TJ Jefferson#66 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 26, 2025
Jefferson predicted the Buccaneers win the NFC South, with the Falcons second, Panthers third and Saints last.
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What TJ Jefferson said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromBucky Irving, Chris Godwin, the defense, Bucks winning that division.
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- SaidAug 26, 2025
- GradedAug 13–17, 2026
- 1Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the division“Bucky Irving, Chris Godwin, the defense, Bucks winning that division. This is my prediction.”
- 2Power Rankings“we got the Saints. They're finishing last... I got the Panthers coming in third... they're not good enough to supplant the Falcons who I have in second... Bucks winning that division.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the division1 | Division Winners | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| “we got the Saints. They're finishing last... I got the Panthers…”2 | Power Rankings | — | 100 | 90 | +20 | |
| 2 calls · 1 hit · 1 miss · all settled | 50 | 45 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 1 division winner and 1 power ranking — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
All 2 have settled, averaging 50 out of 100, against 45 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.
1Division WinnersTampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the division
VerdictMiss0Miss · naive 00this call−0a 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:
- TB
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- the naive pick:
- TB
- 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:
- no
“we got the Saints. They're finishing last... I got the Panthers coming in third... they're not good enough to supplant the Falcons who I have in second... Bucks winning that division.”
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 90100this call−90a naive guess=10better than naive×2difficulty=+20skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 20
- method:
- spearman
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 90
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- teams ranked:
- 4
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
50naive 45
Who this take is about
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