# Tucker Franklin: Franklin predicted the Chiefs would comfortably lock up the AFC's No. 1 seed, including a win at Buffalo, and that Kenneth Walker would be Offensive Player of the Year. He also gave his own ranking of all 32 quarterbacks. **Claimed:** Oct 9, 2026 **Pundit:** Tucker Franklin — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/tucker-franklin **Outlet:** KC Sports Network (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/kc-sports-network-podcast **How it reached us:** said on air, transcribed by us **Original:** https://pdrl.fm/8d7cde/mgln.ai/e/256/pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/bluewire.simplecastaudio.com/8bf45406-115f-47da-8dc8-dcc5713f4a83/episodes/bfc733bb-f694-425e-bc2a-f19c4974a29a/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=8bf45406-115f-47da-8dc8-dcc5713f4a83&awEpisodeId=bfc733bb-f694-425e-bc2a-f19c4974a29a&feed=BJf5DYgc 4 checkable claims — 1 award pick, 1 game outcome pick, 1 seeding, byes and home field and 1 top player list — 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. 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 below the rest of the room. > My bold prediction is I think they are comfortably the one seed. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Kansas City Chiefs to take the top seed** - Kind: Seeding, Byes and Home Field · About: Kansas City Chiefs - Verdict: not settled yet - **Kansas City Chiefs to beat Buffalo** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Kansas City Chiefs - Verdict: not settled yet - **Kenneth Walker III to win Offensive Player of the Year** - Kind: Award Picks · About: Kenneth Walker III, Kansas City Chiefs - Verdict: not settled yet - **I'll start at thirty two and go to 21... Jalen Daniels... 31, I have Cam Ward. 30, Jameis Winston... 29, Daniel Jones. 28, Jaden Daniels. 27, Malik Willis. 26, Kyler Murray. 25, Jacoby Brissett. 24, Deshaun Watson. 23, Michael Pinnicks. And 22, Bo Nix. 21, Aaron Rodgers... Jordan Love at twenty, Jalen Hurts at nineteen, and Geno Smith at eighteen... Tyler Shuck's by seventeen... Patrick Mahomes is number one... Brock Purdie... number two. Number three, I got Josh Allen... Number four, I went with Joe Burrow... Number five, Lamar Jackson. Six, I put Trevor Lawrence... Matt Stafford, I have him at seven... Number eight... Bryce Young... Number nine, I've got Dak Prescott... number 10, I've got Caleb Williams. 11, I also have CJ Stroud... My number 13 is Jared Goff... 14 for me, Justin Herbert... 15 for me is Sam Donald... My number 16 quarterback is Drake May.** - Kind: Top Player Lists - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Kansas City Chiefs — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/chiefs - Kenneth Walker III — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/kenneth-walker-iii ## What others said about the same people - Nick Wright on Kansas City Chiefs: In part two of his gambling show, Nick Wright ran through NFC (and recapped AFC) win-total picks, division winners and make/miss-the-playoffs bets, backing the Chiefs, Jaguars, Raiders, Bears, Buccaneers and Falcons to clear their totals while predicting Commanders, Bucs and Rams division titles. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/252a575e-6524-48d2-86c4-356e2509e8f5 (scored 0) - Nick Wright on Kansas City Chiefs: Wright picked Chiefs over 11.5, Buccaneers over 9.5, Raiders over 6.5 (plus a Raiders playoff berth), Broncos under 9.5, 49ers under 10.5, Cowboys under 8, Jaguars over 7.5, and Bengals under 9.5 with Zac Taylor fired after missing the playoffs. He also had Commanders and Eagles both 11-6 with Washington winning the NFC East. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c48e72df-628e-4f24-804f-5ce5f7a8e0e6 (scored 0) - Gregg Rosenthal on Kansas City Chiefs: Rosenthal predicted Armand Membu could go to the Jets at No. 7, expects Josh Simmons to be picked in the first round despite injury and character concerns, and floated Donovan Jackson going to a team like the Patriots at the top of the second round. On win totals he leaned over on the Jets, Buccaneers, Lions and Chiefs. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c421a43a-b5d2-4155-89b9-098d12139959 (scored 0) - Nick Wright on Kansas City Chiefs: Nick Wright gave his early AFC win-total leans: overs on the Jets, Ravens, Jaguars, Chiefs and Raiders, plus projected win ranges for the Dolphins, Texans, Chargers and Broncos, and predicted the Raiders take Ashton Jeanty at No. 6. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/cc9d1905-c3e9-4d7f-8dbb-0f840dbb7535 (scored 0) - Kyle Crabbs on Nick Nash: Crabbs projects all seven rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft, starting with Cam Ward going No. 1 overall to Tennessee, Travis Hunter second to Cleveland and Abdul Carter third to the Giants. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e8a40874-e85c-44ec-a4c8-b6f0edbd22d2 (scored 0) - Joe Haden on Kenneth Walker III: Joe picked the Seahawks to win the Super Bowl, saying Kenneth Walker would run for roughly 120 yards and be the game's MVP because New England would have to devote coverage to Jaxon Smith-Njigba. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/68d7f7c1-4d2c-474c-b713-47bad8d660d2 (scored 100) ## More game outcome picks The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Derek Brown on New Orleans Saints: Brown forecast a Jaguars shootout win in Cincinnati, took the Saints to beat the Falcons on Monday night, ranked Jeremiah Love as an RB15 rest-of-season (while saying he'd move up), and expected Jacoby Brissett to remain Arizona's quarterback for the year and Jalen Wright to be back in Miami's backfield. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8ca3ccbb-227a-427f-9908-8f76be9e6b83 (scored 0) - Pat Fitzmaurice on New Orleans Saints: Fitzmaurice picked Jacksonville to edge Cincinnati in a one-point nail-biter, took the Saints over the Falcons on Monday night, pegged Jeremiah Love as an RB11 for the rest of the season, and expected several banged-up players to sit out Week 4. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4e77c5e9-11e7-4be0-a350-19fa7d3b1165 (scored 0) - Colin Cowherd on Dallas Cowboys: Cowherd praised Dak Prescott as the stabilizing force of the Cowboys and picked Dallas to beat Tampa Bay in their Week 5 matchup, while calling the Dallas coaching staff average. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ece798a4-5146-4cf5-a99a-af7c0ab17119 (scored 0) - Mike Kadlick on Dallas Cowboys: Previewing Week 5 of the 2026 season, Kadlick picks the Bengals to blow out the Dolphins, the Cowboys to beat the Buccaneers comfortably, and the Chargers to finally win at home against the Broncos. He also expects Jayden Daniels back for Washington, Michael Pittman Jr. possibly out for Pittsburgh, and names the Week 5 starting quarterbacks for Tampa Bay, Chicago and New York. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/844b4070-91ae-4d59-acda-dd3bcef13c1c (scored 0) - Caleb Skinner on Dallas Cowboys: Skinner expects the winless Buccaneers to lose their Thursday night road game against the Cowboys, citing Tampa Bay's 0-4 start and a depleted secondary. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7b99fe46-c845-42da-a237-cf74e42331b6 (scored 0) - Mitchell Eisenstein on Dallas Cowboys: The co-host (identified only as Mitchell) picked the 49ers to win in Seattle, made Week 5 picks across several games, ranked San Francisco first in his power rankings, took Dallas to win the NFC East and said Chicago wins the NFC North. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8371ccc7-743b-4e3e-9110-79c54cc913ac (scored 0) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. 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