Pat Fitzmaurice#8 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 8, 2026
Fitzmorris is fading Rashee Rice's bullish projections given injury, suspension and the Chiefs' diminished passing game, ranks Tyler Shough as QB21, is coming back around on Harold Fannin Jr. as a high-end TE1, projects Carnell Tate for over 900 receiving yards, and expects Jonathan Brooks to pass Chuba Hubbard on the Panthers' depth chart.
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- 1Carnell Tate to record 900 receiving yards“I have Colonel Tape for over nine hundred yards.”
- 2Positional Finishes“There's a case that you know, he could be an upper half, upper half TE one, high end t E one”
- 3Rashee Rice to fall short of his draft cost (ADP Wide Receiver eleven ... overall ADP twenty nine)“So I'm I'm fading the heck out of these Rashi Rice projections. I just there's so many ways this could go wrong.”
- 4Jonathon Brooks to be 1st on the depth chart“I'm bullish on Jonathan Brooks, so I'm cool with any optimistic projections on him. I do think he's going to pass ... Hubbard at some point”
- 5Tyler Shough to finish top 21 at his position, by fantasy points“I've got Chuck at QB twenty one. ... I'm cautiously optimistic about Shuck, but I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a little bit of statistical recoil in his second season.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnell Tate to record 900 receiving yards1 | Player Season Numbers | — | — | — | — | |
| “There's a case that you know, he could be an upper half, upper…”2 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| Rashee Rice to fall short of his draft cost (ADP Wide Receiver eleven ... overall ADP twenty nine)3 | Fantasy Bust Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Jonathon Brooks to be 1st on the depth chart4 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Tyler Shough to finish top 21 at his position, by fantasy points5 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 calls · 4 waiting · 1 too vague to check | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
5 claims — 2 positional finishes, 1 depth chart call, 1 fantasy bust call and 1 player season number — the 4 we can check each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 9 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of the 4 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 2 and below it on 1.
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
Tyler Shough · 2026 season · positional finish4 calls from 3 pundits between 5 positional finish and 21 positional finish. Pat Fitzmaurice said 21 positional finish. the room's median is 12 positional finish. 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.
1Player Season NumbersCarnell TateTennessee Titans
Carnell Tate to record 900 receiving yards
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Positional FinishesHarold Fannin Jr.Cleveland Browns
“There's a case that you know, he could be an upper half, upper half TE one, high end t E one”
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.
3Fantasy Bust CallsRashee RiceKansas City Chiefs
Rashee Rice to fall short of his draft cost (ADP Wide Receiver eleven ... overall ADP twenty nine)
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Depth Chart CallsJonathon Brooks
Jonathon Brooks to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
5Positional FinishesTyler ShoughNew Orleans Saints
Tyler Shough to finish top 21 at his position, by fantasy points
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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