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Tyler Sullivan#27 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 14, 2026

In a Week 1 recap with no named byline, CBS Sports suggested Michael Penix Jr. would take over as Atlanta's Week 2 starter if healthy, called Ashton Jeanty's sophomore breakout imminent, and warned readers not to overlook San Francisco as NFC West winners.

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0 of 1calls landed1 miss · 1 waiting

0Average accuracyout of 100, across 1 call

0A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

1Games calledeveryone’s picks below

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What Tyler Sullivan said

our reading, beside the words we read it from

Don't sleep on them to win the NFC West.

Tyler Sullivan, the lead quote · each call’s own words are below

Where it was published: CBS Sports
The piece: Cover 32: Bengals see early returns from big offseason investment, plus game balls, biggest gaffes from Week 1
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SaidSep 14
PlayedSep 20
GradedSep 21

1Michael Penix Jr. to be 1st on the depth chart“if Michael Penix Jr. is healthy enough to play in Week 2, it wouldn't surprise me if Kevin Stefanski chooses to start him”
2San Francisco 49ers to win the division“San Francisco getting there a week early always felt like the right approach, and that proved to be the case in a convincing win. Don't sleep on them to win the NFC West.”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting

Verdict	Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
	Michael Penix Jr. to be 1st on the depth chart¹	Depth Chart Calls	—	0	0	0
	San Francisco 49ers to win the division²	Division Winners	—	—	—	—
	2 calls · 1 miss · 1 waiting			0	0

How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naive

2 checkable claims — 1 depth chart call and 1 division winner — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.

It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.

1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 0 out of 100, against 0 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.

1Depth Chart Calls Michael Penix Jr.Atlanta Falcons
Michael Penix Jr. to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictMiss
0Miss · naive 0
0this call0a naive guess0better than naive2difficulty0skill
How this was scored
club:
ATL
week:
2
skill:
0
player:
Michael Penix Jr.
season:
2026
claimed:
he starts
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
reported:
he did not play that week
naive slot:
1
settled by:
weekly snap counts (he took no snap in the game)
difficulty:
2
the naive guess:
he keeps the job he had last season
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
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2Division Winners San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers to win the division
VerdictWaiting
Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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