Ian RapoportNov 13, 2026
Rapoport expected Spencer Brown to be available for Buffalo on Sunday despite the missed practice time, saw Lamar Jackson returning from thumb surgery around Week 16 or 17 if Baltimore stays alive, said the Chargers have no intention of moving on from Justin Herbert, and expected George Pickens to play for Dallas.
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What Ian Rapoport said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromSo I don't know for sure for sure that he's playing Sunday, but it seems like it's trending in that direction.
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- PMS 2.0 1666 - TNF Recap, NFL Week 10 Preview/Picks, Ian Rapoport, Nick Saban, Boise State Head Coach Spencer Danielson, Stanford Steve, & AJ Hawk
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- 1Availability Calls“But I was told it was actually during the game, tried to go Wednesday, wasn't able to really go, but considered to be a minor injury. So I don't know for sure for sure that he's playing Sunday, but it seems like it's trending in that direction.”
- 2Availability Calls“Sounds like he had a pretty good practice yesterday... like, I think he's got a pretty good chance of playing... my sense is Pickens goes this week”
- 3Availability Calls“If they can stay alive, then you are gonna get a Lamar Jackson return either in week 16. So they have Sunday, then they have Thursday. So it'd be week 16 slash 17 or for that last game of the season.”
- 4Justin Herbert to stay with Los Angeles Chargers“with the with the Herbert thing, like, I've gotten zero sense that they would move on from him at all. And I know when teams called k. It was like nonstarter. Right? Like, Herbert is here. We like our guy.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “But I was told it was actually during the game, tried to go…”1 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “Sounds like he had a pretty good practice yesterday... like, I…”2 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “If they can stay alive, then you are gonna get a Lamar Jackson…”3 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Justin Herbert to stay with Los Angeles Chargers4 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 4 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
4 checkable claims — 3 availability calls and 1 trade and signing call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 8 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
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.
1Availability CallsSpencer BrownBuffalo Bills
“But I was told it was actually during the game, tried to go Wednesday, wasn't able to really go, but considered to be a minor injury. So I don't know for sure for sure that he's playing Sunday, but it seems like it's trending in that direction.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Availability CallsGeorge PickensDallas Cowboys
“Sounds like he had a pretty good practice yesterday... like, I think he's got a pretty good chance of playing... my sense is Pickens goes this week”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Availability CallsLamar JacksonBaltimore Ravens
“If they can stay alive, then you are gonna get a Lamar Jackson return either in week 16. So they have Sunday, then they have Thursday. So it'd be week 16 slash 17 or for that last game of the season.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Trade and Signing CallsJustin HerbertLos Angeles Chargers
Justin Herbert to stay with Los Angeles Chargers
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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