A 7-round mock draft

If you told me I’d be seeing this in the early days of building, I wouldn’t believe it.

I built StickToTheModel two years ago because I wanted a better NFL Mock Draft simulator (fellow sicko).

PFF was paywalled, others were heavy on ads, and most mocks weren't very accurate.... so I built my own that included trades, used AI consensus rankings, and included all 7 rounds.

Yesterday, the NFL Stock Exchange crew (s/o Trevor Sikkema & Connor Hughes) used Stick to the Model to run their mock draft marathon show and raised $15K+ for charity. It included guests like Mina Kimes, Matthew Berry, Jordan Reed, Brett Kollman, Jon Ledyard and many others - all of whom made live picks.

I spent most of the stream holding my breath hoping the site didn't crash with 65,000 people watching. It didn't.

For some of you reading this, that show might be the first time you're hearing about Stick to the Model.

So here are 3 things you should know:

1. we're just getting started. the goal is to make this a place football fans come year round. if there's a tool you wish existed - reply here. if you’re a creator, we’d love to collaborate with you on content.

2. I’m just a regular guy with a 9-5 who loves football way too much. I built this site because I wanted something to help me win bets, win leagues and win arguments. Four years later, here we are.

3. I hear your feedback on trade logic, GM mode and betting. the site is a work in progress, always will be. ALL feedback and recommendation are welcome

We’re just getting started.

Coach, we need to talk.

I interlock fingers with my friends all the time. that's not weird. hot tubs in Sedona with a colleague? I see no issues — a decade in the NFL will make any man feel like he wakes up every morning and got hit by a car the night before. you deserve a hot tub. you deserve Sedona.

I once shared a jacuzzi with three girls from my fantasy league (two-time defending champ, by the way) and not a single person launched an internal investigation. different rules for different people.

Dianna Russini got photographed with you and lost her job. you got photographed with her and sent Eliot Wolf to your press conference like a human shield.

the New England Patriots — an organization that has never once been accused of cutting corners or bending the rules in any way (don't Google) should probably hold their head coach to the same standard as a reporter with a notebook. I don't think that's controversial.

so here is my formal request: step down. not because of the hot tub. not because interlocking fingers at a luxury resort is a weird thing to do with someone who covers your league for a living.

step down because you have a locker room full of impressionable young men. Drake Maye just got married. Hunter Henry leads the team bible study. even former players and true gentleman who never vacation, especially right before the season like Stefon Diggs would have questions about this.

anyway, if you do step down, please know I would be devastated. as a completely neutral AFC East observer this would bring me absolutely no joy. none. don't look at my tweet history.

respectfully,

a concerned football fan

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See you next Thursday,

STTM

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