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Bucky Brooks · Mar 1, 2026

In his second NFL.com mock draft, Brooks has Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza going No. 1 overall to Las Vegas and Miami edge rusher Ruben Bain Jr. going No. 7 to the Washington Commanders. He also believes Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia will go undrafted entirely.

I don't think he's gonna get drafted.

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3 checkable claims from this

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.

  • Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1

    You do have Fernando Mendoza as the number one pick for the Las Vegas Rangers.

    Hit · 100Scored 100 on this pickthis mock ordered the draft 100 against a shuffle’s 50+50 skill
    How this was scored
    draft:
    2026
    naive:
    a shuffled mock scores 50
    skill:
    50
    player:
    Fernando Mendoza
    season:
    2026
    zero at:
    32
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    50
    actual pick:
    1
    difficulty:
    1
    weeks in the season:
    18
    pick accuracy:
    100
    predicted pick:
    1
    weeks left when called:
    0
    mock ordering score:
    100

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  • Rueben Bain to be picked at number 7

    You have the number seven pick going to the Washington Commanders and Ruben Bain junior ... University of Miami ... edge rusher

    Close · 71Scored 70.71 on this pickthis mock ordered the draft 100 against a shuffle’s 50+50 skill
    How this was scored
    draft:
    2026
    naive:
    a shuffled mock scores 50
    skill:
    50
    player:
    Rueben Bain
    season:
    2026
    zero at:
    32
    accuracy:
    70.71
    baseline:
    50
    actual pick:
    15
    difficulty:
    1
    weeks in the season:
    18
    pick accuracy:
    70.71
    predicted pick:
    7
    weeks left when called:
    0
    mock ordering score:
    100

    Think this is wrong?

  • Diego Pavia to be picked “I don't think he's gonna get drafted”

    Will he get drafted? I don't think so. I don't. I don't. I don't think he's gonna get drafted. No

    Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.

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