Mina KimesFeb 23, 2026

Kimes projects Washington receiver Denzel Boston as a second-half-of-the-first-round pick and expects the Chargers to move on from Mekhi Becton.

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2 of 2calls landed2 hits · all settled

100Average accuracyout of 100, across 2 calls

25A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

2 of 2Settlednone still waiting

0Waitingnot graded yet

What Mina Kimes said

our reading, beside the words we read it from

Denzel Boston out of Washington is a player I love, in terms of the second half of the first round.

Mina Kimes, the lead quote · each call’s own words are below

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SaidFeb 23
GradedAug 18–Sep 29

1Mekhi Becton to move to Los Angeles Chargers“I think the chargers are most likely to move on from Makhi Becton.”
2Denzel Boston to be picked “the second half of the first round” (picks 1–64)“Denzel Boston out of Washington is a player I love, in terms of the second half of the first round, for a team like Baltimore that desperately needs red zone size”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting

Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
Mekhi Becton to move to Los Angeles Chargers¹	Trade and Signing Calls	—	100	0	+200
Denzel Boston to be picked “the second half of the first round” (picks 1–64)²	Mock Draft Picks	Went 39	100	50	—
2 calls · 2 hits · all settled			100	25

How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naive

2 checkable claims — 1 mock draft pick and 1 trade and signing 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.

All 2 have settled, averaging 100 out of 100, against 25 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.

1Trade and Signing Calls Mekhi Becton Los Angeles Chargers
Mekhi Becton to move to Los Angeles Chargers
VerdictHit
100Hit · naive 0
100this call0a naive guess100better than naive2difficulty+200skill
How this was scored
skill:
200
player:
Mekhi Becton
season:
2026
claimed:
he leaves
was with:
LAC
accuracy:
100
baseline:
0
reported:
signed → GB
settled by:
a confirmed report from the crawl (reported outcomes)
difficulty:
2
the naive guess:
he stays where he is
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
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2Mock Draft Picks Denzel Boston
Denzel Boston to be picked “the second half of the first round” (picks 1–64)
What happenedWent 39
100Hit · naive 50
How this was scored
draft:
2026
naive:
a shuffled mock scores 50
player:
Denzel Boston
season:
2025
zero credit this far off:
32
accuracy:
100
baseline:
50
actual pick:
39
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
pick accuracy:
100
predicted pick:
the second half of the first round (picks 1–64)
weeks left when called:
0
mock ordering score:
only one pick — no order to score
Think this is wrong?
All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
100naive 25