Chad Ochocinco Johnson#63 of 87 NFL pundits · Jun 11, 2026
Ochocinco says Deshaun Watson will be Cleveland's starting quarterback with no real competition, that the Browns' young tight end will be a top-five tight end within a year or two, that Kyrie Irving ends up in Houston, and that the Knicks will close out the Spurs in San Antonio.
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What Chad Ochocinco Johnson said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromDeShawn Watson is going to be your starter, and it's going to be hit job to lose.
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- Nightcap Hour 2: Kyrie Irving COOKING at Top 100 Camp + Los Angeles Sparks BEAT Storm + Brittany Sykes GOES OFF For Toronto Tempo + Patrick Mahomes LANDS $500M CONTRACT + DeShaun Watson on BROWNS Fans NOT Supporting Him + AJ Brown CLAIMS He’s BEST WR to Play in PHILLY + De’Aaron Fox EXPLAINS Late Game BLUNDER
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- 1fannish to finish top 5 at his position, by an unstated measure“Another year or two, he's gonna be in that conversation with one of the better tight ends, maybe top five with the way he's playing.”
- 2Deshaun Watson to be 1st on the depth chart“You're going to be the starting quarterback. It's not gonna be a quarterback competition... that Shaun Watson is going to be your starter”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fannish to finish top 5 at his position, by an unstated measure1 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| Deshaun Watson to be 1st on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 waiting · 1 too vague to check | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 claims — 1 depth chart call and 1 positional finish — the one we can check graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
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The one call we can check has not settled yet — it grades once its result is in.
The other one was too vague to check, so it is not graded.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.
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Where this call stands in the room
Deshaun Watson · 2026 season75 calls from 42 pundits between 1 and 2. Chad Ochocinco Johnson said 1. the room's median is 1. not settled yet
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1Positional FinishesCleveland Browns
fannish to finish top 5 at his position, by an unstated measure
VerdictToo vague to checkToo vague to check: we could not tell what would count as right, so it stays on the record without a score.
2Depth Chart CallsDeshaun WatsonCleveland Browns
Deshaun Watson to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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