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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 5 of 5. Every take from Bucky Brooks, including the ones still waiting →
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Jahdae Barron to be picked “top fifteen” (picks 1–15)
“it makes him a very attractive candidate to be maybe a top fifteen player”
Jalen Milroe to be picked “second round type of selection” (picks 33–64)
“that does still feel like a second round type of selection in similarity to how the Eagles went about getting Jalen Hurts... I think it should be the mill Roe situation.”
Matthew Golden to be 1st wide receiver off the board
“and now you're seeing buzz Is Matthew golden gonna be the new wide, receiver one of the. Class”
James Pearce Jr. to be picked at number 32
“All I know is late my latest mind Draft thirty two, James Fears was going to the Philadelphia”
Philadelphia Eagles to make the playoffs
“This is a team that is loaded. They're going to continue to be loaded ... This is a team that we should see in the Final four for the next few years.”
Detroit Lions to beat Commanders
“The only change that we have is I had the Ravens over the Buffalo Bills. (otherwise same as Chiefs, Lions, Eagles)”
Closing line (Jan 18): Lions by 8.5 · favorite pick, Lions about 4 in 5 (80%).
Philadelphia Eagles to beat Rams
“If they commit to running the ball and they play the physical brand of football that they have started to embrace and play. Yeah, it's gonna be a hard one for the Rams... The only change that we have is I had the Ravens over the Buffalo Bills.”
Closing line (Jan 19): Eagles by 7 · favorite pick, Eagles about 3 in 4 (73%).
Baltimore Ravens to beat Buffalo Bills
“I had the Ravens over the Buffalo Bills. Everything it says to me, DJ the Ravens over the Bills.”
Closing line (Jan 19): Ravens by 1.5 · a toss-up, Ravens 52%, Bills 48%.
Kansas City Chiefs to beat Texans
“In the end, though, to me, this is all about Kansas City and Kansas City being able to do what they typically do... Kansas City knows what they're doing when they get to this point.”
Closing line (Jan 18): Chiefs by 9.5 · favorite pick, Chiefs about 4 in 5 (81%).
Jayden Daniels to win Offensive Rookie of the Year
“He's looking he's Deck of the year... They're mad about the Jay danisty that's my pick, Jaye Daniels.”
“So we have four guys and Tier one home Mahomes Allan, Jackson Daniels. Tier two, we have Herbert Golf and Stafford... So I would go Baker first, then Sam Murs... Then I would say Love and then Hurts... So we got bow Knicks in force... Russell Wilson has to be there... C J. Stroud has to be in that conversation.”