Andrew SantinoSep 17, 2025
Santino, as recounted on the show, predicted in May that the Bears would finish 11-6.
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What Andrew Santino said
He said the Bears were gonna go eleven and six when he did the win loss game back in May.
- Where it was said
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 1: NFL Network’s Kurt Warner, Rich’s Top 5 NFL MVP Candidates through Week 2
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- SaidSep 17, 2025
- GradedAug 13, 2026
How the call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveOne checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.
The call scored 100 out of 100, against 15 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
Chicago Bears · 2025 season · wins11 calls from 8 pundits between 5 wins and 11 wins. Andrew Santino said 11 wins. the room's median is 9 wins. what happened: 11 wins
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Their call against what happened
winsTheir call against what actually happened.
Season Win TotalsChicago Bears
Chicago Bears to finish with 11 wins
What happened11called 11100Hit · naive 15100this call−15a naive guess=85better than naive×1.89difficulty=+160.65skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- team:
- CHI
- naive:
- 6.75
- skill:
- 160.65
- what happened:
- 11
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 5
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 15
- they said:
- 11
- difficulty:
- 1.89
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 16
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