Mike Mayock· Apr 8, 2025
As relayed on the show, Mayock said Shedeur Sanders will slide out of the top 10 and had Jalen Walker going to Carolina.
“Mayock said that Chador would drop out of the top 10”
said on air, transcribed by us · The Rich Eisen Show (podcast) · read the original →
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1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 0.3 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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- Mock Draft PicksShedeur SandersApr 8, 2025
Shedeur Sanders to be picked “drop out of the top 10” (picks 1–10)
“Bottom line, though, is Mayock said that Chador would drop out of the top 10”
Miss · 0Scored 0.3a naive guess scored 50How this was scored
- draft:
- 2025
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Shedeur Sanders
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 0.3
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 144
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 0.3
- predicted pick:
- drop out of the top 10 (picks 1–10)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
Jalon Walker to be picked at a slot they never named
“Jalen Walker, who Mayock has, as he says, at a better grade than Abdul Carter, would go to Carolina, which is what Mayock said yesterday.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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