A breakdown of last year's mock drafts. How these mock draft "experts" actually fared

Breakdown of individual mock drafts part 1 (These were their final versions)

Mel Kiper (ESPN)

  • (O) Correctly guessed Hutch would go to the Lions at 2
  • (X) Had Jamo going to the Eagles at pick 15 (after trading with Miami)
  • (X) Lewis Cine (S) to the Lions at 32 (Minnesota did pick him at 32 though!)

Accuracy:

  • Lions first round picks: 1/2
  • Top 5 picks: 3/5 (60%)
  • Top 10 picks: 3/10 (30%)
  • Top 15 picks: 3/15 (20%)

Notable misses:

  • He had Thibodeaux (Edge) falling out of the top 10 and getting scooped up by MIN at 12
  • Had D. Stingley Jr. going at 9 to SEA (instead of at #3 to HOU)
  • Had Malik Willis at 20 going to PIT (instead of in Rd 3 #86 to TEN)
  • Had Houston getting I. Ekwonu (OT) at #3 instead of D. Stingley Jr.

Todd McShay (ESPN)

  • (O) Correctly guessed Hutch would go to the Lions at 2
  • (X) Had Jamo going to the Eagles at pick 15 (after trading with Miami)
  • (X) Had Kenny Pickett (QB) going to the Lions at 32

Accuracy:

  • Lions first round picks: 1/2
  • Top 5 picks: 3/5 (60%) - got the first 3 picks right
  • Top 10 picks: 4/10 (40%)
  • Top 15 picks: 4/15 (26%)

Notable misses:

  • Had I. Ekwonu (OT) going at #4 to NYJ instead of Sauce Gardner (CB)
  • Had Sauce going to NYG at #7 (Instead of at #4 to the Jets)
  • Had K. Thibodeaux (Edge) going to ATL at #8 (instead of #5 going to NYG)
  • Had Malik Willis at 20 going to PIT (instead of in Rd 3 #86 to TEN)

Mel Kiper-Todd McShay combined mock draft (ESPN)

  • (X) Had Hutch at #1 going to the Jags
  • (X) Traveon Walker (Edge) at 2 going to the Lions
  • (X) Had Jamo going to the Eagles at pick 15 (after trading with Miami)
  • (X) Had Desmond Ridder (QB) going to the Lions at 32 (he actually went Rd 3 pick 74 to ATL)

Accuracy:

  • Lions first round picks: 0/2
  • Top 5 picks: 1/5 (20%) - first 3 picks were wrong
  • Top 10 picks: 1/10 (10%)
  • Top 15 picks: 1/ 15 (6%)

Notable misses:

  • First 3 picks were wrong: Hutch at #1 (JAX), T. Walker at #2 (DET), K. Thibodeaux (HOU) at #3
  • They had Had Malik Willis at 6 going to CAR (instead of in Rd 3 #86 to TEN)... lol
  • D. Stingley Jr. going at 12 to MIN (Instead of #3 to HOU)

It's also weird they both individually picked T. Walker to go #1 in their individual mock drafts, but then had Hutch going #1 combined draft

Jordan Reid (ESPN)

  • (X) Had Hutch at #1 going to the Jags
  • (X) Had Malik Willis (QB) at #2 going to the Lions
  • (X) Had Jamo going to the Saints at #19 via trade with the Eagles
  • (X) Had Nakobe Dean (LB) at #32 going to the Lions (he actually went Rd 3, #83 overall to PHI)

Accuracy:

  • Lions first round picks: 0/2
  • Top 5 picks: 0/5 (0%)
  • Top 10 picks: 1/10 (10%) - only got the G. Wilson pick at #10 correct
  • Top 15 picks: 1/15 (6%)

Notable misses:

  • Had M. Willis (QB) at #2 going to the Lions... LOL
  • Had E. Neal (OT) at #3 going to HOU
  • Had K. Pickett (QB) at #6 going to CAR instead of at 20 (PIT)
  • Had T. Walker going to NYG at #7
  • Had S. Gardner (CB) going to SEA at #9 (via trade with DEN)
  • Had D. Stingley Jr (CB) going to MIN at 12 (instead of at #3 to HOU)

CBS Sports

  • (O) Correctly guessed Hutch would go to the Lions at 2
  • (X) Had Jamo at 13 going to HOU
  • (X) Had Sam Howell (QB) to the Lions at 32 (instead of Rd 5, #144 to WSH)

Accuracy:

  • Lions first round picks: 1/2
  • Top 5 picks: 3/5 (60%) - had the first 3 picks right
  • Top 10 picks: 4/10 (40%)
  • Top 15 picks: 4/15 (26%)

Notable misses:

  • Had Jermaine Johnson II (Edge) going to NYJ at #4 (instead of Sauce Gardner). J. Johnson II actually went to #26 to NYJ though -- only 22 draft positions off
  • Had M. Willis (QB) going to ATL at #8 (instead of in Rd 3 #86 to TEN)
  • Had K. Thibodeaux (Edge) going to BAL at #14 (instead of at #5 to NYG)
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