Chad Ochocinco Johnson#63 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 25, 2025
Johnson predicted the Bengals would win two straight with Jake Browning at quarterback — beating the Broncos on Monday night and then beating the Lions in Cincinnati.
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What Chad Ochocinco Johnson said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromWe're gonna beat the Broncos Monday Night, and then I'm going to the game in Cincinnati against the Lions, and we're gonna beat the Lions.
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- 1Cincinnati Bengals to beat Lions“and then I'm going to the game in Cincinnati against the Lions, and we're gonna beat the Lions.”
- 2Cincinnati Bengals to beat Broncos“I'm gonna tell you what God told me. Were going on a two game win streak. We're gonna beat the Broncos Monday Night”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals to beat Lions1 | Game Outcome Picks | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals to beat Broncos2 | Game Outcome Picks | — | 0 | 100 | −183 | |
| 2 calls · 2 misses · all settled | 0 | 50 | ||||
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How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive2 checkable claims — 2 game outcome picks — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
All 2 have settled, averaging 0 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
1Game Outcome PicksCincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals to beat Lions
VerdictMiss0Miss · naive 00this call−0a naive guess=0better than naive×1.83difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- DET
- score:
- 37-24
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- CIN
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- the naive pick:
- CIN
- difficulty:
- 1.83
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 15
2Game Outcome PicksCincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals to beat Broncos
VerdictMiss0Miss · naive 1000this call−100a naive guess=−100worse than naive×1.83difficulty=−183skillClosing line (Sep 29): Broncos by 7.5 · underdog pick, Bengals about 1 in 5 (21%).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- DEN
- score:
- 3-28
- skill:
- −183
- they picked:
- CIN
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- DEN
- difficulty:
- 1.83
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 15
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
0naive 50
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