John Middlekauff#48 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 19, 2026
Middlekauff would rank the Ravens as the No. 1 team in the NFL after their win over the Colts, and says Chargers first-round running back Omarion Hampton looks like nothing special for a back taken that high.
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What John Middlekauff said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromIf you told me I had to do an AP top 25 for the NFL, I don't see how you wouldn't put the Ravens one.
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- 1Omarion Hampton to disappoint at the next level“I don't love O'Marion Hampton. I don't think there's that much there... I see nothing special for a first-round back.”
- 2Power Rankings“If you told me I had to do an AP top 25 for the NFL, I don't see how you wouldn't put the Ravens one.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omarion Hampton to disappoint at the next level1 | Draft Bust Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “If you told me I had to do an AP top 25 for the NFL, I don't…”2 | Power Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 1 draft bust 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.
1Draft Bust CallsOmarion HamptonLos Angeles Chargers
Omarion Hampton to disappoint at the next level
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“If you told me I had to do an AP top 25 for the NFL, I don't see how you wouldn't put the Ravens one.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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