Kyle Brandt#56 of 87 NFL pundits · Jan 6, 2026
Ranked the remaining AFC field with Jacksonville first, Buffalo second and Pittsburgh sixth, and called Jim Harbaugh a top-three head coach in the NFL.
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What Kyle Brandt said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI have the Jaguars as the number one team the [AFC] right now, non Denver edition.
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- GMFB Tuesday Hour 1: Ranking AFC Playoff Teams, Tony Dungy joins! Angry Runs
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- SaidJan 6
- GradedAug 5
- 1Power Rankings“number six. I have Pittsburgh... I have the charges... Houston... I have them all the way at number four... Next at number three, I got the Pats... I have Buffalo at the number two... I got du Ball County the Jaguars at number one”
- 2Head Coach Rankings“I love Jim Harbor and I think Jim Harbaugh is the top three coach in the NFL”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “number six. I have Pittsburgh... I have the charges...…”1 | Power Rankings | — | 85 | 15 | +70 | |
| “I love Jim Harbor and I think Jim Harbaugh is the top three…”2 | Head Coach Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 hit · 1 waiting | 85 | 15 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 1 head coach ranking and 1 power ranking — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 85 out of 100, against 15 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.
1Power RankingsLos Angeles Chargers
“number six. I have Pittsburgh... I have the charges... Houston... I have them all the way at number four... Next at number three, I got the Pats... I have Buffalo at the number two... I got du Ball County the Jaguars at number one”
VerdictHit85Hit · naive 1585this call−15a naive guess=70better than naive×1difficulty=+70skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 70
- method:
- spearman
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 85
- baseline:
- 15
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- teams ranked:
- 5
- weeks left when called:
- 0
“I love Jim Harbor and I think Jim Harbaugh is the top three coach in the NFL”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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