Shannon Sharpe#42 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 25, 2025
Sharpe predicted the Bengals would lose three straight — insisting they will not win in Denver and that the Lions will beat them too.
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What Shannon Sharpe said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromY'all, y'all going to the High to win. We ain't what y'all are not winning in the High. That ain't happening.
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- Nightcap Hour 2: STEELERS interested in TYREEK HILL?! + 49ers BRIAN ROBINSON JR. names his Top 5 ALABAMA RBs + AJ Brown BREAKS silence on Eagles’ STRUGGLES
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- SaidSep 25, 2025
- GradedAug 5, 2026
- 1Detroit Lions to beat Bengals“The Lions, y'all, y'all in the row, y'all season over? All right, you'll see you're about to lose three in a row and your season over.”
- 2Denver Broncos to beat Bengals“Y'all, y'all going to the High to win. We ain't what y'all are not winning in the High. That ain't happening.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions to beat Bengals1 | Game Outcome Picks | — | 100 | 0 | +183 | |
| Denver Broncos to beat Bengals2 | Game Outcome Picks | — | 100 | 100 | 0 | |
| 2 calls · 2 hits · all settled | 100 | 50 | ||||
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How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 2 game outcome picks — 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.
All 2 have settled, averaging 100 out of 100, against 50 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 PicksDetroit Lions
Detroit Lions to beat Bengals
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 0100this call−0a naive guess=100better than naive×1.83difficulty=+183skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- DET
- score:
- 37-24
- skill:
- 183
- they picked:
- DET
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- the naive pick:
- CIN
- difficulty:
- 1.83
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 15
2Game Outcome PicksDenver Broncos
Denver Broncos to beat Bengals
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 100100this call−100a naive guess=0better than naive×1.83difficulty=0skillClosing line (Sep 29): Broncos by 7.5 · favorite pick, Broncos about 4 in 5 (79%).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- DEN
- score:
- 3-28
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- DEN
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- DEN
- difficulty:
- 1.83
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 15
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
100naive 50
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