Pete MartuneacOct 23, 2026
Martuneac expects Cole Kmet to miss extended time, pushing rookie Sam Roush into the Bears' TE2 role, and if Roush keeps struggling they predict Chicago will call up practice-squad veteran Stephen Carlson to take over as TE2.
Published in writing · Sports IllustratedRead the original
What Pete Martuneac said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromIf he continues to struggle, I would expect to see the Bears call up eight-year veteran Stephen Carlson from the practice squad to take over the TE2 role until Kmet returns.
- Where it was published
- Sports Illustrated
- The piece
- Cole Kmet Injury Will Force Struggling Bears Rookie into Significant Playing Time
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- SaidOct 23
- GradedNov 3
- 1Stephen Carlson to land on the practice squad“If he continues to struggle, I would expect to see the Bears call up eight-year veteran Stephen Carlson from the practice squad to take over the TE2 role until Kmet returns.”
- 2Sam Roush to be 2nd on the depth chart“The Bears are likely to be without their TE2 for the forseeable future, and that means struggling third-round rookie Sam Roush is about to be tossed into the deep end”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Carlson to land on the practice squad1 | Roster Spot Calls | 1 week on a 53 | 0 | 100 | −167 | |
| Sam Roush to be 2nd on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 miss · 1 waiting | 0 | 100 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive2 checkable claims — 1 depth chart call and 1 roster spot 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.
1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 0 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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.
1Roster Spot CallsStephen CarlsonChicago Bears
Stephen Carlson to land on the practice squad
What happened1 week on a 530Miss · naive 1000this call−100a naive guess=−100worse than naive×1.67difficulty=−167skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- club:
- CHI
- skill:
- −167
- player:
- Stephen Carlson
- season:
- 2026
- claimed:
- he lands on the practice squad
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- difficulty:
- 1.67
- the naive guess:
- he was on somebody's 53 last season, so he makes one again
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks on the53:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 12
- first week on the53:
- 8
- weeks on the practice squad:
- 7
2Depth Chart CallsSam RoushChicago Bears
Sam Roush to be 2nd on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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