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Bucky Brooks played five NFL seasons as a kick returner after the Buffalo Bills made the selection in the second round of the 1994 draft. Now in a sixth season as an analyst for NFL Network and NFL.com, Brooks co-hosts the podcast Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah, and the two former scouts release multiple episodes each week covering game previews, reviews and draft scouting. Brooks also writes weekly columns for NFL.com and produces video features including Scout's Take and On the Beat. Beyond the network, the work appears on Fox Sports, Fox Sports Radio, Sports Illustrated and The Rich Eisen Podcast. In the 2024 preseason Brooks served as a commentator for the Jacksonville Jaguars TV Network. The predictions here cover NFL draft positioning, depth charts, player awards and accolades, fantasy sleepers and top-player rankings. Teams that appear include the Los Angeles Rams, Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, Las Vegas Raiders, New York Jets, Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals and Minnesota Vikings. Players named range from Shedeur Sanders and Caleb Downs to Bijan Robinson and Jeremiyah Love. In 2026, Brooks declared that Fernando Mendoza would be the number-one NFL draft pick while adding that Mendoza should not be.
Writes at Move the Sticks (podcast)
119 graded calls in 27 articles, newest first — page 2 of 5. Every take from Bucky Brooks, including the ones still waiting →
Sonny Styles to be picked at number 5
“New York Giants, Sunny Styles at five”
Francis Mauigoa to be picked at number 9
“nine kN City Chiefs, Francis Malinoa Miami”
Jeremiyah Love to be picked at number 4
“Titans select Jeremiah Love at four”
Monroe Freeling to be picked at number 19
“Carolina Panthers, Monroe Freelink from Georgia... Just like at nineteen, I think I had Monroe freeling going to the Panthers”
Rueben Bain to be picked at number 12
“Dallas Cowboys take Ruben Bain”
T.J. Parker to be picked at number 22
“Chargers, TJ. Parker coming from Clemson”
K.C. Concepcion to be picked at number 21
“So at twenty one, here we go Pittsburgh Stillers, Casey Concepcion”
Mansoor Delane to be picked at number 10
“then ten Manster Delaine going to the Cincinnati Beingles”
Caleb Downs to be picked at number 7
“Washington Commanders Caleb Downs at seven”
Avieon Terrell to be picked at number 16
“New York Jets, Avion Terrell from Clemson”
Blake Miller to be picked at number 23
“Philippi Eagles, Blake Miller”
Arvell Reese to be picked at number 3
“Arizona Cardinals taking r VL Reese at three”
Akheem Mesidor to be picked at number 17
“Detroit Lions, a Keen Messador, and from Miami”
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to be picked at number 25
“Chicago Bear is your guy, Emmanuel McNeil Warren”
Omar Cooper to be picked at number 30
“Miami Dolphins. At thirty Omar Cooper”
Jordyn Tyson to be picked at number 8
“New Orleans Saints, Jordan Tyson at eight”
Olaivavega Ioane to be picked at number 11
“Vinga Johanni goes to the Miami Dolphins at eleven”
Colton Hood to be picked at number 20
“then Dallas Cowboys at twenty Colton Hood Corner from Tennessee”
Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1
“one, Las Vegas Raiders taking Fernando Mendoza”
Dillon Thieneman to be picked at number 18
“Minnesota Vikings, everyone talks about this, Dylan Thinneman from Oregon”
David Bailey to be picked at number 2
“the New York Jets taken David Bailey at two”
Carnell Tate to be picked at number 6
“Cleveland Brown's Carneal Tate at six”
Peter Woods to be picked at number 28
“Houston Texans. At twenty eight take Peter Woods”
Makai Lemon to be picked at number 13
“La Rams, mackay Lemon”
C.J. Allen to be picked at number 26
“twenty six, c J. Allen”
Cashius Howell to be picked at number 27
“twenty seven, San Francisco forty nine, Cashus Howell”
Brandon Cisse to be picked at number 32
“thirty two Brandon Ceesay Corner from South Carolina goes to the defending World Champs”
Spencer Fano to be picked at number 14
“Baltimore, Ravens Spencer for”
Arvell Reese to be picked at number 7
“the Washington Commanders, dan Quinn continue to think about beefing up this defense... So I'm gonna give them R. Bill Reeves.”
Spencer Fano to be picked at number 13
“now I'm with the l A Rams... I'm gonna go with Spencer for now from utah... let's go with the Utah standout right there, right tack.”
Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1
“I'm gonna take Fernando Mendoza with the Las Vegas Raiders.”
Kenyon Sadiq to be picked at number 11
“I'm gonna go with kenyasen Deeke, even though it's early for the tiight end position.”
Caleb Downs to be picked at number 5
“So I'm gonna give them Caleb Downs at number five.”
Carnell Tate to be picked at number 9
“Nets Cartnell take going to the Kansas City Chiefs... Cardino Tate is a guy that we're going to go with.”
Taylen Green to be not gonna be a first round pick quarterback off the board
“Yeah, he's not gonna be a first round pick.”
Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1
“I expect for Nanda Mendoza to be the pick to kind of get them going, and they're gonna build around the young quarterback.”
Ty 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.”
Germie 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.”