Jason McIntyre#46 of 87 NFL pundits · Jun 2, 2025
McIntyre expects the Chargers to win the AFC West and the Lions to fall off badly this season; they also rank Jalen Hurts as the fifth-best quarterback in the league.
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What Jason McIntyre said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI do believe the Chargers win the division.
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- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 3 - Some NFL predictions
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- SaidJun 2, 2025
- GradedAug 17, 2026
- 1Los Angeles Chargers to win the division“I do believe the Chargers win the division. I would not rule out the Broncos.”
- 2Jalen Hurts to finish top 5 at his position, by passing yards“I have been saying since the Super Bowl, you got to put Jalen Hurts at five. I think he's in that upper crust with Burrow, Lamar, Josh and Mahomes.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Chargers to win the division1 | Division Winners | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jalen Hurts to finish top 5 at his position, by passing yards2 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 miss · 1 too vague to check | 0 | 0 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 claims — 1 division winner and 1 positional finish — the one we can check graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
The one call we can check scored 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess at the same calls.
The other one was too vague to check, so it is not graded.
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.
1Division WinnersLos Angeles Chargers
Los Angeles Chargers to win the division
VerdictMiss0Miss · naive 00this call−0a naive guess=0better than naive×2difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- method:
- division winners read off the bracket: the bye teams and the wild-card hosts
- they picked:
- LAC
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- the naive pick:
- KC
- difficulty:
- 2
- the naive guess:
- last season's winner of the same division
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- won the division:
- no
2Positional FinishesJalen Hurts
Jalen Hurts to finish top 5 at his position, by passing yards
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.
Who this take is about
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More division winners
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
Daniel DiBerardinis · Division Winners · Atlanta Falcons · Miss 0
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Cowherd projects the NFC East with the Giants winning the division ahead of Philadelphia, Washington and Dallas, pegging the Cowboys as a six- or seven-win team. They also expect Malik Willis to land a big free-agent deal, Kayvon Thibodeaux to be moved, and Baltimore to lose Isaiah Likely, and they float the Rams reaching on Ty Simpson late in round one.Colin Cowherd · Division Winners · Baltimore Ravens · Miss 0
Cowherd likes Jacksonville, Chicago and Pittsburgh (with DK Metcalf back) in the wild-card round, ranks the league's head coaches with McVay first and Ben Johnson seventh, and predicts Lamar Jackson has about two strong years left. They also name the Rams as a possible team to draft a receiver and floats next year's draft having seven first-round quarterbacks.Rich Eisen · Division Winners · Jacksonville Jaguars · Hit 100
Eisen forecast the Week 18 results and the entire wild-card field: Buccaneers over Panthers but Carolina still gets in as the 5 seed when Atlanta beats New Orleans, 49ers over Seahawks, Ravens over Steelers, Jaguars beating Tennessee to win the AFC South, and six wild-card matchups (Seahawks-Panthers, Bills-Jaguars, Texans-Ravens, Packers-Bears, Chargers-Patriots, Rams-Eagles), with Houston upsetting Baltimore. They also tabbed Saints rookie Tyler Shough as a possible Offensive Rookie of the Year.Rich Eisen · Division Winners · Jacksonville Jaguars · Hit 100
Eisen called the 49ers-as-NFC-favorites take an overreaction, picked the Jaguars to beat the Titans and win their division, leaned Ravens over the Steelers in the Week 18 Sunday night game, expects the Bills to beat the Jets even without Josh Allen, sees the Chargers as the AFC's seventh seed, agreed Tyler Shough could win Offensive Rookie of the Year with a good Saints 2026, said Malik Willis will be a starter somewhere next season, and insisted Detroit goes into 2026 with Goff.