Chris Brockman#36 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 18, 2026
Brockman has the Texans falling out of the AFC playoff field with the Bengals taking a wild card at 10 wins, sees Jacksonville as the only AFC South playoff team, likes the Ravens to win the North, and in the NFC drops Carolina while buying New Orleans to win the South.
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What Chris Brockman said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI like the offense to stay healthy and put up all the points that we've we've expected, and I like the defense to be slightly above terrible.
- Where it was said
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 1: NFL Playoff Predictions, Cowboys’ Outlook, plus Pro Football Hall of Famer Drew Brees
- The original
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- Tell us and we will look
- 1Baltimore Ravens to win the division“Yeah. I'm gonna take the Ravens to win the win the North.”
- 2Cincinnati Bengals to finish with 10 wins“that's gonna be good enough to to get to 10 wins and make the playoffs”
- 3New Orleans Saints to win the division“I'm buying the Saints to win the South.”
- 4Cincinnati Bengals to make the playoffs“the team that's in, I'm gonna say the Cincinnati Bengals are in this year... that's gonna be good enough to to get to 10 wins and make the playoffs”
- 5New Orleans Saints to make the playoffs“And I'm in I'm buying I'm buying the Saints... I'm buying the Saints to win the South.”
- 6Jacksonville Jaguars to make the playoffs“And I like one team to come out of that division, to make the playoffs, and that's Jacksonville”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Ravens to win the division1 | Division Winners | — | — | — | — | |
| Cincinnati Bengals to finish with 10 wins2 | Season Win Totals | — | — | — | — | |
| New Orleans Saints to win the division3 | Division Winners | — | — | — | — | |
| Cincinnati Bengals to make the playoffs4 | Playoff Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| New Orleans Saints to make the playoffs5 | Playoff Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Jacksonville Jaguars to make the playoffs6 | Playoff Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 calls · 6 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
6 checkable claims — 3 playoff picks, 2 division winners and 1 season win total — 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.
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
Cincinnati Bengals · 2026 season · wins8 calls from 5 pundits between 9 wins and 13 wins. Chris Brockman said 10 wins. the room's median is 10 wins. not settled yet
Every dot is a call somebody published on the same question. Where the dots land says where this take sits, not whether it is right — nothing here is settled yet. Hover a dot for the name and number; click it to read that take.
1Division WinnersBaltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens to win the division
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Season Win TotalsCincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals to finish with 10 wins
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Division WinnersNew Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints to win the division
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Playoff PicksCincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals to make the playoffs
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
5Playoff PicksNew Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints to make the playoffs
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
6Playoff PicksJacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars to make the playoffs
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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More playoff picks
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
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