Andrew Erickson#30 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 29, 2026
Erickson floated Kansas City as the landing spot for Josh Downs and said a trade there would make them at least a WR3 rest of season; they also expect Rashee Rice to leave the Chiefs after this season as a free agent.
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What Andrew Erickson said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI think that a great spot for him would be the Kansas City Chiefs
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- SaidOct 29
- GradedNov 11
- 1Josh Downs to move to Kansas City Chiefs“I think that a great spot for him would be the Kansas City Chiefs, right? They're a team that needs wide receivers.”
- 2Rashee Rice to move — “this is the last year we're going to see Rice play in Kansas City”“I think this is the last year we're going to see Rice play in Kansas City because he's also going to be a free agent at the end of the year.”
- 3Positional Finishes“I think that he'd probably be at least a wide receiver three rest of the season.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Downs to move to Kansas City Chiefs1 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | 100 | 0 | +161 | |
| Rashee Rice to move — “this is the last year we're going to see Rice play in Kansas City”2 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “I think that he'd probably be at least a wide receiver three…”3 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 1 hit · 1 waiting · 1 too vague to check | 100 | 0 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive3 claims — 2 trade and signing calls and 1 positional finish — the 2 we can check each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of the 2 calls we can check have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess at the same calls.
The other one was too vague to check, so it is not graded.
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.
1Trade and Signing CallsJosh DownsKansas City Chiefs
Josh Downs to move to Kansas City Chiefs
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 0100this call−0a naive guess=100better than naive×1.61difficulty=+161skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 161
- player:
- Josh Downs
- season:
- 2026
- claimed:
- KC
- was with:
- IND
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- reported:
- traded → KC
- settled by:
- a confirmed report from the crawl (reported outcomes)
- difficulty:
- 1.61
- the naive guess:
- he stays where he is
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 11
2Trade and Signing CallsRashee Rice
Rashee Rice to move — “this is the last year we're going to see Rice play in Kansas City”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Positional FinishesJosh DownsKansas City Chiefs
“I think that he'd probably be at least a wide receiver three rest of the season.”
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.
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