chart CallsWoody MarksHouston Texans
Woody Marks to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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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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