Connor "Boston Connor" CampbellSep 21, 2026
Connor claimed the Patriots have the league's best defense, and argued the Eagles' early wins could carry them to 12 or 13 wins once their offense figures things out.
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What Connor "Boston Connor" Campbell said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromWe have the best defense in the freaking league, and we hit the hardest out of any team in the league.
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- The Pat McAfee Show (podcast)
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- PMS 2.0 1628 - OVERREACTION MONDAY, NFL Week 2 Recap, MNF Preview/Picks, Michael Irvin, Adam Schefter, Dan Orlovsky, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk
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- 1New England Patriots defense to be the best in the league“We have the best defense in the freaking league, and we hit the hardest out of any team in the league.”
- 2Season Win Totals“Like, the Eagles haven't looked good. Sure. But those two wins early on might get them to twelve and thirteen when they end up figuring it out.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots defense to be the best in the league1 | Position Group Finish | — | — | — | — | |
| “Like, the Eagles haven't looked good. Sure. But those two wins…”2 | Season Win Totals | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 waiting · 1 too vague to check | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 claims — 1 position group finish and 1 season win total — the one we can check graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
The one call we can check has not settled yet — it grades once its result is in.
The other one was too vague to check, so it is not graded.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.
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.
1Position Group FinishNew England Patriots
New England Patriots defense to be the best in the league
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Season Win TotalsPhiladelphia Eagles
“Like, the Eagles haven't looked good. Sure. But those two wins early on might get them to twelve and thirteen when they end up figuring it out.”
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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