Andrew Erickson#30 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 20, 2026
Erickson ranks Chase Brown as their RB5 and would draft them ahead of Jeanty and Barkley, and picks Blake Corum as a late-round back who can crack the top 24.
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What Andrew Erickson said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromChase Brown. Currently ranked as my RB5.
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- 18 League-Winning Running Backs to Target (2026 Fantasy Football)
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- 1Chase Brown to finish top 5 at his position, by fantasy points“Chase Brown. Currently ranked as my RB5.”
- 2Blake Corum to outplay his draft cost (an RB3 cost)“Because if Williams were to miss any time, Corum would be a locked-and-loaded top-10 fantasy RB (at an RB3 cost).”
- 3Blake Corum to finish top 24 at his position, by fantasy points“Even without an injury, Corum could easily crack the top-24 RBs based on how explosive he was last year”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Brown to finish top 5 at his position, by fantasy points1 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| Blake Corum to outplay his draft cost (an RB3 cost)2 | Sleeper Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Blake Corum to finish top 24 at his position, by fantasy points3 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 2 positional finishes and 1 sleeper call — 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 above the room on 1 and below it on 1.
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
Chase Brown · 2026 season · positional finish10 calls from 7 pundits between 5 positional finish and 17 positional finish. Andrew Erickson said 5 positional finish. the room's median is 10 positional finish. not settled yet
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.
Their call against the room
positional finishTheir call against everyone else's, while this is still unsettled.
1Positional FinishesChase BrownCincinnati Bengals
Chase Brown to finish top 5 at his position, by fantasy points
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Sleeper CallsBlake CorumLos Angeles Rams
Blake Corum to outplay his draft cost (an RB3 cost)
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Positional FinishesBlake CorumLos Angeles Rams
Blake Corum to finish top 24 at his position, by fantasy points
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
Others on the same people
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More positional finishes
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