Mike Renner#28 of 87 NFL pundits · Feb 10, 2026
Brenner grouped all 32 teams into tiers for next season, naming the Giants, Falcons and Ravens as their "new coach turnaround" candidates most likely to bounce back under new staffs, and predicted the Jaguars will settle Travis Hunter into one spot — defensive back — in 2026.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromSomeone asked me on radio the other day, like, who's the team that's most likely to to do that, to turn around with the new head coach? I think it's one of these three teams.
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- 1Baltimore Ravens to beat expectations“I think it's the Falcons. It's the Ravens. Obviously, all new head coaching staffs there.”
- 2Travis Hunter to be 1st on the depth chart“I do think they're going to probably limit that and put him at one spot this next year, and it looks like it's gonna be DB.”
- 3Atlanta Falcons to beat expectations“I think it's the Falcons. It's the Ravens. Obviously, all new head coaching staffs there.”
- 4New York Giants to beat expectations“This is the new coach turnaround here... who's the team that's most likely to to do that, to turn around with the new head coach? I think it's one of these three teams. I think it's the Giants.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Ravens to beat expectations1 | Surprise Team Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Travis Hunter to be 1st on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Atlanta Falcons to beat expectations3 | Surprise Team Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| New York Giants to beat expectations4 | Surprise Team Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 4 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
4 checkable claims — 3 surprise team calls and 1 depth chart call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 5 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.
1Surprise Team CallsBaltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens to beat expectations
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Depth Chart CallsTravis HunterJacksonville Jaguars
Travis Hunter to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Surprise Team CallsAtlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons to beat expectations
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Surprise Team CallsNew York Giants
New York Giants to beat expectations
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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