Colin Cowherd#54 of 87 NFL pundits · Jul 15, 2026
Cowherd defends their preseason top-10 quarterback list, in which they placed Caleb Williams third, and says Jared Goff makes their top 10 while they keep Justin Herbert high.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromI think he's in the running for the third best quarterback in the league.
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- 1Caleb Williams to finish top 3 at his position, by an unstated measure“I listed my top ten quarterbacks going into the season, and I put Kayleb Williams at number three”
- 2Jared Goff to finish top 10 at his position, by passing yards“Jared Goff makes my top ten because he's got Drew Pinsick from Arizona, an excellent OC.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Williams to finish top 3 at his position, by an unstated measure1 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| Jared Goff to finish top 10 at his position, by passing yards2 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 2 positional finishes — 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.
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 above the room on 1 and below it on 1.
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.
Their call against the room
positional finishTheir call against everyone else's, while this is still unsettled.
1Positional FinishesCaleb WilliamsChicago Bears
Caleb Williams to finish top 3 at his position, by an unstated measure
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Positional FinishesJared GoffDetroit Lions
Jared Goff to finish top 10 at his position, by passing yards
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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