Manti Te'o#65 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 1, 2025

Manti picked Giants edge Abdul Carter as Defensive Rookie of the Year, Colts tight end Tyler Warren as Offensive Rookie of the Year, and Dan Campbell as Coach of the Year.

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0 of 3calls landed3 misses · all settled

0Average accuracyout of 100, across 3 calls

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So I got Abdul Carter as a defensive Rookie of the Year.

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Where it was said: Move the Sticks (podcast)
The episode: GMFB Monday Hour 2: Brazil Matchup, Bills/Ravens rematch, and Rookie of the Year Predictions
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SaidSep 1, 2025
GradedAug 7, 2026

1Abdul Carter to win Defensive Rookie of the Year“And that is Abdull Carter. Of the New York Giants. Will win. He's got to defensive Rookie of the Year.”
2Tyler Warren to win Offensive Rookie of the Year“I have the former Nitty Lion another one and Tyler Warren as my offensive Rookie of the Year.”
3Dan Campbell to win NFL Coach of the Year“our NFL Coach of the Year picks for twenty twenty five Manti Dan Campbell”

Box score

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Call	Kind	What happened	Skill
Abdul Carter to win Defensive Rookie of the Year¹	Award Picks	Carson Schwesinger won	0
Tyler Warren to win Offensive Rookie of the Year²	Award Picks	Tetairoa McMillan won	0
Dan Campbell to win NFL Coach of the Year³	Coach Award Picks	Mike Vrabel won	0
3 calls · 3 misses · all settled

How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naive

3 checkable claims — 2 award picks and 1 coach award pick — 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.

All 3 have settled, averaging 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess at the same calls.

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.

1Award Picks Abdul Carter New York Giants
Abdul Carter to win Defensive Rookie of the Year
What happenedCarson Schwesinger woncalled Abdul Carter
0Miss · naive 0
0this call0a naive guess0better than naive2difficulty0skill
How this was scored
award:
defensive_rookie_of_the_year
naive:
the naive pick was Jared Verse, who won it the year before
skill:
0
player:
Abdul Carter
season:
2025
who won:
Carson Schwesinger
correct:
no
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
difficulty:
2
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
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2Award Picks Tyler Warren Indianapolis Colts
Tyler Warren to win Offensive Rookie of the Year
What happenedTetairoa McMillan woncalled Tyler Warren
0Miss · naive 0
0this call0a naive guess0better than naive2difficulty0skill
How this was scored
award:
offensive_rookie_of_the_year
naive:
the naive pick was Jayden Daniels, who won it the year before
skill:
0
player:
Tyler Warren
season:
2025
who won:
Tetairoa McMillan
correct:
no
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
difficulty:
2
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
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3Coach Award Picks
Dan Campbell to win NFL Coach of the Year
What happenedMike Vrabel woncalled Dan Campbell
0Miss · naive 0
0this call0a naive guess0better than naive2difficulty0skill
How this was scored
award:
coach_of_the_year
coach:
Dan Campbell
naive:
the naive pick was Kevin O'Connell, who won it the year before
skill:
0
season:
2025
who won:
Mike Vrabel
correct:
no
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
difficulty:
2
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
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The take as a whole
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