Colin Cowherd#54 of 87 NFL pundits · Mar 9, 2026
Cowherd listed their top 10 teams for next season after the early wave of moves, with the Rams first and Buffalo second, and predicted Tyler Lindenbaum would be traded to either the Giants or Raiders. They also pegged Ty Simpson as grading out around pick 35-40.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromI just wrote down my ten favorite teams next year right now and after free agency Rams, Buffalo, Seattle, Chargers, Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Philly, Green Bay, Houston.
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- 1Power Rankings“I just wrote down my ten favorite teams next year right now and after free agency Rams, Buffalo, Seattle, Chargers, Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Philly, Green Bay, Houston. I don't have the Niners.”
- 2Tyler Linderbaum to move“I think that's the next big shoot to drop the Giants or the Raiders get Tyler Lindabaum.”
- 3Ty Simpson to be picked “grades out at about thirty five or forty”“I think one of the more interesting players in the first round is actually ty Simpson because I think he probably grades out at about thirty five or forty.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “I just wrote down my ten favorite teams next year right now and…”1 | Power Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| Tyler Linderbaum to move2 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Ty Simpson to be picked “grades out at about thirty five or forty”3 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 1 mock draft pick, 1 power ranking and 1 trade and signing call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
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.
1Power RankingsPhiladelphia Eagles
“I just wrote down my ten favorite teams next year right now and after free agency Rams, Buffalo, Seattle, Chargers, Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Philly, Green Bay, Houston. I don't have the Niners.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Trade and Signing CallsTyler Linderbaum
Tyler Linderbaum to move
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Ty Simpson to be picked “grades out at about thirty five or forty”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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