Chad Ochocinco Johnson#63 of 87 NFL pundits · Jul 16, 2025

Ochocinco gave their own top-of-the-league quarterback ordering (Mahomes 1, Burrow 2, Lamar 3, Josh Allen 4), argued Jalen Hurts belongs in the top five ahead of Jayden Daniels, predicted the Eagles return to the Super Bowl, and forecast the Bengals beating the Steelers again while starting the season 5-0.

Said on air or in an interview · Nightcap (podcast)Hear the original

1 of 2calls landed1 hit · 1 miss · 1 too vague to check

50Average accuracyout of 100, across 2 calls

50A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

2 of 3Settlednone still waiting · 1 too vague to check

#63Chad Ochocinco Johnson’s rankof 87 ranked NFL pundits

What Chad Ochocinco Johnson said

our reading, beside the words we read it from

which is probably why they're gonna be back again in the Super Bowl

Chad Ochocinco Johnson, the lead quote · each call’s own words are below

Where it was said: Nightcap (podcast)
The episode: Nightcap NFL Recap - Part 2: Top 10 QBs entering 2025 + Garret Wilson got PAID
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SaidJul 15, 2025
GradedAug 17, 2026

1Cincinnati Bengals to beat Steelers“When the Steelers play the Bengals, we know what's gonna happen. They still gonna get this work... I'm just letting you know we're gonna beat them again”
2Philadelphia Eagles to reach the Super Bowl“Over there in Philly, which is probably why they're gonna be back again in the Super Bowl.”
3Season Win Totals“we're gonna beat them again, and we're gonna start the season five. And oh... this is the year we started now five and oh”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting

Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
Cincinnati Bengals to beat Steelers¹	Game Outcome Picks	—	100	100	0
Philadelphia Eagles to reach the Super Bowl²	Conference Champions	NE and SEA won	0	0	0
“we're gonna beat them again, and we're gonna start the season…”³	Season Win Totals	—	—	—	—
3 calls · 1 hit · 1 miss · 1 too vague to check			50	50

How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naive

3 claims — 1 conference champion, 1 game outcome pick and 1 season win total — the 2 we can check 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.

All 2 calls we can check have settled, averaging 50 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.

The other one was too vague to check, so it is not graded.

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.

1Game Outcome Picks Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals to beat Steelers
VerdictHit
100Hit · naive 100
100this call100a naive guess0better than naive2difficulty0skill
How this was scored
won:
CIN
score:
31-33
skill:
0
they picked:
CIN
season:
2025
accuracy:
100
baseline:
100
the naive pick:
CIN
difficulty:
2
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
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2Conference Champions Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles to reach the Super Bowl
What happenedNE and SEA wonpicked PHI
0Miss · naive 0
0this call0a naive guess0better than naive2difficulty0skill
How this was scored
skill:
0
they picked:
PHI
season:
2025
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
champions:
NE, SEA
difficulty:
2
the naive guess:
last season's conference champions
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
reached the Super Bowl:
no
lost the conference final:
no
Think this is wrong?
3Season Win Totals Cincinnati Bengals
“we're gonna beat them again, and we're gonna start the season five. And oh... this is the year we started now five and oh”
VerdictToo vague to check
Too vague to check: we could not tell what would count as right, so it stays on the record without a score.
Think this is wrong?
All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
50naive 50

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