Peter BukowskiJul 14, 2026
Bukowski lays out his own quarterback tiers: a 'big three' of Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson, followed by a tier of Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert and Jordan Love (with Burrow and Herbert slightly ahead of Love). He also insists Jordan Love belongs in the top 10 quarterbacks.
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What Peter Bukowski said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromAnd to me, the next tier is Love, Herbert, and Burrow.
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- Locked On Packers (podcast)
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- RANKINGS: Why do the CRITICISMS that stick to Jordan Love not apply to EVERY other quarterback?
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- 1Jordan Love to finish top 10 at his position, by passing yards“We're not gonna spend all our time this week talking about why Jordan Love is a top 10 quarterback.”
- 2Top Player Lists“So if I were gonna make this list, I'd have my big four... Allen, Mahomes, Lamar. That's a big three. Excuse me. And to me, the next tier is Love, Herbert, and Burrow. ... Now if I were gonna do a ranking, I would probably have Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert ahead of Jordan Love.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Love to finish top 10 at his position, by passing yards1 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| “So if I were gonna make this list, I'd have my big four...…”2 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 waiting · 1 too vague to check | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 claims — 1 positional finish and 1 top player list — the one we can check graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
The one call we can check has not settled yet — it grades once its result is in.
The other one was too vague to check, so it is not graded.
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
Jordan Love · 2026 season · positional finish4 calls from 4 pundits between 10 positional finish and 10 positional finish. Peter Bukowski said 10 positional finish. the room's median is 10 positional finish. not settled yet
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Their call against the room
positional finishTheir call against everyone else's. Too vague to check, so it is not graded.
1Positional FinishesJordan LoveGreen Bay Packers
Jordan Love to finish top 10 at his position, by passing yards
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.
“So if I were gonna make this list, I'd have my big four... Allen, Mahomes, Lamar. That's a big three. Excuse me. And to me, the next tier is Love, Herbert, and Burrow. ... Now if I were gonna do a ranking, I would probably have Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert ahead of Jordan Love.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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