Rich DavisJul 31, 2025
Argued the Steelers are an established nine-to-ten win team this season, and said they'd bet substantial money the 49ers finish better than the Cardinals.
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What Rich Davis said
I would be already established Steelers are a nine to ten win team easily.
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How the call scored
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The call scored 80 out of 100, against 85 for a naive guess at the same calls.
The 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 call; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Where this call stands in the room
Pittsburgh Steelers · 2025 season · wins10 calls from 9 pundits between 6 wins and 10 wins. Rich Davis said 9 wins. the room's median is 9 wins. what happened: 10 wins
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Season Win TotalsPittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers to finish with 9 wins
What happened10called 980Hit · naive 8580this call−85a naive guess=−5worse than naive×2difficulty=−10skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- team:
- PIT
- naive:
- 9.25
- skill:
- −10
- what happened:
- 10
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 5
- accuracy:
- 80
- baseline:
- 85
- they said:
- 9
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
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