John Middlekauff#48 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 1, 2025
Middlekauff says the Lions have established themselves and will again be a double-digit win team, whatever happens in the playoffs.
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they're going to be a double digit win team
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The call scored 80 out of 100, against 45 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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Where this call stands in the room
Detroit Lions · 2025 season · wins11 calls from 9 pundits between 9 wins and 13 wins. John Middlekauff said 10 wins. the room's median is 11 wins. what happened: 9 wins
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Season Win TotalsDetroit Lions
Detroit Lions to finish with 10 wins
What happened9called 1080Hit · naive 4580this call−45a naive guess=35better than naive×2difficulty=+70skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- team:
- DET
- naive:
- 11.75
- skill:
- 70
- what happened:
- 9
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 5
- accuracy:
- 80
- baseline:
- 45
- they said:
- 10
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
Who this take is about
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