Donnie Druin#7 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 6, 2026
In a Cardinals mailbag, Druin says Elijah Wilkinson is locked in as the starting right tackle to open the season, predicts Arizona clears last year's three-win total if healthy, and expects rookie Jeremiyah Love to play in Week 1 while Tyler Allgeier handles the bulk of the backfield work.
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What Donnie Druin said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromMy unofficial prediction is Love will play but Tyler Allgeier mostly handles duties as the Cardinals ease Love back into the mix.
- Where it was published
- Sports Illustrated
- The piece
- Cardinals Mailbag: Jeremiyah Love's Recovery, Josh Sweat Trade Talk and Arizona's Biggest Question Marks
- The original
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- 1Jeremiyah Love to be 2nd on the depth chart“My unofficial prediction is Love will play but Tyler Allgeier mostly handles duties as the Cardinals ease Love back into the mix.”
- 2Season Win Totals“if the team is healthy, Arizona should at very bare minimum surpass that three-win total from last season”
- 3Elijah Wilkinson to be 1st on the depth chart“It's fair to say Wilkinson is "dead set" as the starter to begin the season, and for what it's worth, Arizona really likes their new right tackle.”
- 4Tyler Allgeier to be 1st on the depth chart“My unofficial prediction is Love will play but Tyler Allgeier mostly handles duties as the Cardinals ease Love back into the mix.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiyah Love to be 2nd on the depth chart1 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “if the team is healthy, Arizona should at very bare minimum…”2 | Season Win Totals | — | — | — | — | |
| Elijah Wilkinson to be 1st on the depth chart3 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Tyler Allgeier to be 1st on the depth chart4 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 3 waiting · 1 too vague to check | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
4 claims — 3 depth chart calls and 1 season win total — the 3 we can check 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 the 3 calls we can check have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
The other one was too vague to check, so it is not graded.
Of the 3 unsettled calls enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands above the room on 1 and below it on 2.
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
Jeremiyah Love · 2026 season22 calls from 17 pundits between 1 and 2. Donnie Druin 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.
Their call against the room
Their call against everyone else's, while this is still unsettled.
1Depth Chart CallsJeremiyah LoveArizona Cardinals
Jeremiyah Love to be 2nd on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Season Win TotalsArizona Cardinals
“if the team is healthy, Arizona should at very bare minimum surpass that three-win total from last season”
VerdictToo vague to checkToo vague to check: we could not tell what would count as right, so it stays on the record without a score.
3Depth Chart CallsElijah WilkinsonArizona Cardinals
Elijah Wilkinson to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Depth Chart CallsTyler AllgeierArizona Cardinals
Tyler Allgeier to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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