Ralph VentreAug 13, 2026
Ventre assesses three open Bills starting jobs, saying Josh Palmer has taken the early lead in the WR3 competition and that Alec Anderson is the favorite to win the starting left guard job over Austin Corbett.
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What Ralph Ventre said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromLooking healthy, Palmer seems to have taken the early lead amongst the group although the Preseason Week 1 depth chart has Coleman listed amongst the starters.
- Where it was published
- Sports Illustrated
- The piece
- How Bills' Three Offensive Position Battles Stand Heading into Preseason Game No. 1
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- 1Alec Anderson to be 1st on the depth chart“Returnee Alec Anderson, who spent the last two seasons as the Bills' sixth lineman, has been the favorite to earn the starting role, but he'll have to hold off free agent addition Austin Corbett.”
- 2Josh Palmer to be 3rd on the depth chart“Looking healthy, Palmer seems to have taken the early lead amongst the group although the Preseason Week 1 depth chart has Coleman listed amongst the starters.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Anderson to be 1st on the depth chart1 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Josh Palmer to be 3rd on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 2 depth chart calls — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
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
Alec Anderson · 2026 season5 calls from 4 pundits between 1 and 1. Ralph Ventre 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.
Their call against the room
Their call against everyone else's, while this is still unsettled.
1Depth Chart CallsAlec AndersonBuffalo Bills
Alec Anderson to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Depth Chart CallsJosh PalmerBuffalo Bills
Josh Palmer to be 3rd on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
Others on the same people
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Breech picked the Bills to beat the Vikings on Monday night by a score of 24-17.Jordan Dajani · Score Predictions · Buffalo Bills · Close 62
Dajani picked the Bills to edge the Vikings 24-23.Jared Dubin · Score Predictions · Buffalo Bills · Close 74
Dubin picked Buffalo to win a low-scoring Monday night game in Minnesota, 20-14.Tyler Sullivan · Score Predictions · Buffalo Bills · Close 76
Sullivan picked the Bills to beat the Vikings 24-17.
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