Gregg Rosenthal#39 of 87 NFL pundits · Feb 17, 2026
Rosenthal previews their top-101 free agent list, placing edge rusher Jalen Phillips third overall (ahead of Trey Hendrickson), with Adafe Aoway and Boye Mafe in the 9-10 range, and they name their top free agent cornerback and top free agent safety.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromPhillips I have third overall. Hendrickson's just behind them that first big group.
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- 1Top Player Lists“Jalen Watson is a guy who's just steadily improved... I ended up putting him on the top.”
- 2Top Player Lists“I have him as my top safety head of cam Curl, Kobe Bryant of the Seahawks, and Nick Kross, who's a good player for the Colts.”
- 3Top Player Lists“I have four guys in my top ten overall right now. I have Jalen Phillips actually ahead of Trey Hendrickson... Phillips I have third overall. Hendrickson's just behind them”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
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| “Jalen Watson is a guy who's just steadily improved... I ended…”1 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| “I have him as my top safety head of cam Curl, Kobe Bryant of…”2 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| “I have four guys in my top ten overall right now. I have Jalen…”3 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 3 top player lists — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
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.
“Jalen Watson is a guy who's just steadily improved... I ended up putting him on the top.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“I have him as my top safety head of cam Curl, Kobe Bryant of the Seahawks, and Nick Kross, who's a good player for the Colts.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“I have four guys in my top ten overall right now. I have Jalen Phillips actually ahead of Trey Hendrickson... Phillips I have third overall. Hendrickson's just behind them”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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