Pat McAfeeNov 4, 2026
They said Joe Fagnano would start at quarterback for the Ravens on Thursday night because the Brissett trade would not be completed in time, with Jacoby Brissett likely making their first Baltimore start on Monday night against the Chargers.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromFagnano will be playing for the Ravens, because the Jacoby Brissett trade will not be finalized in time for Thursday night football.
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- 1Availability Calls“Fagnano will be playing for the Ravens, because the Jacoby Brissett trade will not be finalized in time for Thursday night football”
- 2Availability Calls“probably making his start Monday night football against the chargers next week”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Fagnano will be playing for the Ravens, because the Jacoby…”1 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “probably making his start Monday night football against the…”2 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 2 availability calls — 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.
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.
1Availability CallsJoe FagnanoBaltimore Ravens
“Fagnano will be playing for the Ravens, because the Jacoby Brissett trade will not be finalized in time for Thursday night football”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Availability CallsJacoby BrissettBaltimore Ravens
“probably making his start Monday night football against the chargers next week”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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