Carter Bahns#18 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 12, 2026
The piece suggests the next tight ends in line for massive contracts — and the first to break the $20 million per-year barrier at the position — are Brock Bowers and Sam LaPorta.
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What Carter Bahns said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromIf a tight end is to finally break that $20 million threshold, it could be either Bowers or Detroit Lions weapon Sam LaPorta, who are next in line to receive life-changing money.
- Where it was published
- CBS Sports
- The piece
- Tucker Kraft, Michael Mayer join highest-paid tight ends with contract extensions
- The original
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- 1Brock Bowers to move to Las Vegas Raiders“If a tight end is to finally break that $20 million threshold, it could be either Bowers or Detroit Lions weapon Sam LaPorta, who are next in line to receive life-changing money.”
- 2Sam LaPorta to move to Detroit Lions“If a tight end is to finally break that $20 million threshold, it could be either Bowers or Detroit Lions weapon Sam LaPorta, who are next in line to receive life-changing money.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Bowers to move to Las Vegas Raiders1 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Sam LaPorta to move to Detroit Lions2 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 2 trade and signing calls — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 4 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.
1Trade and Signing CallsBrock BowersLas Vegas Raiders
Brock Bowers to move to Las Vegas Raiders
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Trade and Signing CallsSam LaPortaDetroit Lions
Sam LaPorta to move to Detroit Lions
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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