Pete Prisco#51 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 22, 2026
Prisco's Week 3 power rankings put Seattle first, Buffalo second and the Bengals up to fourth on the strength of their revamped defense, with Miami last. They also suggested Bryce Young's strong start will earn them a long-term deal from Carolina.
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What Pete Prisco said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromThe Bengals are up to fourth in my Power Rankings this week as they prepare for a division game at Pittsburgh against the Steelers.
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- Prisco's NFL Week 3 Power Rankings: Bengals catching fire behind revamped defense, Bills just behind Seahawks
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- 1Power Rankings“Rk Teams Chg Rcrd — 1 Seahawks ... 32 Dolphins (Week 3 Power Rankings)”
- 2Bryce Young to sign a new deal with Carolina Panthers“Bryce Young lit up the Falcons and he's off to a good start. He's going to make them pay him to be their long-term guy at this rate.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Rk Teams Chg Rcrd — 1 Seahawks ... 32 Dolphins (Week 3 Power…”1 | Power Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| Bryce Young to sign a new deal with Carolina Panthers2 | Contract Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 1 contract call and 1 power ranking — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 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.
“Rk Teams Chg Rcrd — 1 Seahawks ... 32 Dolphins (Week 3 Power Rankings)”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Contract CallsBryce YoungCarolina Panthers
Bryce Young to sign a new deal with Carolina Panthers
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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