Cody RourkeSep 8, 2026
Rourke expects the Broncos to finish either 13-4 or 12-5 and predicts they open the season by winning at Kansas City by at least 10 points.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromIt's either thirteen and four or twelve and five.
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- BRONCOS SQUAD SHOW: Ultimate 2026 Season Preview, Broncos vs Chiefs Picks & BOLD NFL Takes
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- SaidSep 8
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- GradedSep 16
- 1Denver Broncos to beat Kansas City“Are they are they starting the season with a dub? ... Yes. Absolutely. Okay. They're gonna they're gonna go to Kansas City. They're gonna win by at least 10 points.”
- 2Denver Broncos to finish with 12–13 wins“It's either thirteen and four or twelve and five. That's kinda where I'm leaning right now.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos to beat Kansas City1 | Game Outcome Picks | Chiefs 31–10 | 0 | 100 | −200 | |
| Denver Broncos to finish with 12–13 wins2 | Season Win Totals | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 miss · 1 waiting | 0 | 100 | ||||
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a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive2 checkable claims — 1 game outcome pick and 1 season win total — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
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.
1Game Outcome PicksDenver Broncos
Denver Broncos to beat Kansas City
What happenedChiefs 31–10Broncos at Chiefs0Miss · naive 1000this call−100a naive guess=−100worse than naive×2difficulty=−200skillClosing line (Sep 14): Chiefs by 2.5 · underdog pick, Broncos 46%.
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- KC
- score:
- 10-31
- skill:
- −200
- they picked:
- DEN
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- KC
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
2Season Win TotalsDenver Broncos
Denver Broncos to finish with 12–13 wins
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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