Carter Bahns#18 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 19, 2026
The unsigned CBS Sports newsletter relays its preseason college football award picks (Oregon's Dante Moore for Player of the Year, Dan Lanning for Coach of the Year), says Deshaun Watson is on track to win Cleveland's starting quarterback job, casts Keenan Allen as the Colts' third receiving option, and presents its UFC pound-for-pound rankings with Islam Makhachev still No. 1.
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What Carter Bahns said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromDeshaun Watson is on track to win the starting quarterback job in Cleveland
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- 1Dante Moore to win Player of the Year“Oregon hauled in two of them with Dante Moore winning Player of the Year and Dan Lanning taking home Coach of the Year.”
- 2Dan Lanning to win Coach of the Year“Oregon hauled in two of them with Dante Moore winning Player of the Year and Dan Lanning taking home Coach of the Year.”
- 3Keenan Allen to be 3rd on the depth chart“Keenan Allen, who intends to sign a one-year deal with the Colts as a third option to starting receivers Alec Pierce and Josh Downs”
- 4Deshaun Watson to be 1st on the depth chart“Deshaun Watson is on track to win the starting quarterback job in Cleveland”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Moore to win Player of the Year1 | Award Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Dan Lanning to win Coach of the Year2 | Coach Award Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Keenan Allen to be 3rd on the depth chart3 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Deshaun Watson to be 1st on the depth chart4 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 4 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
4 checkable claims — 2 depth chart calls, 1 award pick and 1 coach award pick — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 5 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Of the 2 unsettled calls enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands above the room on 1 and below it on 1.
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
Deshaun Watson · 2026 season64 calls from 36 pundits between 1 and 2. Carter Bahns said 1. the room's median is 1. not settled yet
Every dot is a call somebody published on the same question. Where the dots land says where this take sits, not whether it is right — nothing here is settled yet. Hover a dot for the name and number; click it to read that take.
Dante Moore to win Player of the Year
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Dan Lanning to win Coach of the Year
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Depth Chart CallsKeenan AllenIndianapolis Colts
Keenan Allen to be 3rd on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Depth Chart CallsDeshaun WatsonCleveland Browns
Deshaun Watson to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
Others on the same people
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