Chad Jensen#81 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 26, 2026
Jensen expects the Broncos to sign fullback Adam Prentice to the active 53-man roster early the following week rather than risk losing them on waivers, with a corresponding cut coming Monday. They also anticipate Denver will clear a roster spot for Jonah Coleman once the running back's four-game IR stint ends around Week 7.
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What Chad Jensen said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromLook for Prentice to join the active squad early next week
- Where it was published
- Sports Illustrated
- The piece
- Broncos Bite the Jonah Coleman Bullet—What it Really Means
- The original
- Read the original
- Read it wrong?
- Tell us and we will look
- SaidSep 26
- GradedSep 27
- 1Jonah Coleman to be cut“But once Coleman heals up and his four weeks have passed, the Broncos will have to waive someone to make room for him on the 53-man roster. And they're going to need him.”
- 2Adam Prentice — “joins the active squad early next week”“Look for Prentice to join the active squad early next week”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonah Coleman to be cut1 | Roster Spot Calls | 3 weeks on a 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Prentice — “joins the active squad early next week”2 | Roster Spot Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 miss · 1 waiting | 0 | 0 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 2 roster spot calls — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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.
1Roster Spot CallsJonah ColemanDenver Broncos
Jonah Coleman to be cut
What happened3 weeks on a 530Miss · naive 00this call−0a naive guess=0better than naive×1.89difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- club:
- DEN
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Jonah Coleman
- season:
- 2026
- claimed:
- he does not make the 53
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- difficulty:
- 1.89
- the naive guess:
- he was on somebody's 53 last season, so he makes one again
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks on the53:
- 3
- weeks left when called:
- 16
- first week on the53:
- 1
- weeks on the practice squad:
- 0
2Roster Spot CallsAdam PrenticeDenver Broncos
Adam Prentice — “joins the active squad early next week”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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