Jordan FooteOct 4, 2026
Foote expects safety Chamarri Conner, back from a knee injury, to eventually take over as a starting safety for the Chiefs over Jaden Hicks, lining up alongside Alohi Gilman. They also note Cole Christiansen has used their final standard elevation and will revert to the practice squad after the Week 4 game.
Published in writing · Sports IllustratedRead the original
What Jordan Foote said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromThe defense's leading snap-getter from 2025 figures to eventually replace Jaden Hicks as a starter alongside offseason pickup Alohi Gilman in the secondary.
- Where it was published
- Sports Illustrated
- The piece
- Complete Chiefs Inactives for Week 4 vs. Raiders: Who's In, Who's Out?
- The original
- Read the original
- Read it wrong?
- Tell us and we will look
- SaidOct 4
- GradedOct 5
- 1Cole Christiansen to land on the practice squad“That maxes out his allotted total of three elevations for the regular season, meaning he'll head back to the practice squad following Sunday's game.”
- 2Chamarri Conner to be 1st on the depth chart“The defense's leading snap-getter from 2025 figures to eventually replace Jaden Hicks as a starter alongside offseason pickup Alohi Gilman in the secondary.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Christiansen to land on the practice squad1 | Roster Spot Calls | 3 weeks on a 53 | 0 | 100 | −183 | |
| Chamarri Conner to be 1st on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 miss · 1 waiting | 0 | 100 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive2 checkable claims — 1 depth chart call and 1 roster spot call — 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.
1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 0 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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.
1Roster Spot CallsCole ChristiansenKansas City Chiefs
Cole Christiansen to land on the practice squad
What happened3 weeks on a 530Miss · naive 1000this call−100a naive guess=−100worse than naive×1.83difficulty=−183skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- club:
- KC
- skill:
- −183
- player:
- Cole Christiansen
- season:
- 2026
- claimed:
- he lands on the practice squad
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- difficulty:
- 1.83
- the naive guess:
- he was on somebody's 53 last season, so he makes one again
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks on the53:
- 3
- weeks left when called:
- 15
- first week on the53:
- 2
- weeks on the practice squad:
- 1
2Depth Chart CallsChamarri ConnerKansas City Chiefs
Chamarri Conner to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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