Mason CameronAug 4, 2026
A PFF piece ranks the NFL's top 32 centers heading into the 2026 season, with Creed Humphrey first for the fourth straight year, and names Ethan Pocic and Austin Schlottmann as the favorites to win starting center jobs in Baltimore and Tennessee.
Published in writing · Pro Football FocusRead the original
What Mason Cameron said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromFor the fourth consecutive year, Humphrey reigns atop the NFL landscape at the center position.
- Where it was published
- Pro Football Focus
- The piece
- PFF Center Rankings: The top 32 players ahead of the 2026 NFL season
- The original
- Read the original
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- SaidAug 4
- PlayedSep 13
- GradedSep 17
- 1Ethan Pocic to be 1st on the depth chart“Should his health hold up in camp, Pocic is the chalk pick to win Baltimore's starting job heading into Week 1.”
- 2Sean Rhyan to be 1st on the depth chart“Rhyan's ability as a run-blocker (71.2 PFF grade) should keep him in the lineup, but he'll need to take steps forward in pass protection”
- 3Austin Schlottmann to be 1st on the depth chart“The Titans are expected to hold a center competition, but Schlottmann's familiarity with new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll's scheme makes him the favorite to win the job.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Pocic to be 1st on the depth chart1 | Depth Chart Calls | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Rhyan to be 1st on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Austin Schlottmann to be 1st on the depth chart3 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 1 miss · 2 waiting | 0 | 0 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive3 checkable claims — 3 depth chart calls — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 6 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 3 have settled so far, averaging 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Of the 2 unsettled calls enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room on every one.
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
Sean Rhyan · 2026 season4 calls from 3 pundits between 1 and 1. Mason Cameron said 1. the room's median is 1. not settled yet
Every dot is a call somebody published on the same question. Where the dots land says where this take sits, not whether it is right — nothing here is settled yet. Hover a dot for the name and number; click it to read that take.
1Depth Chart CallsEthan PocicBaltimore Ravens
Ethan Pocic to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictMiss0Miss · naive 00this call−0a naive guess=0better than naive×2difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- club:
- BAL
- week:
- 1
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Ethan Pocic
- season:
- 2026
- claimed:
- he starts
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- reported:
- he did not play that week
- naive slot:
- 1
- settled by:
- weekly snap counts (he took no snap in the game)
- difficulty:
- 2
- the naive guess:
- he keeps the job he had last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
2Depth Chart CallsSean RhyanGreen Bay Packers
Sean Rhyan to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Depth Chart CallsAustin SchlottmannTennessee Titans
Austin Schlottmann to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
The game in this take
every pundit’s pick on eachWho this take is about
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