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Nick Wright covers the NFL with a focus on quarterback evaluations and team rankings. His predictions span game outcomes, draft positions, season win totals, and player awards, with particular attention to the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, and Chicago Bears. He weighs in on questions like Patrick Mahomes versus Josh Allen and the trajectory of young quarterbacks like Caleb Williams and Drake Maye.
Writes at Fox Sports
Every take from Nick Wright, including the ones still waiting →
Is Nick Wright accurate? Across 419 graded calls in 63 articles, Nick Wright scores 57.7% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 6.85, which means their calls were better than a naive guess on the same claims. That is an established record: thirty or more graded articles.
93.44% of their claims were specific enough to check. Most of what they said committed to something.
Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below shows its own arithmetic.
5 of 71 graded articles on this page, newest first — page 4 of 13.
Akheem Mesidor to be picked “Lions' first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“The Lions still need an edge rusher opposite Aidan Hutchinson. They go with Messador”
Emmanuel Pregnon to be picked at number 22
“So they take one of the top interior offensive linemen Pregnant out of Oregon at 22.”
Monroe Freeling to be picked “first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“Get the get Wilds guy, Bryce Young, some offensive line help with Monroe Freeland ... Out of Georgia.”
David Bailey to be picked at number 8
“I think the best pure pass rusher in the draft, David Bailey... David Bailey to the Saints.”
Arvell Reese to be picked at number 2
“Number two pick, Arbel Reese, linebacker, Ohio State, maybe the best defensive player in the draft.”
Carnell Tate to be picked at number 5
“Carnell Tate to the Giants... We're gonna check it back in with pick number five.”
Caleb Downs to be picked at number 7
“Caleb Downs, then to Washington... available at seven”
Kenyon Sadiq to be picked at number 10
“The number one tight end... Kenyan Saddiq out of Oregon... That is top 10 at mock draft one point o.”
Makai Lemon to be picked “Rams' first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“but Lemon out of USC to the Rams”
Ty Simpson to be picked “Jets' first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“Ty Simpson, quarterback out of Alabama, goes to the Jets.”
Keldric Faulk to be picked “Buccaneers' first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“They take another swing at it with Kendrick Falk out of Auburn.”
Jordyn Tyson to be picked “Vikings' first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“The Vikings, Jordan Tyson”
Spencer Fano to be picked at number 11
“Dolphins on the clock, pick number 11... take Fan o the tackle out of Utah.”
Max Iheanachor to be picked “Texans' first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“The Texans always need to address offensive line. They go again... Ian Ocher out of Arizona State.”
C.J. Allen to be picked “second Cowboys pick in the top 20” (picks 1–20)
“They take not a pass rushing linebacker, more of a traditional linebacker, and CJ Allen out of Georgia”
Cade McDonald to be picked at number 21
“the Steelers... on the board at twenty one... So I think Caden McDonald”
Omar Cooper to be picked “Eagles' first-round pick (trade)” (picks 1–32)
“The Eagles, I believe, anticipating an AJ Brown trade, end up trading for Omar Cooper, the national champion out of Indiana.”
Jermod McCoy to be picked “Cleveland's second first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“And the Browns Browns again this to me is the McCoy probably would have been a top 12 pick... if you're Cleveland with your second first round pick”
Kadyn Proctor to be picked “Bears' first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“Caden Proctor, coach, he's the tackle from Alabama... and so we have him going there.”
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to be picked “Dolphins' second first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“This Dolphins also take a safety, McNeil Ward out of Toledo or McNeil Warren, pardon me, out of Toledo.”
Denzel Boston to be picked “Patriots' first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“they take Denzel Boston out of Washington”
Cashius Howell to be picked “Seahawks' first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“add to their defensive depth with Cassius Howell, the edge rusher out of Texas A and M”
Mansoor Delane to be picked at number 12
“The top corner... Delaney out of, LSU, everyone's top corner in this draft. Cowboys ... so they take him.”
Rueben Bain to be picked at number 9
“I believe the Chiefs would run to the podium to draft Reuben Bain”
Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1
“The number one pick, shocker. Fernando Mendoza.”
Sonny Styles to be picked “top 10 pick to the Cardinals” (picks 1–10)
“Now the Cardinals, once upon a time, picked a linebacker in the top 10... I think Sonny Styles potentially goes there.”
Kenyon Sadiq to be 1st tight end off the board
“The number one tight end, a guy who has in a good way, gotten some Kyle Pitts comps”
Ty Simpson to be 2nd quarterback off the board
“Ty Simpson most likely would be that second name called.”
Francis Mauigoa to be picked at number 6
“Number six to the Browns... Maunoga, I apologize if I mispronounced your last name, young man, out of Miami, the star right tackle”
Blake Miller to be picked “49ers' first-round pick” (picks 1–32)
“They go offensive line with Blake Miller from Clemson.”
Stefon Diggs to move
“Stefon Diggs might get a little bit older and get worse. ... Gonna be gone, I think. I don't even I mean, he's free agent.”
Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1
“what do they have the second overall pick of the draft after Mendoza goes number one”
Sam Darnold to win Super Bowl MVP
“My Super Bowl MVP pick is gonna be darnald. But that's such a boring one. It's plus one twenty five... but that that is my pick”
Seattle Seahawks 27 — New England 17
“I believe this is a twenty seven seventeen Seahawks victory. Not a comfortable, not an easy win, but semi comfortable where Seattle has maybe a twenty four fourteen lead going into the fourth quarter and hangs on for a twenty seven seventeen win.”
Seattle Seahawks 27 — New England 17
“Seattle '27, New England 17 That one hurts. Is my official prediction.”
Rashid Shaheed to win Super Bowl MVP
“So I'm going with a guy who I think can score points without anyone else getting the stats for it, and that's Rasheed Shaheed.”
Seattle Seahawks to win the Super Bowl
“Seattle's defense is better than New England. Seattle's coach annihilates young quarterbacks. ... Is my official prediction.”