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Chris Brockman#36 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 8, 2025

Brockman offered their own tweaks to the Week 6 power rankings, placing Green Bay eighth and Dallas eleventh, while bumping Jacksonville and Denver up a spot and putting Tampa Bay ahead of Buffalo.

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100Hit · out of 100
Power RankingsThe callsettled
100A naive guessthe same call, no knowledge
100This callout of 100
#36Chris Brockman’s rankof 87 ranked NFL pundits

What Chris Brockman said

I would buy Green Bay at eight and then Jacksonville and Denver up up a spot.
Chris Brockman’s words, quoted for attribution
The episode
Hour 3: NFL Week 6 Power Rankings, plus Jon Bon Jovi In-Studio
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  1. SaidOct 8, 2025
  2. GradedAug 13, 2026

How the call scored

a naive guessbetter than naive

One checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.

The call scored 100 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess at the same calls.

The 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 call; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.

  1. Power Rankings

    “I would buy Green Bay at eight and then Jacksonville and Denver up up a spot. Okay. And I'd probably put Tampa ahead of Buffalo... And I had Dallas at eleven, but that's just me.”

    VerdictHit
    100Hit · naive 100
    100this call100a naive guess0better than naive1.72difficulty0skill
    How this was scored
    skill:
    0
    method:
    spearman
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    100
    difficulty:
    1.72
    weeks in the season:
    18
    teams ranked:
    2
    weeks left when called:
    13
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