Aaron LaddAug 27, 2026
Ladd sees the Chiefs as a wild card team in 2025, and expects Kansas City to lose the preseason finale to Seattle.
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What Aaron Ladd said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromKansas City is a wildcard team in my eyes.
- Where it was said
- Locked On Chiefs (podcast)
- The episode
- CHIEFS SQUAD SHOW: Can Rashee Rice EARN Eric Bieniemy’s Trust? Kansas City Chiefs ROSTER PREDICTIONS
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- SaidAug 26
- PlayedOct 25
- GradedOct 26
- 1Seattle Seahawks to beat Kansas City“Two and a half, two and a half Seattle three. Probably lose. So, you know I mean, they have not won a preseason.”
- 2Kansas City Chiefs to make the playoffs“Preseason finale, regular season's right around the corner. Kansas City is a wildcard team in my eyes.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks to beat Kansas City1 | Game Outcome Picks | Seahawks 20–3 | 100 | 100 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs to make the playoffs2 | Playoff Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 hit · 1 waiting | 100 | 100 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 1 game outcome pick and 1 playoff pick — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 100 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.
1Game Outcome PicksSeattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks to beat Kansas City
What happenedSeahawks 20–3Chiefs at Seahawks100Hit · naive 100100this call−100a naive guess=0better than naive×2difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- SEA
- score:
- 3-20
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- SEA
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- SEA
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
2Playoff PicksKansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs to make the playoffs
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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