Fantasy Life

My top 32 big board was basically, "If I were a scout, here's how I'd rank the players." But let's be honest. I'm not a scout. I'm not the kind of person who breaks down film and analyzes hand placement and hip swivel. When looking at prospects, I tend to think less about potential and more about probabilities. So in this top 50 big board I'm attempting to be less evaluative and prescriptive and more descriptive and predictive. Instead of ranking the 50 guys according to how I see them as prospects or how I think their NFL careers will turn out, I'm endeavoring to place guys in the general range in which they'll be drafted while giving priority to the positions that matter most and ordering the players accurately within their respective positions. Given that The Huddle Report's Big Board Contest judges top 100 boards on draft accuracy (and not the career impact of the players), I feel my selection-focused approach is valid—especially since I think the market tends to be fairly efficient anyway. I've submitted big boards over just the past four years, but across that timeframe I'm in the top 10. And as a mocker, I'm No. 2 over the past six years (since I started submitting mocks in competitions).