Robert SmithFeb 8, 2023
Smith ranks the top 10 running backs potentially heading to 2023 free agency, with Saquon Barkley first, Josh Jacobs second and Tony Pollard third, praising explosiveness and pass-catching versatility.
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What Robert Smith said
Here are my top-10 running backs potentially heading to free agency this offseason
- Where it was published
- The 33rd Team
- The piece
- 2023 NFL Free Agency: Ranking Top 10 Running Backs on the Market | The 33rd Team
- The original
- The copy as archived Dec 10, 2023
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- SaidFeb 8, 2023
- GradedAug 5, 2026
How the call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveOne checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.
The call scored 83 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.
The 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 call; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
“Top 10 Free Agent Running Backs — 10. Jerick McKinnon ... 1. Saquon Barkley, New York Giants”
VerdictHit83.03Hit · naive 5083.03this call−50a naive guess=33.03better than naive×1difficulty=+33.03skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- naive:
- a coin-flip ordering scores 50
- skill:
- 33.03
- placed:
- 10
- season:
- 2022
- players:
- 10
- accuracy:
- 83.03
- baseline:
- 50
- by position:
- RB 10: 83.03
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- could not place:
- 0
- weeks left when called:
- 0
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