Nick Wright#49 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 11, 2026
Previewing Week 1, Nick Wright said Tampa Bay would go into Cincinnati and win the game outright, citing the Bengals' history of slow starts. They also described Washington as a team likely to end up picking in the top 10 of the draft.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromI think Tampa Bay goes to Cincinnati and wins outright.
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- What's Wright - NFL Week 1 Predictions: Broncos-Chiefs, Bills-Texans, Commanders-Eagles, Ravens-Colts, Bucs-Bengals
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- 1Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat Cincinnati“I think Tampa Bay goes to Cincinnati and wins outright. At the very least, I don't think Cincinnati's beating them by margin.”
- 2Washington Commanders to pick “picking in the top 10” (picks 1–10)“against a team that I feel like is, you know, likely to be picking in the top 10”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat Cincinnati1 | Game Outcome Picks | Bengals 33–27 | 0 | 100 | −200 | |
| Washington Commanders to pick “picking in the top 10” (picks 1–10)2 | Team Draft Slot Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 miss · 1 waiting | 0 | 100 | ||||
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How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive2 checkable claims — 1 game outcome pick and 1 team draft slot call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 0 out of 100, against 100 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.
1Game Outcome PicksTampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat Cincinnati
What happenedBengals 33–27Buccaneers at Bengals0Miss · naive 1000this call−100a naive guess=−100worse than naive×2difficulty=−200skillClosing line (Sep 13): Bengals by 3.5 · underdog pick, Buccaneers about 1 in 3 (36%).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- CIN
- score:
- 27-33
- skill:
- −200
- they picked:
- TB
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- CIN
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
2Team Draft Slot CallsWashington Commanders
Washington Commanders to pick “picking in the top 10” (picks 1–10)
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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