Kent SwansonJul 2, 2026
Kent ranked their top 10 running backs for 2026 with Bijan Robinson first and Jahmyr Gibbs second, and was aggressive on rookie Jeremiah Love at No. 8, arguing Love is already one of the 10 best running backs in football.
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What Kent Swanson said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI think he's one of the 10 best running backs in football already.
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- The episode
- KC Laboratory 7/1: Where Does Chiefs' Kenneth Walker Rank Among Elite NFL RBs? (2026 RB Rankings)
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- 1Top Player Lists“it is gonna go Kyron Williams at number 10... Kenneth Walker is number nine... he's sitting there at number eight for me... I went with Saquon bark Barkley at seven, Derrick Henry at six, and James Cook at five... I'm going Devon h Chain at number four... Jonathan Taylor... And Jameer Gibbs... It's Bijon Robinson for me”
- 2Jeremiyah Love to finish top 10 at his position, by rushing yards“So I'm full send. I think he's one of the 10 best running backs in football already.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “it is gonna go Kyron Williams at number 10... Kenneth Walker is…”1 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| Jeremiyah Love to finish top 10 at his position, by rushing yards2 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 1 positional finish and 1 top player list — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.
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.
“it is gonna go Kyron Williams at number 10... Kenneth Walker is number nine... he's sitting there at number eight for me... I went with Saquon bark Barkley at seven, Derrick Henry at six, and James Cook at five... I'm going Devon h Chain at number four... Jonathan Taylor... And Jameer Gibbs... It's Bijon Robinson for me”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Positional FinishesJeremiyah Love
Jeremiyah Love to finish top 10 at his position, by rushing yards
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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