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[{"writerId":"pff","name":"PFF Draft Team","org":"Pro Football Focus","verdict":"PFF's data-driven model held up well in 2025. They correctly called Dart to the Giants at #25 — one of the few mocks to nail that exactly. Their player evaluation was elite through the top 17, only stumbling where everyone did (the Dallas Booker pick). They correctly identified many of the surprise late-first players (Harmon, Hampton, Williams) even if team placement was off. The Jaxson Dart exact hit alone separated them from most of the field.","trust":72,"exactHits":21,"playerHits":2,"posHits":0,"proximity":6,"chaosBonus":0,"mockSourceUrl":"https://www.pff.com/news/draft-trevor-sikkema-final-2025-nfl-mock-draft","mockSourceLabel":"PFF final mock (Sikkema)"},{"writerId":"brugler","name":"Dane Brugler","org":"The Athletic","verdict":"Brugler was the consensus best again. He correctly nailed the top 11 picks on player (only losing exact-hit pts due to the JAX/CLE trade-up swap for picks 2 & 5), and got most of the mid-board positions right. His miss on Dallas taking Booker at #12 (Brugler had Sanders) stings but was essentially universal. Correctly had Zabel going in Round 1 (though to a different team), Egbuka to TB, Barron to DEN, Harmon to PIT, Hampton to LAC, Golden to GB, Jackson to MIN. Best breadth of any analyst.","trust":69,"exactHits":20,"playerHits":2,"posHits":0,"proximity":7,"chaosBonus":0,"mockSourceUrl":"https://www.nflmockdraftdatabase.com/mock-drafts/2025/the-athletic-2025-dane-brugler?date=2025-04-24","mockSourceLabel":"NFL Mock Draft Database (The Athletic board)"},{"writerId":"kiper","name":"Mel Kiper Jr.","org":"ESPN","verdict":"Kiper's final mock was respectable but took a hit from his Sanders-to-Saints call at #9, which was off by several rounds and several hundred picks. His Dart-to-NYG exact hit and overall player evaluation accuracy (correctly identifying most first-rounders) kept him competitive. He got Jihaad Campbell landing with Philly right — just off on the pick number. The Sanders miss was the defining error that separated him from Brugler and PFF this year.","trust":67,"exactHits":19,"playerHits":2,"posHits":1,"proximity":6,"chaosBonus":0,"mockSourceUrl":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/44803099/2025-nfl-mock-draft-final-intel-predictions-yates-kiper-round-1","mockSourceLabel":"ESPN+ final Round 1"},{"writerId":"mcshay","name":"Todd McShay","org":"The Ringer","verdict":"McShay's player evaluation accuracy was genuinely solid — he correctly identified most Round 1 players — but his team placement on picks 25–32 was a mess, and the Sanders-to-Dallas call at #12 was a disaster. He correctly IDed the late-board players (Starks, Conerly, Hairston, Campbell, Simmons, Dart, Grant) even if slot assignments were off. His Ringer mock shows the limits of working without ESPN's team reporter infrastructure for the mid-to-late board.","trust":66,"exactHits":19,"playerHits":2,"posHits":1,"proximity":4,"chaosBonus":0,"mockSourceUrl":"https://www.theringer.com/todd-mcshay/mock-draft","mockSourceLabel":"The Ringer mock hub"},{"writerId":"yates","name":"Field Yates","org":"ESPN","verdict":"Yates had a strong 2025 showing, boosted by two exact hits: Kenneth Grant to Miami at #13 (one of the only analysts to call that), and Jaxson Dart to the Giants at #25. His player-ID accuracy through picks 14–24 was excellent, correctly naming most of the mid-board players even when team slot was off. The Sanders-at-9 miss was the main drag. His draft-day reporting was among the most useful for understanding the live flow of the board.","trust":64,"exactHits":18,"playerHits":2,"posHits":0,"proximity":8,"chaosBonus":0,"mockSourceUrl":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/insider/story/_/id/44803099/2025-nfl-mock-draft-final-intel-predictions-yates-kiper-round-1","mockSourceLabel":"ESPN+ final Round 1 (with Kiper)"},{"writerId":"jeremiah","name":"Daniel Jeremiah","org":"NFL Network","verdict":"Jeremiah's source-based approach backfired in 2025. His Sanders-to-Saints pick at #9 was his biggest whiff — a move almost nobody predicted and that didn't happen. He correctly called the Dart-NYG exact hit at #25, which was prescient, and his player evaluations through the top picks were solid. The speculative trade projections in his mock cost him the Chaos penalty. He remains a top resource but this draft exposed the limits of source-based intel in a chaotic year.","trust":54,"exactHits":16,"playerHits":1,"posHits":0,"proximity":10,"chaosBonus":-3,"mockSourceUrl":"https://www.nfl.com/news/daniel-jeremiah-2025-nfl-mock-draft-4-0","mockSourceLabel":"NFL.com mock 4.0"},{"writerId":"reuter","name":"Chad Reuter","org":"NFL.com","verdict":"Reuter's mock was torpedoed by having Shedeur Sanders at #2 to Cleveland — a call that missed by 142 picks. That single decision cascaded every subsequent pick position off by at least one slot. His player identification through the board was decent but team placement suffered dramatically. The trade chaos penalty (several speculative trades that didn't materialize) added insult to injury. The NFL.com platform deserves better source-work than this final mock delivered.","trust":34,"exactHits":10,"playerHits":0,"posHits":1,"proximity":14,"chaosBonus":-5,"mockSourceUrl":"https://www.nfl.com/news/seven-round-2025-nfl-mock-draft-round-one","mockSourceLabel":"NFL.com seven-round Round 1"}]