Eric Mangini#86 of 87 NFL pundits · Jan 24, 2025
Mangini disagreed with Cowherd's Bills pick, arguing Kansas City's playoff history against Buffalo gives them the edge, and said Chicago under Ben Johnson should at minimum make the playoffs and contend for the division.
Said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)Hear the original
What Eric Mangini said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromSo Buffalo's not totally sure whether they can be Kansas City, but Kansas City is absolutely sure they can be Buffalo.
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- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 2 - Colin's Blazin' Picks
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- SaidJan 24, 2025
- GradedAug 7–17, 2026
- 1Kansas City Chiefs to beat Buffalo“I usually agree with a lot of your blazing five and I disagreed with with all of it today, and I disagree with with the Buffalo kc take.”
- 2Chicago Bears to make the playoffs“they should be in the hunt to win that division and they should add a minimum, make the playoffs. I don't think that's an unreasonable expectation for him in Chicago with that talent level next year.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs to beat Buffalo1 | Game Outcome Picks | — | 100 | 100 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears to make the playoffs2 | Playoff Picks | Missed the playoffs | 0 | 100 | −100 | |
| 2 calls · 1 hit · 1 miss · all settled | 50 | 100 | ||||
Game calls show that game’s closing betting line under their grade: a dated fact from nflverse, for context and never part of a grade. MissedTakes takes no bets and earns nothing from any sportsbook.
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive2 checkable claims — 1 game outcome pick and 1 playoff pick — 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 have settled, averaging 50 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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 PicksKansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs to beat Buffalo
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 100100this call−100a naive guess=0better than naive×1difficulty=0skillClosing line (Jan 26): Chiefs by 1.5 · a toss-up, Bills 48%, Chiefs 52%.
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- KC
- score:
- 29-32
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- KC
- season:
- 2024
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- KC
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
Chicago Bears to make the playoffs
What happenedMissed the playoffs0Miss · naive 1000this call−100a naive guess=−100worse than naive×1difficulty=−100skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- team:
- CHI
- skill:
- −100
- season:
- 2024
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive guess said:
- no
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- made the playoffs:
- no
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
50naive 100
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The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
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