Chris Brockman#36 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 4, 2025
Brockman orders the NFC East with Philadelphia first and Dallas last, calls the Giants a surprise team, and picks Green Bay to beat Baltimore in the Super Bowl with the Ravens earning home field in the AFC.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromGreen Bay over Baltimore.
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- Hour 3: Kurt Warner on Rodgers/Steelers & Year-2 QBs, plus Super Bowl Predictions!
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- SaidSep 4, 2025
- GradedAug 13–17, 2026
- 1Green Bay Packers to reach the Super Bowl“I'm also gonna take Green Bay... The Micah Parsons thing puts them over the hump.”
- 2Philadelphia Eagles to win the division“I don't see a world that the Eagles do not win the NFC West East”
- 3Baltimore Ravens to reach the Super Bowl“And they're gonna play the Ravens. They're gonna beat the Ravens.”
- 4Green Bay Packers to win the Super Bowl“Derrick Henry does it again, but Green Bay takes them down. Green Bay over Baltimore.”
- 5Power Rankings“Eagles first, Commanders, Giants, Cowboys.”
- 6Baltimore Ravens to take the top seed“They get home field and they take care of business. I'm gonna go Baltimore.”
- 7New York Giants to beat expectations“I think the Giants are gonna surprise a lot of people with the defense”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers to reach the Super Bowl1 | Conference Champions | NE and SEA won | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles to win the division2 | Division Winners | — | 100 | 100 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Ravens to reach the Super Bowl3 | Conference Champions | NE and SEA won | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers to win the Super Bowl4 | Super Bowl Picks | SEA won it | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| “Eagles first, Commanders, Giants, Cowboys.”5 | Power Rankings | — | 70 | 90 | −40 | |
| Baltimore Ravens to take the top seed6 | Seeding, Byes and Home Field | — | — | — | — | |
| New York Giants to beat expectations7 | Surprise Team Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 calls · 1 hit · 1 close call · 3 misses · 2 waiting | 34 | 38 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive7 checkable claims — 2 conference champions, 1 division winner, 1 power ranking, 1 seeding, byes and home field, 1 super bowl pick and 1 surprise team call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 4 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
5 of 7 have settled so far, averaging 34 out of 100, against 38 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.
1Conference ChampionsGreen Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers to reach the Super Bowl
What happenedNE and SEA wonpicked GB0Miss · naive 00this call−0a naive guess=0better than naive×2difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- GB
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- champions:
- NE, SEA
- difficulty:
- 2
- the naive guess:
- last season's conference champions
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- reached the Super Bowl:
- no
- lost the conference final:
- no
2Division WinnersPhiladelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles to win the division
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 100100this call−100a naive guess=0better than naive×2difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- method:
- division winners read off the bracket: the bye teams and the wild-card hosts
- they picked:
- PHI
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- PHI
- difficulty:
- 2
- the naive guess:
- last season's winner of the same division
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- won the division:
- yes
3Conference ChampionsBaltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens to reach the Super Bowl
What happenedNE and SEA wonpicked BAL0Miss · naive 00this call−0a naive guess=0better than naive×2difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- BAL
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- champions:
- NE, SEA
- difficulty:
- 2
- the naive guess:
- last season's conference champions
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- reached the Super Bowl:
- no
- lost the conference final:
- no
4Super Bowl PicksGreen Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers to win the Super Bowl
What happenedSEA won itpicked GB0Miss · naive 00this call−0a naive guess=0better than naive×2difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- GB
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- champion:
- SEA
- runner up:
- NE
- the naive pick:
- PHI
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“Eagles first, Commanders, Giants, Cowboys.”
VerdictClose70Close · naive 9070this call−90a naive guess=−20worse than naive×2difficulty=−40skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- −40
- method:
- spearman
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 70
- baseline:
- 90
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- teams ranked:
- 4
- weeks left when called:
- 18
6Seeding, Byes and Home FieldBaltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens to take the top seed
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
7Surprise Team CallsNew York Giants
New York Giants to beat expectations
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 5 settled calls, each counted once
34naive 38
Who this take is about
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