Kent SwansonJul 23, 2026
The host gave their top 10 offensive tackles, leaving Andrew Thomas at 11 and putting Charles Cross in at 10, and predicted Penei Sewell will be the No. 1 tackle in all of football this season.
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What Kent Swanson said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI think this is the year that Penny Sule becomes the number one tackle in all of football, and I think we'll be saying that by the end of this year.
- Where it was said
- KC Sports Network (podcast)
- The episode
- KC Laboratory 7/22: Is the Chiefs' Tackle Situation a Real Crisis or Media Myth? (2026 OT Rankings)
- The original
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- 1Penei Sewell to finish top 1 at his position, by an unstated measure“I think this is the year that Penny Sule becomes the number one tackle in all of football, and I think we'll be saying that by the end of this year.”
- 2Top Player Lists“my first tier is the youth's. And I threw Charles Cross in there as my tenth player, and Darnell Wright... it is just the Chargers... It is just Joe Walt and Rayshawn Slater... It's Tunzel, Trent, and Lane Johnson in that order for me... we've got Jordan Milotz at three. We've got Tristan Wirfs at two, and we have Pena Sewell at number one... Andrew Thomas sat at eleven for me”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penei Sewell to finish top 1 at his position, by an unstated measure1 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| “my first tier is the youth's. And I threw Charles Cross in…”2 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 1 positional finish and 1 top player list — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
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.
1Positional FinishesPenei Sewell
Penei Sewell to finish top 1 at his position, by an unstated measure
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“my first tier is the youth's. And I threw Charles Cross in there as my tenth player, and Darnell Wright... it is just the Chargers... It is just Joe Walt and Rayshawn Slater... It's Tunzel, Trent, and Lane Johnson in that order for me... we've got Jordan Milotz at three. We've got Tristan Wirfs at two, and we have Pena Sewell at number one... Andrew Thomas sat at eleven for me”
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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