Adam SchefterOct 12, 2026
Laid out injury and roster expectations — Saquon Barkley unlikely back this week and Will Shipley out for the Eagles, Lamar Jackson with a realistic chance to play against Cleveland with Cam Jurgens making his Ravens debut, and Tyler 'Snoop' Huntley continuing as Lamar's backup — and said it would not surprise him if the Bills and Rams met in the Super Bowl.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromIt wouldn't be a surprise if these two teams met in the Super Bowl.
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- PMS 2.0 1643 - OVERREACTION MONDAY, NFL Week 5 Recap, MNF Preview/Picks, Adam Schefter, Dan Orlovsky, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk
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- 1Availability Calls“And, clearly, Will Shipley won't be there. So right now, you got Damien Pierce back there in the backfield.”
- 2Tyler Huntley to be 2nd on the depth chart“He's been out there so many times that I don't know that anybody views him as a starter, but he's a he's a perfect backup for Lamar... that's what I would expect to be a continuation of the case with him backing up Lamar.”
- 3Availability Calls“my sense is he's gonna have a realistic chance to play this week, Lamar. And he'll have an opportunity to be back out there against the Cleveland Browns”
- 4Availability Calls“a game in which they are expected to get Cam Jurgens to make his Baltimore Ravens debut a week after they traded for him. So Jurgens will be out there.”
- 5Availability Calls“Saquon, when he ran out of bounds, obviously, they think it'll be under four weeks... But, again, to think that he'd be back this week sounds like it would be ambitious, but let's see how the practice week goes.”
- 6Los Angeles Rams to reach the Super Bowl“these are great teams. Great teams. Like, it wouldn't be a surprise if these two teams met in the Super Bowl”
- 7Buffalo Bills to reach the Super Bowl“these are great teams. Great teams. Like, it wouldn't be a surprise if these two teams met in the Super Bowl”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “And, clearly, Will Shipley won't be there. So right now, you…”1 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Tyler Huntley to be 2nd on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “my sense is he's gonna have a realistic chance to play this…”3 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “a game in which they are expected to get Cam Jurgens to make…”4 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “Saquon, when he ran out of bounds, obviously, they think it'll…”5 | Availability Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Los Angeles Rams to reach the Super Bowl6 | Conference Champions | — | — | — | — | |
| Buffalo Bills to reach the Super Bowl7 | Conference Champions | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 calls · 7 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
7 checkable claims — 4 availability calls, 2 conference champions and 1 depth chart call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 9 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 above the rest of the room.
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
Tyler Huntley · 2026 season9 calls from 7 pundits between 1 and 2. Adam Schefter said 2. 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.
1Availability CallsWill ShipleyPhiladelphia Eagles
“And, clearly, Will Shipley won't be there. So right now, you got Damien Pierce back there in the backfield.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Depth Chart CallsTyler HuntleyBaltimore Ravens
Tyler Huntley to be 2nd on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Availability CallsLamar JacksonBaltimore Ravens
“my sense is he's gonna have a realistic chance to play this week, Lamar. And he'll have an opportunity to be back out there against the Cleveland Browns”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Availability CallsCam JurgensBaltimore Ravens
“a game in which they are expected to get Cam Jurgens to make his Baltimore Ravens debut a week after they traded for him. So Jurgens will be out there.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
5Availability CallsSaquon BarkleyPhiladelphia Eagles
“Saquon, when he ran out of bounds, obviously, they think it'll be under four weeks... But, again, to think that he'd be back this week sounds like it would be ambitious, but let's see how the practice week goes.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
6Conference ChampionsLos Angeles Rams
Los Angeles Rams to reach the Super Bowl
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
7Conference ChampionsBuffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills to reach the Super Bowl
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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Dajani picked the Bills to edge the Vikings 24-23.Jared Dubin · Score Predictions · Buffalo Bills · Close 74
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