Carter Bahns#18 of 87 NFL pundits · Nov 9, 2026
Bahns writes that Drew Lock is likely to recover enough from their oblique injury to play against the Raiders in Week 10, and that Sam Darnold, after the extra week and the bye, will return against the 49ers on Nov. 29 as Seattle's locked-in starting quarterback.
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What Carter Bahns said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromDrew Lock has a good chance to recover enough from his oblique injury to play against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 10.
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- CBS Sports
- The piece
- Seahawks plan to start Drew Lock in Week 10 despite oblique injury, Sam Darnold to miss another game
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- 1Availability Calls“Drew Lock has a good chance to recover enough from his oblique injury to play against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 10.”
- 2Sam Darnold to be 1st on the depth chart“This is still Darnold's offense, though, and he figures to rejoin the lineup on the other side of the bye week as the locked-in starter.”
- 3Availability Calls“That sets him up to return for a critical NFC West showdown on the road against the San Francisco 49ers on Nov. 29.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Drew Lock has a good chance to recover enough from his oblique…”1 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Sam Darnold to be 1st on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “That sets him up to return for a critical NFC West showdown on…”3 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 2 availability calls and 1 depth chart call — 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.
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.
Where this call stands in the room
Sam Darnold · 2026 season5 calls from 4 pundits between 1 and 1. Carter Bahns said 1. the room's median is 1. not settled yet
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1Availability CallsDrew LockSeattle Seahawks
“Drew Lock has a good chance to recover enough from his oblique injury to play against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 10.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Depth Chart CallsSam DarnoldSeattle Seahawks
Sam Darnold to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Availability CallsSam DarnoldSeattle Seahawks
“That sets him up to return for a critical NFC West showdown on the road against the San Francisco 49ers on Nov. 29.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
Others on the same people
Rich Eisen · Trade and Signing Calls · Sam Darnold · Miss 0
Eisen expects Sam Darnold to remain in Minnesota rather than leave in free agency, and believes the Browns will trade Myles Garrett out of the conference, to an NFC team.Albert Breer · Game Outcome Picks · Seattle Seahawks · Hit 100
Breer picks the Seahawks to beat the Cardinals in their Week 9 NFC West matchup.Tyler Sullivan · Game Outcome Picks · Seattle Seahawks · Hit 100
Sullivan picks the Seahawks to win in Week 9.Dave Richard · Game Outcome Picks · Seattle Seahawks · Hit 100
Richard picks the Seahawks over the Cardinals.John Pluym · Game Outcome Picks · Seattle Seahawks · Hit 100
Pluym picks the Seahawks over the Cardinals.
More availability calls
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Acosta argues no Super Bowl contender is flawless and names the fatal flaw for each, but the only firm forward-looking claim is that Mike Evans is unlikely to play against Dallas next week. The rest are conditional 'if they lose, here's why' framings rather than outright predictions.John Breech · Availability Calls · Micah Parsons · Waiting
Breech offered five bold second-half predictions, chief among them that the Packers win the NFC North despite being the division's longest shot, and that the Broncos overtake the Bills for the AFC's No. 1 seed for a second straight year. Breech also expected Micah Parsons back on the field in Week 12.Jack Markowski · Availability Calls · Michael Pittman · Waiting
Markowski writes that with no practice window opened, Pittman Jr. is unlikely to play against Cincinnati, while Ben Skowronek appears ready to return for that same game.