John Breech#34 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 21, 2026
Breech expects Dexter Lawrence to be a disruptive game-changer for Cincinnati's defense this season, and thinks Braxton Jones is the favorite to win the Bears' starting left tackle job. They also suggest Colston Loveland could emerge as one of the NFL's top tight ends.
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What John Breech said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromJones feels like the favorite right now, but Trapilo could certainly end up getting the job back once he's healthy enough to play.
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- Bengals-Bears joint practice takeaways: Joe Burrow gets into rare scuffle, defense terrorizes Caleb Williams
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- 1Positional Finishes“it's starting to feel like he could emerge as one of the top tight ends in the NFL this year”
- 2Braxton Jones to be 1st on the depth chart“Based on how the reps were divvied up Thursday, it's starting to feel like this is Jones' job to lose. He got most of the first-team reps during practice and performed well... Jones feels like the favorite right now”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “it's starting to feel like he could emerge as one of the top…”1 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| Braxton Jones to be 1st on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 waiting · 1 too vague to check | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 claims — 1 depth chart call and 1 positional finish — the one we can check graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
The one call we can check has not settled yet — it grades once its result is in.
The other one was too vague to check, so it is not graded.
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.
Where this call stands in the room
Braxton Jones · 2026 season14 calls from 10 pundits between 1 and 1. John Breech said 1. the room's median is 1. not settled yet
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1Positional FinishesColston LovelandChicago Bears
“it's starting to feel like he could emerge as one of the top tight ends in the NFL this year”
VerdictToo vague to checkToo vague to check: we could not tell what would count as right, so it stays on the record without a score.
2Depth Chart CallsBraxton JonesChicago Bears
Braxton Jones to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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