Zach RobertsAug 20, 2026
Roberts suggests that if Haynes King's hamstring injury keeps them from practicing or playing before cuts, the Panthers will likely leave them off the 53-man roster and place them on the practice squad, where another team would poach them.
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What Zach Roberts said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromthe Panthers may have no choice but to put him on the practice squad, where another NFL team will almost surely poach him and roster him
- Where it was published
- Sports Illustrated
- The piece
- Haynes King's Injury Could Cost Carolina Panthers Dearly
- The original
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- SaidAug 20
- GradedSep 25
- 1Haynes King to land on the practice squad“the Panthers may have no choice but to put him on the practice squad, where another NFL team will almost surely poach him and roster him, leaving him forever as a Panthers "what if."”
- 2Haynes King to move — “another NFL team will almost surely poach him and roster him”“where another NFL team will almost surely poach him and roster him, leaving him forever as a Panthers "what if."”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haynes King to land on the practice squad1 | Roster Spot Calls | 3 weeks on a 53 | 0 | 100 | −200 | |
| Haynes King to move — “another NFL team will almost surely poach him and roster him”2 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 miss · 1 waiting | 0 | 100 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive2 checkable claims — 1 roster spot call and 1 trade and signing call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 0 out of 100, against 100 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.
1Roster Spot CallsHaynes KingCarolina Panthers
Haynes King to land on the practice squad
What happened3 weeks on a 530Miss · naive 1000this call−100a naive guess=−100worse than naive×2difficulty=−200skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- club:
- CAR
- skill:
- −200
- player:
- Haynes King
- season:
- 2026
- claimed:
- he lands on the practice squad
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- difficulty:
- 2
- the naive guess:
- he was on somebody's 53 last season, so he makes one again
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks on the53:
- 3
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- first week on the53:
- 1
- weeks on the practice squad:
- 0
2Trade and Signing CallsHaynes King
Haynes King to move — “another NFL team will almost surely poach him and roster him”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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