Chad Ochocinco Johnson#63 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 16, 2025

Johnson predicted Ja'Marr Chase would go over 74.5 receiving yards against the Steelers, said the Bengals can beat Pittsburgh in a close, low-scoring game, and forecast that George Pickens will leave Dallas in free agency and sign with the Raiders.

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1 of 2calls landed1 hit · 1 miss · all settled

50Average accuracyout of 100, across 2 calls

50A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

2 of 2Settlednone still waiting

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What Chad Ochocinco Johnson said

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I'm telling you Pickings to the Raiders.

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Where it was said: Nightcap (podcast)
The episode: Nightcap Hour 1: Tua APOLOGIZES for SNITCHING + Rico Dowdle talks BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE vs Cowboys + FLACCO & CHASE take CONTROL + Pickens SHOWCASES Talents
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SaidOct 16, 2025
GradedAug 17–Sep 18, 2026

1George Pickens to move to Las Vegas Raiders“pick going and pick going to the Raiders. I'm telling you, I'm putting that in the universe right now”
2Cincinnati Bengals to beat Steelers“I think we have a good chance at competing and beating the Steelers.”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting

Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
George Pickens to move to Las Vegas Raiders¹	Trade and Signing Calls	Ended up with DAL	0	0	0
Cincinnati Bengals to beat Steelers²	Game Outcome Picks	—	100	100	0
2 calls · 1 hit · 1 miss · all settled			50	50

Game calls show that game’s closing betting line under their grade: a dated fact from nflverse, for context and never part of a grade. MissedTakes takes no bets and earns nothing from any sportsbook.

How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naive

2 checkable claims — 1 game outcome pick and 1 trade and signing 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.

All 2 have settled, averaging 50 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.

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 Calls George Pickens Las Vegas Raiders
George Pickens to move to Las Vegas Raiders
What happenedEnded up with DALcalled LV
0Miss · naive 0
0this call0a naive guess0better than naive1.67difficulty0skill
How this was scored
skill:
0
player:
George Pickens
season:
2025
claimed:
LV
was with:
PIT
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
difficulty:
1.67
the naive guess:
he stays where he is
weeks in the season:
18
ended up with:
DAL
weeks left when called:
12
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2Game Outcome Picks Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals to beat Steelers
VerdictHit
100Hit · naive 100
100this call100a naive guess0better than naive1.67difficulty0skill
Closing line (Oct 16): Steelers by 5.5 · underdog pick, Bengals about 1 in 3 (32%).
How this was scored
won:
CIN
score:
31-33
skill:
0
they picked:
CIN
season:
2025
accuracy:
100
baseline:
100
the naive pick:
CIN
difficulty:
1.67
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
12
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The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
50naive 50