Gregg Rosenthal · Jun 5, 2025

Rosenthal's ten picks in the best-wide-receivers draft (overall picks 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27 and 30), taking A.J. Brown third and trading to grab Jaxon Smith-Njigba at 18 while sliding DK Metcalf to 21. He also said Drake London could produce a first-team All-Pro season, sees Smith-Njigba as a true No. 1, and believes Daniel Jones will win the Colts' starting job.

“It supports this gnawing feeling I've had patrick this whole time that this is Danny Dimes's job to lose.”

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Each one is scored on its own against the published methodology. A pundit naming several outcomes is graded on each, not on all-or-nothing.

Depth Chart CallsJun 5, 2025
“that's been my number one thing is like, Okay, I see, I see what you're doing. You're you're winning this job if everyone's healthy”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skill
How this was scored
club:
IND
skill:
0
player:
Daniel Jones
season:
2025
accuracy:
100
baseline:
100
position:
QB
naive slot:
1
actual slot:
1
difficulty:
2
measured by:
passing yards
naive basis:
where he sat last season
weeks in the season:
18
predicted slot:
1
weeks left when called:
18
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Pro Bowl and All-Pro CallsJun 5, 2025
“it wouldn't shock me at all if he goes and has like a first team All Pro type of season this year”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-200 skill
How this was scored
made:
false
naive:
he did not make it the year before, so the naive pick said no
skill:
-200
player:
Drake London
season:
2025
accuracy:
0
baseline:
100
selection:
all_pro_first_team
difficulty:
2
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
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Top Player ListsJun 5, 2025
“Rosenthal's picks in the top-30 wide receiver draft: A.J. Brown (3), CeeDee Lamb (6), Brian Thomas Jr. (9), Drake London (12), Mike Evans (15), Jaxon Smith-Njigba (18 after trade), DK Metcalf (21), Jaylen Waddle (24), Jordan Addison (27), Josh Downs (30)”
Scored 64.24a naive guess scored 50+28.48 skill
How this was scored
naive:
a coin-flip ordering scores 50
skill:
28.48
placed:
10
season:
2025
players:
10
accuracy:
64.24
baseline:
50
by position:
WR 10: 64.24
difficulty:
2
weeks in the season:
18
could not place:
0
weeks left when called:
18
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Depth Chart CallsJun 5, 2025
“showed last year that I think he's even better than I expected he could be at the NFL level, that he can be like a true one”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skill
How this was scored
club:
SEA
skill:
0
player:
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
season:
2025
accuracy:
100
baseline:
100
position:
WR
naive slot:
1
actual slot:
1
difficulty:
2
measured by:
receptions
naive basis:
where he sat last season
weeks in the season:
18
predicted slot:
1
weeks left when called:
18
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