Patricia Traina#84 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 24, 2026
Traina says there is essentially no chance Darius Slayton returns to the Giants, and they expect the team to move on from center John Michael Schmitz after this season.
Published in writing · Sports IllustratedRead the original
What Patricia Traina said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromBut is there any doubt they'll move on from John Michael Schmitz after this season and need another center?
- Where it was published
- Sports Illustrated
- The piece
- Giants Mailbag: Skattebo, the Run Defense and Winston’s Misses
- The original
- Read the original
- Read it wrong?
- Tell us and we will look
- SaidOct 24
- GradedOct 24
- 1Darius Slayton to move — “not coming back to Big Blue (chances probably zero)”“What are the chances we see Darius Slayton back with Big Blue? Probably zero.”
- 2John Michael Schmitz to move — “they'll move on from him after this season”“But is there any doubt they'll move on from John Michael Schmitz after this season and need another center?”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Slayton to move — “not coming back to Big Blue (chances probably zero)”1 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Michael Schmitz to move — “they'll move on from him after this season”2 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 miss · 1 waiting | 0 | 0 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 2 trade and signing calls — 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 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.
1Trade and Signing CallsDarius Slayton
Darius Slayton to move — “not coming back to Big Blue (chances probably zero)”
VerdictMiss0Miss · naive 00this call−0a naive guess=0better than naive×1.67difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Darius Slayton
- season:
- 2026
- claimed:
- he leaves
- was with:
- NYG
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- reported:
- signed → IND (from NYG); released (from IND)
- how he left:
- released
- mechanism:
- free-agency
- settled by:
- a confirmed report from the crawl (reported outcomes)
- difficulty:
- 1.67
- the naive guess:
- he stays where he is
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 12
2Trade and Signing CallsJohn Michael Schmitz
John Michael Schmitz to move — “they'll move on from him after this season”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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