Pat Fitzmaurice#8 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 4, 2026
Fitzmaurice names Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson and Drake Maye as the elite quarterbacks they target early, expecting Jackson to bounce back to a high-end QB1 season with better health and calling Maye a top-five fantasy quarterback going forward.
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What Pat Fitzmaurice said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromHe's a top-five fantasy quarterback moving forward.
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- 1Drake Maye to finish top 5 at his position, by fantasy points“He's a top-five fantasy quarterback moving forward.”
- 2Lamar Jackson to finish QB1 (1–12) at his position, by fantasy points“Jackson has been an elite fantasy scorer at the position for so long that it's reasonable to think better health will propel him to another high-end QB1 season.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Maye to finish top 5 at his position, by fantasy points1 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| Lamar Jackson to finish QB1 (1–12) at his position, by fantasy points2 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 2 positional finishes — 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 above 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
Drake Maye · 2026 season · positional finish4 calls from 3 pundits between 1 positional finish and 5 positional finish. Pat Fitzmaurice said 5 positional finish. the room's median is 1 positional finish. not settled yet
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Their call against the room
positional finishTheir call against everyone else's, while this is still unsettled.
1Positional FinishesDrake MayeNew England Patriots
Drake Maye to finish top 5 at his position, by fantasy points
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Positional FinishesLamar JacksonBaltimore Ravens
Lamar Jackson to finish QB1 (1–12) at his position, by fantasy points
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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More positional finishes
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
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