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Earlier this month, FMIA’s Peter King shared a quote from a longtime agent that said, “The mocks this year are going to be laughable.”
As Yogi Berra said, it’s “tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
It’s NFL draft day morning, so here is my final mock. Three schools—the usual suspects (Ohio State, Georgia and Alabama)—are tied for the most prospects (three each) in the first round below. There’s a legitimate chance that the first two selections of this year’s draft will have been collegiate teammates.

Deion Sanders isn’t sweating how many players have left Colorado under his watch.
Colorado has seen more than 25 players enter the transfer portal in the past few days, according to CBS Sports, and most of those were not voluntary.
Many players were sent packing to make room for Deion Sanders’ new guys. As of Wednesday night, only 13 scholarship players from the 2022 team remained, according to Max Olsen. That’s simply a jarring stat, and it’s a sign Deion wasn’t playing games when he promises roster turnover.

Back in the summer of 2021, when the Knicks were humbled in a gentleman’s sweep during their first playoff appearance in nearly a decade, they were missing plenty of things.
To begin that series against the Hawks, New York coach Tom Thibodeau rolled out starting guard Elfrid Payton, a solid defender, but a clear offensive liability because of his suspect jumper. Aside from the postseason experience the team lacked in general, RJ Barrett—the team’s second-leading scorer that year—was 20, and still in his second year as a professional.

Drew Maggi, 33, appeared as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning Wednesday night, striking out in his lone at bat in his first major league game since being drafted in 2010.

The Knicks are moving on to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2013 following Wednesday night’s close-out victory over the Cavaliers in Game 5.

Desmond Bane helped Grizzlies deliver on his promise they would stave off elimination in Game 5 against the Lakers, then predicted his team is “going to be back for a Game 7 in front of the best fans in the NBA.

The Heat rode 42 points and a sensational tying shot from Jimmy Butler to an overtime win over the Bucks that eliminated the NBA’s top overall seed from the playoffs.

“Playoff Jimmy” is not a concept or a fable … he is real.

(Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images).

When it’s time for the playoffs, the Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler knows how to turn on clutch performances and pull off unbelievable plays to shoulder the undermanned Heat.
Butler manages to play without limitations from the 2020 Finals to the 2022-23 postseason. Butler did so again in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference’s first-round matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Playoff Jimmy Butler is back in full swing and the Bucks just witnessed his wrath firsthand. After Butler forced overtime for the Heat in dramatic fashion, hitting the most improbable of shots with just a couple of seconds left in the game, he helped sink Milwaukee in overtime.
Butler and the No. 8 seeded Heat will advance to face the Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and NBA Twitter wasted no time crowning the Heat’s superstar “him.

Jimmy Butler scored 42 points as No. 8 seed Miami rallied from 16 down in the fourth quarter and eliminated top seed Milwaukee in overtime.