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Bucky Brooks#26 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 11, 2026

Brooks names the five riskiest and five best contracts of the 2026 offseason, arguing among other things that Alec Pierce will take over as the Colts' No. 1 receiving option and Alontae Taylor will play the CB1 role in Tennessee, while Kyler Murray, Riq Woolen, Braden Smith, Kenneth Walker III and Tyler Biadasz are bargains.

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Waiting2 calls, none settled yet

—Average accuracynothing settled yet

—A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

0 of 2Settled2 still waiting

#26Bucky Brooks’s rankof 87 ranked NFL pundits

What Bucky Brooks said

our reading, beside the words we read it from

It is rare for a WR2 to seamlessly transition to the WR1 role.

Bucky Brooks, the lead quote · each call’s own words are below

Where it was published: Fox Sports
The piece: The NFL's 5 Best And 5 Worst Contracts Of The Offseason
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1Alontae Taylor to be 1st on the depth chart“the fifth-year pro is expected to handle the CB1 role in Tennessee, aligning primarily on the outside to neutralize opposing No. 1 receivers”
2Alec Pierce to be 1st on the depth chart“Pierce is attempting to defy the odds after inking a lucrative extension to be the No. 1 option in the Colts’ passing game.”

Box score

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Verdict	Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
	Alontae Taylor to be 1st on the depth chart¹	Depth Chart Calls	—	—	—	—
	Alec Pierce to be 1st on the depth chart²	Depth Chart Calls	—	—	—	—
	2 calls · 2 waiting			—	—

How each call scored

2 checkable claims — 2 depth chart calls — 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 below the rest of the room on every one.

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

Alec Pierce · 2026 season

Bucky Brooks — 1the room — 10 calls from 10 punditsmedian 1

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.

1Depth Chart Calls Alontae Taylor Tennessee Titans
Alontae Taylor to be 1st on the depth chart
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2Depth Chart Calls Alec Pierce Indianapolis Colts
Alec Pierce to be 1st on the depth chart
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