Bucky Brooks#26 of 87 NFL pundits · May 26, 2026
Bucky Brooks ranks their top five quarterbacks entering the coming season, putting Matthew Stafford first, followed by Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow and Drake Maye.
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What Bucky Brooks said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromSo for me, I have Matthew Stafford at number one.
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- Rams Extend Stafford, Rodgers-Elway Debate, Re-Ranking the NFL's Top 5 Quarterbacks
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- 1Trevor Lawrence to finish top 5 at his position, by passing yards“when we come back next year at this time and talk about these Quarterbacks... Trevor lawrence is going to be in there... he's ready to take the jump to be one of those elite quarterbacks in this League”
- 2Top Player Lists“so this leads us to top five quarterbacks... for ME i Have Matthew stafford at number one... i have him at number two... That's Pat mahomes at number three... i Got Joe burrow in this Spot... i have him at four... at five for ME... that Is Drake May”
- 3Drake Maye to finish top 5 at his position, by passing yards“he is one of those guys that we're going to talk about and celebrate as a new school quarterback that is going to be a perennial top five”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Lawrence to finish top 5 at his position, by passing yards1 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| “so this leads us to top five quarterbacks... for ME i Have…”2 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| Drake Maye to finish top 5 at his position, by passing yards3 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 2 positional finishes and 1 top player list — 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 below the rest of the room on every one.
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
Drake Maye · 2026 season · positional finish6 calls from 4 pundits between 5 positional finish and 10 positional finish. Bucky Brooks said 5 positional finish. the room's median is 5 positional finish. not settled yet
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Their call against the record
positional finishTheir call against what actually happened last time. Not yet settled.
1Positional FinishesTrevor LawrenceJacksonville Jaguars
Trevor Lawrence to finish top 5 at his position, by passing yards
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“so this leads us to top five quarterbacks... for ME i Have Matthew stafford at number one... i have him at number two... That's Pat mahomes at number three... i Got Joe burrow in this Spot... i have him at four... at five for ME... that Is Drake May”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Positional FinishesDrake MayeNew England Patriots
Drake Maye to finish top 5 at his position, by passing yards
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
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
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