Pat Fitzmaurice#8 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 5, 2026
Fitz says Trevor Lawrence has become a top-10 quarterback with high-end QB1 potential while being drafted as a low-end QB1, and that Kyle Pitts should be Atlanta's No. 2 target-earner and is worth grabbing before the tight end drop-off after the top eight.
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What Pat Fitzmaurice said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromThere's high-end QB1 potential here — as we saw late last season — and yet Lawrence is being drafted as a low-end QB1, according to average draft position (ADP).
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- 1Trevor Lawrence to outplay his draft cost (being drafted as a low-end QB1, according to average draft position (ADP))“There's high-end QB1 potential here — as we saw late last season — and yet Lawrence is being drafted as a low-end QB1, according to average draft position (ADP).”
- 2Trevor Lawrence to finish top 10 at his position, by fantasy points“with Coen's help, the splendidly long-haired quarterback has finally become a top-10 quarterback”
- 3Kyle Pitts to be 2nd on the depth chart“The Falcons don't have a lot of firepower at wide receiver beyond Drake London, so Kyle Pitts could very well be Atlanta's No. 2 target-earner this season.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Lawrence to outplay his draft cost (being drafted as a low-end QB1, according to average draft position (ADP))1 | Sleeper Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Trevor Lawrence to finish top 10 at his position, by fantasy points2 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| Kyle Pitts to be 2nd on the depth chart3 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 1 depth chart call, 1 positional finish and 1 sleeper call — 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 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.
1Sleeper CallsTrevor LawrenceJacksonville Jaguars
Trevor Lawrence to outplay his draft cost (being drafted as a low-end QB1, according to average draft position (ADP))
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Positional FinishesTrevor LawrenceJacksonville Jaguars
Trevor Lawrence to finish top 10 at his position, by fantasy points
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Depth Chart CallsKyle PittsAtlanta Falcons
Kyle Pitts to be 2nd on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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