Are NFL mock drafts better prediction tools than throwing darts? We're testing it out
For this week's NFL mock draft, we predicted the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft by literally throwing darts and seeing how it worked out.
A good friend asked me last week whether there's much of a difference between writing an NFL mock draft and throwing darts at a wall. Let's find out. The unspoken reality of mock drafting is that the best in the business struggle to bat .
300. The football analysis site FantasyPros examined 145 expert mock drafts from 2025 and found only 10 that correctly predicted 10 or more players and their team. Yes, Mel Kiper Jr.
was included among the 10. The median expert, however, got just six picks right. Maybe throwing darts isn't all that bad an idea.
That's what we've done. For this week's mock draft , we left the choices up to this reporter's dart-throwing skills. One dart board.
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