Simon HunterAug 20, 2026
Simon Hunter breaks down the NFC East: they think Dallas is the value play to win the division and could reach a one seed, expects the Cowboys' floor is seven wins with ten or eleven possible, likes Caleb Downs as a Defensive Player of the Year candidate, ranks the Giants fourth in the division and Washington third, and thinks the Eagles' defense is the division's best unit.
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What Simon Hunter said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI don't see the Cowboys floor being lower than seven wins.
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- Sharp or Square - NFC EAST BETTING PREVIEW: Predictions for Cowboys, Eagles, Giants & Commanders
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- 1Dallas Cowboys to win the division“once again, Cowboys plus two ten. They should be just like Eagles... So yeah to me the value right now, sitting on that Cowboy side.”
- 2Dallas Cowboys to finish with 10 wins“this could easily be a team that wins ten eleven games... I don't see the Cowboys floor being lower than seven wins.”
- 3Caleb Downs to win Defensive Player of the Year“I never give out safeties to win Defensive Player of the Year. He's in Dallas, they got primetime games. He could be a sexy name of throw a bet on.”
- 4Stefon Diggs to be 2nd on the depth chart“they went out got him a legit number two, a guy that you could say is just as good as mclauren”
- 5Power Rankings“So I actually have them still fourth in this division... they're fourth on the script here, but you think they're third in the division.”
- 6Dallas Cowboys to take the top seed“this feels like a pretty safe bet to either be, you know, the seventh seed or when this division be a one or two seed”
- 7Washington Commanders to finish with 9 wins“Can he play a minimum of sixteen games? If he stays healthy for that many, they can get to nine to eight, eight and nine.”
- 8Position Group Rankings“the best unit in this entire division is the Eagles defense, and it's not close”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys to win the division1 | Division Winners | — | — | — | — | |
| Dallas Cowboys to finish with 10 wins2 | Season Win Totals | — | — | — | — | |
| Caleb Downs to win Defensive Player of the Year3 | Award Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Stefon Diggs to be 2nd on the depth chart4 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “So I actually have them still fourth in this division...…”5 | Power Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| Dallas Cowboys to take the top seed6 | Seeding, Byes and Home Field | — | — | — | — | |
| Washington Commanders to finish with 9 wins7 | Season Win Totals | — | — | — | — | |
| “the best unit in this entire division is the Eagles defense,…”8 | Position Group Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 calls · 8 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
8 checkable claims — 2 season win totals, 1 award pick, 1 depth chart call, 1 division winner, 1 position group ranking, 1 power ranking and 1 seeding, byes and home field — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 4 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Of the 3 unsettled calls enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands above the room on 1 and below it on 2.
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.
Where this call stands in the room
Dallas Cowboys · 2026 season · wins28 calls from 20 pundits between 3 wins and 14 wins. Simon Hunter said 10 wins. the room's median is 10 wins. not settled yet
Every dot is a call somebody published on the same question. Where the dots land says where this take sits, not whether it is right — nothing here is settled yet. Hover a dot for the name and number; click it to read that take.
1Division WinnersDallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys to win the division
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Season Win TotalsDallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys to finish with 10 wins
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Award PicksCaleb DownsDallas Cowboys
Caleb Downs to win Defensive Player of the Year
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Depth Chart CallsStefon DiggsWashington Commanders
Stefon Diggs to be 2nd on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“So I actually have them still fourth in this division... they're fourth on the script here, but you think they're third in the division.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
6Seeding, Byes and Home FieldDallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys to take the top seed
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
7Season Win TotalsWashington Commanders
Washington Commanders to finish with 9 wins
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“the best unit in this entire division is the Eagles defense, and it's not close”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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