John Breech#34 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 18, 2026

Breech has San Francisco routing Miami 38-16 and says the Dolphins are headed for an 0-17 season; they also pick Arizona to upset Seattle 20-17.

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1 of 2calls landed1 hit · 1 miss · 1 waiting

50Average accuracyout of 100, across 2 calls

25A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

2Games calledeveryone’s picks below

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What John Breech said

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The Dolphins' run to 0-17 is officially on.

John Breech, the lead quote · each call’s own words are below

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SaidSep 18
PlayedSep 20
GradedSep 21

1San Francisco 49ers 38 — Dolphins 16“John Breech on why he has San Francisco pulling off the 38-16 win over Miami.”
2Arizona Cardinals 20 — Seahawks 17“John Breech on why he has the Cardinals pulling off another upset and beating the Seahawks, 20-17.”
3Miami Dolphins to finish with 0 wins“The Dolphins' run to 0-17 is officially on.”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting

Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
San Francisco 49ers 38 — Dolphins 16¹	Score Predictions	49ers 35–13	100	50	+97
Arizona Cardinals 20 — Seahawks 17²	Score Predictions	Seahawks 31–7	0	0	0
Miami Dolphins to finish with 0 wins³	Season Win Totals	—	—	—	—
3 calls · 1 hit · 1 miss · 1 waiting			50	25

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a naive guessbetter than naive

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2 of 3 have settled so far, averaging 50 out of 100, against 25 for a naive guess at the same calls.

Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.

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

Miami Dolphins · 2026 season · wins

John Breech — 0 winsthe room — 15 calls from 12 punditsmedian 3 wins

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1Score Predictions San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers 38 — Dolphins 16
What happened49ers 35–13called 49ers by 22 · won by 22
100Hit · naive 50
100this call50a naive guess50better than naive1.94difficulty+97skill
Closing line (Sep 20): 49ers by 12.5, total 44.5 · this 38–16 calls a bigger 49ers win (by 22) and more points (54).
How this was scored
score:
13-35
skill:
97
they picked:
SF
season:
2026
accuracy:
100
baseline:
50
difficulty:
1.94
weeks in the season:
18
actual margin:
22
weeks left when called:
17
naive home margin:
−0.52
predicted margin:
22
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2Score Predictions Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals 20 — Seahawks 17
What happenedSeahawks 31–7called Cardinals by 3 · lost by 24
0Miss · naive 0
0this call0a naive guess0better than naive1.94difficulty0skill
Closing line (Sep 20): Seahawks by 3.5, total 40.5 · this 20–17 calls a Cardinals win (by 3; the line gave the Cardinals about 1 in 3 (34%)) and fewer points (37).
How this was scored
score:
31-7
skill:
0
they picked:
ARI
season:
2026
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
difficulty:
1.94
weeks in the season:
18
actual margin:
24
weeks left when called:
17
naive home margin:
−0.52
predicted margin:
3
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3Season Win Totals Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins to finish with 0 wins
VerdictWaiting
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The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
50naive 25

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