Simon HunterJul 31, 2026
Simon Hunter's biggest bet in the NFC South is the Saints to win the division, calling the plus-260 price great value; they expect the Panthers to land at eight or nine wins again and rates the Buccaneers' and Saints' offensive lines among the league's best, while viewing Baker Mayfield as a top-10-to-15 quarterback.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromThis is my biggest bat by four in this division is on the plus two to seventy plus two sixty where you can find on this team to win this division.
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- Sharp Or Square - NFC SOUTH BETTING PREVIEW: Falcons, Saints, Texans & Panthers Predictions
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- 1Position Group Rankings“They have have them great as my fifth best offensive line.”
- 2Position Group Rankings“They've I really addressed the offensive line could be another offense lines in the top five.”
- 3New Orleans Saints to win the division“this is my biggest bat by four in this division is on the plus two to seventy plus two sixty where you can find on this team to win this division”
- 4Baker Mayfield to finish top 15 at his position, by passing yards“This isn't the twenty fifth quarterback in this league. This day guy that's in the top fifteen, top ten.”
- 5Carolina Panthers to finish with 8–9 wins“the Panthers are going to eight wins again, wouldn't be that shocked... But I think they're gonna have eight or nine wins like that”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “They have have them great as my fifth best offensive line.”1 | Position Group Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| “They've I really addressed the offensive line could be another…”2 | Position Group Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| New Orleans Saints to win the division3 | Division Winners | — | — | — | — | |
| Baker Mayfield to finish top 15 at his position, by passing yards4 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| Carolina Panthers to finish with 8–9 wins5 | Season Win Totals | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 calls · 5 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
5 checkable claims — 2 position group rankings, 1 division winner, 1 positional finish and 1 season win total — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 4 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.
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.
“They have have them great as my fifth best offensive line.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“They've I really addressed the offensive line could be another offense lines in the top five.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Division WinnersNew Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints to win the division
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Positional FinishesBaker MayfieldTampa Bay Buccaneers
Baker Mayfield to finish top 15 at his position, by passing yards
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
5Season Win TotalsCarolina Panthers
Carolina Panthers to finish with 8–9 wins
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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