Colin Cowherd#54 of 87 NFL pundits · Feb 26, 2026

Cowherd predicted Matthew Stafford will sign another two-year deal, guessed the Vikings will acquire Mac Jones, said they'd name Shedeur Sanders the Browns' starter, and forecast the Jets and Browns will be bad in 2026.

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1 of 1calls landed1 hit · 1 waiting

100Average accuracyout of 100, across 1 call

91.7A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

1 of 2Settled1 still waiting

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What Colin Cowherd said

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I would guess Mac Jones

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SaidFeb 26
GradedAug 7

1Shedeur Sanders to be 1st on the depth chart“COLORADO i would give him the starting job BECAUSE i think you want a quarterback in a year”
2Mac Jones to move to Minnesota Vikings“THINK i think The niner connection To San francisco is pretty. STRONG i would guess Mac, jones”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting

Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
Shedeur Sanders to be 1st on the depth chart¹	Depth Chart Calls	No. 1	100	91.67	+8.33
Mac Jones to move to Minnesota Vikings²	Trade and Signing Calls	—	—	—	—
2 calls · 1 hit · 1 waiting			100	91.7

How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naive

2 checkable claims — 1 depth chart call and 1 trade and signing call — 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.

1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 91.7 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.

Their call against what happened

1They said

1What happened

Their call against what actually happened.

1Depth Chart Calls Shedeur Sanders Cleveland Browns
Shedeur Sanders to be 1st on the depth chart
What happenedNo. 1called No. 1 · by passing yards
100Hit · naive 91.67
100this call91.67a naive guess8.33better than naive1difficulty+8.33skill
How this was scored
club:
CLE
skill:
8.33
player:
Shedeur Sanders
season:
2025
accuracy:
100
baseline:
91.67
position:
QB
naive slot:
2
actual slot:
1
difficulty:
1
measured by:
passing yards
the naive guess:
no prior season — a rookie is assumed to start behind the incumbent
weeks in the season:
18
predicted slot:
1
weeks left when called:
0
Think this is wrong?
2Trade and Signing Calls Mac Jones Minnesota Vikings
Mac Jones to move to Minnesota Vikings
VerdictWaiting
Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Think this is wrong?

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