Making A Mockery of Mocking: Round 1 Of The 2019 NFL Draft – Was I Better Than Kiper and McShay?

The NFL draft is pretty boring to watch. It has turned into a pop culture event, rather than what it is. I miss the days when I didn’t have to watch a 30 minute fashion show prior to the draft taking place.

Anyways, there were some surprises in the first round. The question on everyone’s mind – Am I better than Kiper and McShay at mock-drafting NFL talent in Round 1?

Rules

I am setting a scoring system in place prior to even comparing our mock picks. You get +1 if you select a player in the correct draft slot. You get +1 if you select a player to the correct team. Pretty simple.

Actual Pick	Kiper	McShay	Buzz
1. AZ – Kyler Murray	+2	+2	OAK – Kyler Murray +1
2. SF – Nick Bosa	+2	+2	+2
3. NYJ – Quinnen Williams	+2	+2	+2
4. OAK – Clelin Ferrell	Josh Allen	Ed Oliver	AZ – Dwayne Haskins
5. TB – Devin White	+2	Josh Allen	Josh Allen
6. NYG – Daniel Jones	Ed Oliver	Devin White	Montez Sweat
7. JAX – Josh Allen	TJ Hockenson	TJ Hockenson	Jawaan Taylor
8. DET – TJ Hockenson	Brian Burns	Brian Burns	Devin White
9. BUF – Ed Oliver	Jonah Williams	Jawaan Taylor	+2
10. PIT – Devin Bush	Dwayne Haskins	DEN – Devin Bush +1	Rashan Gary
11. CIN – Jonah Williams	Devin Bush	+2	Devin Bush
12. GB – Rashan Gary	Jawaan Taylor	Noah Fant	TJ Hockenson
13. MIA – Christian Wilkins	+2	+2	Jonah Williams
14. ATL – Chris Lindstrom	Cody Ford	Cody Ford	Brian Burns
15. WAS – Dwayne Haskins	Drew Lock	+2	Cody Ford
16. CAR – Brian Burns	Andre Dillard	Rashan Gary	Clelin Ferrell
17. NYG – Dexter Lawrence	Daniel Jones +1	Drew Lock	DK Metcalf
18. MIN – Garrett Bradbury	Chris Lindstrom	+2	Andre Dillard
19. TEN – Jeffrey Simmons	Rashan Gary	Marquise Brown	Christian Wilkins
20. DEN – Noah Fant	Byron Murphy	Greedy Williams	AJ Brown
21. GB – Darnell Savage Jr.	Montez Sweat	Montez Sweat	Dexter Lawrence
22. PHI – Andre Dillard	Eric McCoy	Eric McCoy	Garrett Bradbury
23. HOU – Tytus Howard	Greedy Williams	Andre Dillard	Greedy Williams
24. OAK – Josh Jacobs	+2	+2	Noah Fant
25. BAL – Marquise Brown	PHI – Marquise Brown +1	Byron Murphy	Byron Murphy
26. WAS – Montez Sweat	Jeffrey Simmons	Clelin Ferrell	Jeffrey Simmons
27. OAK – Johnathan Abram	Darnell Savage Jr.	Rock Ya-Sin	OAK – Josh Jacobs +1
28. LAC – Jerry Tillery	Dexter Lawrence	Daniel Jones	Drew Lock
29. SEA – LJ Collier	Justin Layne	Dexter Lawrence	Jerry Tillery
30. NYG – Deandre Baker	Noah Fant	Jeffrey Simmons	Marquise Brown
31. ATL – Kaleb McGary	Garrett Bradbury	Chris Lindstrom	LAR – Kaleb McGery +1
32. NE – N’Keal Harry	Clelin Ferrell	Darnell Savage Jr.	Daniel Jones
TOTAL	14	17	9

Conclusion

Nobody knows what they are talking about! McShay was the best – he correctly picked 8.5 out of 32 draft spots. Kiper, on the other hand, would only have a 0.219 batting average if this were baseball. I was the worst, but I also do not get paid to do this for a living.

Could I do better if they paid me? Probably.

Your move ESPN.

– Buzz