Mike GarafoloJan 6, 2026
Ranked the six remaining AFC teams with Buffalo first, New England second and the Chargers last, citing the Bills' run game and Jacksonville's run defense.
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What Mike Garafolo said
It's a little bit of a leap of faith... Let's go Buffalo.
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The call scored 88.6 out of 100, against 20 for a naive guess at the same calls.
The 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 call; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
“So I got the Chargers at six... The Pittsburgh Steelers are number five... they are playing in the Houston Texans... I'm going to put the number one rushing defense here [Jaguars]... I'm gonna put the Patriots here... So I put them at number two, number one. Let's go Buffalo”
VerdictHit88.57Hit · naive 2088.57this call−20a naive guess=68.57better than naive×1difficulty=+68.57skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 68.57
- method:
- spearman
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 88.57
- baseline:
- 20
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- teams ranked:
- 6
- weeks left when called:
- 0
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