Albert Breer#35 of 87 NFL pundits · Nov 2, 2026
Albert argues Lamar Jackson's contract situation is the league's big quarterback question, while predicting that the other star quarterbacks stay put — Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes and Brock Purdy aren't moving, and Caleb Williams and Drake Maye will sign long-term extensions with their current teams.
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What Albert Breer said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromIn all likelihood, Caleb Williams and Drake May are gonna sign long-term extensions where they're at.
- Where it was published
- Sports Illustrated
- The piece
- Lamar Jackson's Injury Could Really Complicate His Next Contract
- The original
- Read the original
- Read it wrong?
- Tell us and we will look
- 1Josh Allen to move — “not changing teams”“it's not like Josh Allen's changing teams”
- 2Brock Purdy to stay put“Brock Purdy is not going anywhere.”
- 3Patrick Mahomes to stay put“Patrick Mahomes isn't going anywhere”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Allen to move — “not changing teams”1 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Brock Purdy to stay put2 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Patrick Mahomes to stay put3 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 3 trade and signing calls — 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.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
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.
1Trade and Signing CallsJosh Allen
Josh Allen to move — “not changing teams”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Trade and Signing CallsBrock Purdy
Brock Purdy to stay put
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Trade and Signing CallsPatrick Mahomes
Patrick Mahomes to stay put
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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