# Justin Melo — prediction record

Justin Melo covers the NFL Draft for Sports Illustrated and the DLLS Dallas Cowboys podcast, tracking prospects across the league with an eye toward how rookie classes are shaping up. Mock drafts, big-board risers, and rankings of first-round talent fill the coverage, with teams including the Cowboys, Jets, Titans and Seahawks.

## Is Justin Melo accurate?

Across 2 graded calls in 1 article, Justin Melo scores 50% accuracy. That is a provisional record, fewer than ten graded articles, so the numbers are not yet meaningful and they are not ranked on the leaderboard.

## Record

- **Accuracy:** 50%
- **MissedTakes Score:** not enough data
- **Graded articles:** 1
- **Graded individual calls:** 2
- **Clarity:** 100%
- **Hedged:** 30.13% of claims
- **Right when hedging:** not enough data
- **Right when committing:** not enough data

PROVISIONAL: fewer than 10 graded articles. This number is not yet meaningful, and they are excluded from leaderboards.

The MissedTakes Score is how much better than a naive baseline they did, not how often they were right. Zero means no better than a strategy requiring no knowledge. A record is counted in ARTICLES rather than individual calls, because thirty picks in one mock draft is one act of judgment rather than thirty.

Full method: https://missedtakes.co/methodology

## Graded articles (1)

### Jan 16, 2026 — scored 50 across 2 calls

Mello's Cowboys mock pairs Sonny Styles with injured Tennessee cornerback Jermott McCoy in the first round.

https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1d2b9059-3ce3-47de-8d92-2e8bf034186f


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