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How acurate are the media really with mock drafts this year?

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I agree. With all the smoke screens, lack of "real" information via no pro days and this pandemic going on leaving them with out any real face time with players what do they really know? What I do know is they dont know and are way off on certain guys draft value.
 
Them there media’s been wronger bout evrythin these days.

I agree though, they’re making inferences like everyone else. Grier mentioned in his press conference that he doesn’t even tell his wife before the draft who they’ll be picking. In Miami’s case, I think it’s easy to see they’ll be taking a QB, an OT (or two) , and maybe a safety early. Beyond that who knows.
 
adolfan131313 said:

I agree. With all the smoke screens, lack of "real" information via no pro days and this pandemic going on leaving them with out any real face time with players what do they really know? What I do know is they dont know and are way off on certain guys draft value.
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I think MIA takes a defensive player or OT with the 5th pick.
 
adolfan131313 said:

I agree. With all the smoke screens, lack of "real" information via no pro days and this pandemic going on leaving them with out any real face time with players what do they really know? What I do know is they dont know and are way off on certain guys draft value.
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First, I'll admit my prejudice. No living being knows how the 1st 5 pocks will go, but people here and in the media are mocking 2,3,7 rounds as if it matters.

I put as much faith in mocks here as I do media 'experts' claiming to have inside info. I doubt they'll be any more accurate than in other years. Probably less so due to covid, but players are always taken in surprising slots every year
 
To be fair, a lot of leverage is lost when picks are telegraphed. This is less about reporters being “wronger” and more about teams getting wiser to realize this.
 
Well I know that years ago jordan willis was a obvious 1st round pick on tbe board...hell I even saw top 5 and top 10 grades here with him and that I kept referencing throughout the process that no media mocks seemed to be including him in the first round for some reason literally all the way through the process...so there had to be something to that...

And come draft weekend he went in round 3...

so I do think there’s some validity to media mocks like kiper and Jeremiah etc. for example in terms of who is likely to go in round 1...

I don’t think they are just throwing stuff out there out of left field in other words.:.

As for top 5 happenings I tbink tbe media’s used a lot as a put out false information tool by the teams. Especially when it comes to qb.

Tua seems like a prime example for me for that this year. Coming off injury it’s an easy target
 
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so I do think there’s some validity to media mocks like kiper and Jeremiah etc. for example in terms of who is likely to go in round 1...

I don’t think they are just throwing stuff out there out of left field in other words.:.
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I agree with this for sure. Like, in general, where someone will go. But I cant stand when I hear someone at work or whereever say to me: "oh well theyre mocking Herbert to you guys" .... as if those mocks are the actual picks we WILL be making as if its already been made.
 
The guy who went with Gruden to the Raiders was VERY accurate. Mike Mayock

The rest of them not so much,

the ESPN crew are especially off on everything.

Kiper is usually not even close.
 
I think it is because this year it is a lot easier for teams to stop leaks from happening. With team facilities closed there is only a handful of people per team really getting info. Top guys like the GM/HC won't leak info. The lower level guys that may have overheard something or seen something written down are not around. Those are the people that leak stuff because it makes them feel like they are more important.
 
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