Washington Football Team: Comparing our mock draft to the actual picks

Overall Grade

For the first time in twelve years, I did not score a direct hit at all.  To not have a single specific player mocked with 100% accuracy is very humbling indeed, but the streak had to end at some point.  Mock drafts are not a game of luck or chance.  It’s not a game at all.  Again, it is a tool that analysts use to help fans be informed of prospects that could be a match for a particular team.

Am I mad or disappointed?  Not at all.  In fact, I’m very happy to be a small part of the team that delivers information to you daily at Riggo’s Rag.  That matters more than any direct hits in a mock draft or performing well in any contest.  I entered a mock draft contest years ago and shared first place with another contestant.  Sure, it was nice to win, but sharing information with fans generated a much better feeling inside.

It’s time to assign myself an overall grade.  There were a few hits, but plenty of misses.  The failure to produce a direct hit also is a factor.

Grade: D

I’ll try to do better next year.

Before we close the books on 2021 mocks, there is some information that needs to be shared.  A few weeks ago, we brought you a list of prospects that the Washington Football Team had contacted prior to the draft.  More information has come to the surface and there were many players that the team met with through Zoom.  We’ll never know the full list of who was contacted, but the numbers are substantially more than we realized.

The coaches did meet with each member of this year’s draft class via Zoom.  This will be our last update on prospect meetings for 2021.

We all managed to survive the mock draft season and now it is time to move on to the next phase of the offseason.  We’ll have roster evaluations and predictions.  We’ll also report on OTAs, rookie camp, mini-camp, training camp, free agency, and the preseason.