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Chris Brockman#36 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 29, 2025

Brockman said they would have ranked Indianapolis first and Green Bay second in the power rankings.

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0Miss · out of 100
Power RankingsThe callsettled
100A naive guessthe same call, no knowledge
0This callout of 100
#36Chris Brockman’s rankof 87 ranked NFL pundits

What Chris Brockman said

I mighta had Indy one, Green Bay two.
Chris Brockman’s words, quoted for attribution
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Hour 2: NFL Power Rankings, plus ESPN Boog Sciambi Talks World Series
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  1. SaidOct 29, 2025
  2. GradedAug 13, 2026

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a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive

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The call scored 0 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess at the same calls.

The 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 call; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.

  1. Power Rankings

    “I I I mighta had Indy one, Green Bay two.”

    VerdictMiss
    0Miss · naive 100
    0this call100a naive guess−100worse than naive1.56difficulty−156skill
    How this was scored
    skill:
    −156
    method:
    spearman
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    100
    difficulty:
    1.56
    weeks in the season:
    18
    teams ranked:
    2
    weeks left when called:
    10
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