Derek Brown#12 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 8, 2026
In their Week 5 primer, Brown projects that Bengals receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins both sit out Week 5 with injuries, expects Dolphins receiver Caleb Douglas to miss another week with an ankle issue, and says Will Shipley takes over as Philadelphia's lead back while Saquon Barkley is out.
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What Derek Brown said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromWith Tank Bigsby on the IR and Saquon Barkley injured, Will Shipley will take over as Philly's lead back until Barkley returns.
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- FantasyPros
- The piece
- The Primer: Week 5 Edition (2026 Fantasy Football)
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- 1Will Shipley to be 1st on the depth chart“With Tank Bigsby on the IR and Saquon Barkley injured, Will Shipley will take over as Philly's lead back until Barkley returns.”
- 2Availability Calls“Tee Higgins sustained a groin injury last week. I'm projecting that he misses Week 5”
- 3Availability Calls“Caleb Douglas looks like he'll be sidelined for another week (ankle). He opened this week with another DNP. (Week 5)”
- 4Availability Calls“I'm assuming that Ja'Marr Chase (concussion) and Tee Higgins (groin) miss this week's game (Week 5)”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Shipley to be 1st on the depth chart1 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “Tee Higgins sustained a groin injury last week. I'm projecting…”2 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “Caleb Douglas looks like he'll be sidelined for another week…”3 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “I'm assuming that Ja'Marr Chase (concussion) and Tee Higgins…”4 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 4 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
4 checkable claims — 3 availability calls and 1 depth chart call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 7 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.
Where this call stands in the room
Will Shipley · 2026 season12 calls from 4 pundits between 1 and 3. Derek Brown said 1. the room's median is 1. not settled yet
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Their call against the room
Their call against everyone else's, while this is still unsettled.
1Depth Chart CallsWill ShipleyPhiladelphia Eagles
Will Shipley to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Availability CallsTee HigginsCincinnati Bengals
“Tee Higgins sustained a groin injury last week. I'm projecting that he misses Week 5”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Availability CallsCaleb DouglasMiami Dolphins
“Caleb Douglas looks like he'll be sidelined for another week (ankle). He opened this week with another DNP. (Week 5)”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Availability CallsJa'Marr ChaseCincinnati Bengals
“I'm assuming that Ja'Marr Chase (concussion) and Tee Higgins (groin) miss this week's game (Week 5)”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
Others on the same people
Garrett Podell · Game Outcome Picks · Philadelphia Eagles · Miss 0
Podell predicts the Eagles, behind new starting quarterback Joe Milton III, snap their six-game losing streak by upsetting the first-place Giants in Week 9.Eric Mangini · Game Outcome Picks · Cincinnati Bengals · Hit 100
Mangini picked New England to beat Green Bay by more than a field goal, flagged Tampa Bay as their upset alert over Chicago, expects Kansas City to handle the Jets, took Buffalo over Minnesota, backed Cincinnati over Atlanta in Madrid, and updated their Super Bowl to Rams–Bengals.Rich Eisen · Game Outcome Picks · Cincinnati Bengals · Hit 100
Previewing the Bengals-Falcons game in Madrid, Eisen expects Cincinnati to fall behind by two scores before Joe Burrow brings them back to win.Connor Rogers · Game Outcome Picks · Cincinnati Bengals · Hit 100
Rogers picked straight-up winners in every Week 9 game, agreeing with Simms on all of them, and gave a 24-20 Bills score over the Vikings on Monday night.
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