Albert Breer#35 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 13, 2026
From Bills camp, Breer describes Khalil Shakir settling in as the team's No. 2 receiver, Deone Walker and TJ Sanders trending toward starting alongside Ed Oliver on the new 3-4 front, Cole Bishop entrenched at safety with C.J. Gardner-Johnson currently the other starter, and Bradley Chubb likely to be named a team captain.
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What Albert Breer said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromSecond-year guys Deone Walker and TJ Sanders are trending toward starting alongside him.
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- Albert Breer Empties His Bills Notebook From Training Camp
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- 1T.J. Sanders to be 1st on the depth chart“Second-year guys Deone Walker and TJ Sanders are trending toward starting alongside him.”
- 2Khalil Shakir to be 2nd on the depth chart“with Khalil Shakir settling in as the No. 2, and Keon Coleman and Josh Palmer fighting for snaps behind him”
- 3Deone Walker to be 1st on the depth chart“Second-year guys Deone Walker and TJ Sanders are trending toward starting alongside him.”
- 4Cole Bishop to be 1st on the depth chart“Hopes are high for second-year man Cole Bishop, now entrenched at one of the safety spots”
- 5Bradley Chubb to make team captain“as I'd heard it, there's a good shot he's a team captain”
- 6C.J. Gardner-Johnson to be 1st on the depth chart“Right now, C.J. Gardner-Johnson is the guy, but he'll have to fend off Damar Hamlin, Geno Stone and Jalon Kilgore to nail down the job.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T.J. Sanders to be 1st on the depth chart1 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Khalil Shakir to be 2nd on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Deone Walker to be 1st on the depth chart3 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Cole Bishop to be 1st on the depth chart4 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Bradley Chubb to make team captain5 | Pro Bowl and All-Pro Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| C.J. Gardner-Johnson to be 1st on the depth chart6 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 calls · 6 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
6 checkable claims — 5 depth chart calls and 1 pro bowl and all-pro call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 7 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Of the 4 unsettled calls enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room on every one.
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
Khalil Shakir · 2026 season5 calls from 5 pundits between 2 and 2. Albert Breer said 2. the room's median is 2. not settled yet
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Their call against the room
Their call against everyone else's, while this is still unsettled.
1Depth Chart CallsT.J. SandersBuffalo Bills
T.J. Sanders to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Depth Chart CallsKhalil ShakirBuffalo Bills
Khalil Shakir to be 2nd on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Depth Chart CallsDeone WalkerBuffalo Bills
Deone Walker to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Depth Chart CallsCole BishopBuffalo Bills
Cole Bishop to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
5Pro Bowl and All-Pro CallsBradley ChubbBuffalo Bills
Bradley Chubb to make team captain
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
6Depth Chart CallsC.J. Gardner-JohnsonBuffalo Bills
C.J. Gardner-Johnson to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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