# James Foster: Foster ranks Minnesota guard Greg Johnson as his top interior offensive lineman in the class.

**Claimed:** Sep 5, 2026
**Pundit:** James Foster — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/james-foster
**Outlet:** Sports Illustrated — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/outlets/sports-illustrated
**How it reached us:** published in writing
**Original:** https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/onsi/draft-bills-2027-mock-lands-mammoth-lineman-to-protect-josh-allen

One checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.

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> Minnesota guard Greg Johnson is my IOL1.

*(their words, quoted for attribution)*

## The claims

- **Greg Johnson to be 1st interior offensive lineman off the board**
  - Kind: Position Order Calls · About: Greg Johnson
  - Verdict: not settled yet

## Who this take is about

- Greg Johnson — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/greg-johnson

## What others said about the same people

- Josh Edwards on Greg Johnson: An unsigned CBS Sports 2027 NFL mock draft projecting the full first round plus select second-round picks, headlined by Arch Manning going No. 1 overall to Miami and five quarterbacks in Round 1. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/58126cd0-e22d-4c12-8c23-f9a979de6d7d (not settled)
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz on Greg Johnson: In his 2027 NFL mock draft, he has the Bills taking Minnesota guard Greg Johnson at pick No. 28 to eventually replace David Edwards at left guard. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/87d92f1c-fd94-4829-8b9b-5d6b5640d323 (not settled)
- Mike Renner on Greg Johnson: An unsigned CBS Sports 2027 NFL mock draft projecting all 32 first-round picks, led by Arch Manning to Miami at No. 1 and Jeremiah Smith to Arizona at No. 2. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/4fe1496c-a41b-42e8-ba99-bfd74c1ce3cb (not settled)
- Mike Renner on Greg Johnson: An unsigned CBS Sports big board ranks the top 100 prospects for the 2027 NFL Draft, with Arch Manning first overall, and attaches specific draft-range projections to several prospects (Leonard Moore top five, Trevor Goosby top 10, first-round calls on Cam Coleman, Greg Johnson, Trevor Lauck and Brauntae Johnson). — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/371fe47e-d66d-44ae-8156-e2ed0c8f856c (not settled)
- Mike Renner on Greg Johnson: Renner ranks his top 10 interior offensive line prospects for the 2027 NFL Draft class and assigns each an early draft grade, with Iowa's Kade Pieper as the No. 1 player who he believes can become the first center taken in the first round since Tyler Linderbaum in 2022. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/f551d677-3597-4e53-866a-4b1c3426cced (not settled)

## More position order calls

The same kind of call, about other players and teams.

- Nick Wright on Carnell Tate: Nick Wright laid out his full mock draft 3.0 for the 2026 NFL Draft, pick by pick through the first round, and also predicted AJ Brown would finish top five in the NFL in receiving yards with the Patriots. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/77faa345-d736-4a90-8185-b1b92c789e5a (scored 100)
- Todd McShay on K.C. Concepcion: McShay's mock draft 4.0 has Fernando Mendoza and David Bailey going 1-2 to the Raiders and Jets, the Saints trading up to No. 3 for Arvell Reese, the Titans taking Jeremiah Love at 4, the Giants taking Francis Mauigoa at 5 (though he'd now switch to Sonny Styles), the Cowboys trading up to 6, the Jets trading up to 7 for Carnell Tate, and Arizona trading up to 30 for Ty Simpson. He also predicts seven offensive tackles go in the first round and that Love, Styles, Downs and Reese all go in the top seven. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/cd11036a-b55c-47a9-92e8-5b088260ca47 (scored 100)
- Nick Shook on Makai Lemon: Shook walks through his full first-round mock draft, assigning a prospect to every pick from No. 1 to No. 32, headlined by Fernando Mendoza to the Raiders, David Bailey to the Jets and Jeremiah Love to the Cardinals in the top three. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/7d4209aa-2e2d-47a2-b6e5-791d16d209cb (scored 70.71)
- Keith Sanchez on Jordyn Tyson: As relayed by Harrison, Sanchez's latest mock draft has Carnell Tate going to Washington, Jordan Tyson as the first receiver off the board at No. 5 to the Giants, Makai Lemmon at 11 and Chris Brasel at 30 to Miami, Sonny Styles at No. 8 to New Orleans, and Caleb Downs at No. 13 to the Rams. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/226ec0b5-6535-45ba-8b77-609e3e51ca6e (scored 70.71)
- Field Yates on Jordyn Tyson: As relayed by Rich Eisen, Yates' two-round mock draft has Fernando Mendoza first overall, followed by three edge/defenders, Caleb Downs fifth, and a series of other named picks including Eli Stowers to Tampa Bay at 46. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/7eaa4c0b-96d6-4cb2-bb55-3307b797fb9b (scored 100)
- Mel Kiper on Carnell Tate: Kiper's post-free-agency mock draft, as relayed on the show, assigns specific prospects to specific picks through the top 20, including Fernando Mendoza at No. 2, Caleb Downs to the Giants at No. 5 and CJ Allen to the Cowboys at No. 20. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/08c37955-b295-45c8-8d32-b0223c0b02b9 (scored 100)

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