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A limited sample — under 30 graded articles.
95.3% of their claims were specific enough to check. Most of what they said committed to something.
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Everyone writing under this banner, pooled into the numbers above. Counted by article, with a paginated series counting once — the same rule used for an individual, from the published methodology.
Teams and players where KC Sports Network (podcast)’s writers keep landing outside the room: at least twice, a call published under this banner sat beyond every other pundit who made a comparable one — higher or lower than all of them, in a room of at least five voices. The bar is the banner’s standing lean (+100 would be the most bullish voice in every room), and the accuracy covers just those out-on-a-limb calls, once they settle. Computed, never chosen.
Outside the room in 3 of 5 articles (1 higher, 2 lower) · the strays aren’t settled yet
Outside the room in 2 of 5 articles — always lower · the strays aren’t settled yet
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Outside the room in 2 of 6 articles (1 higher, 1 lower) · when its writers strayed: 100.0 accuracy (1 settled)
Outside the room in 2 of 5 articles — always lower · the strays aren’t settled yet
Outside the room in 2 of 3 articles (1 higher, 1 lower) · the strays aren’t settled yet
Outside the room in 2 of 4 articles (1 higher, 1 lower) · when its writers strayed: 93.9 accuracy (2 settled)
the That Football Show, Cousins Darnold list going into camp from thirty two to one, Jacoby Brissett, Shador Sanders, Geno Smith, Bryce Young, Malik Willis, Michael Pennington Junior, Tyler Shuck, Jackson Dart... With Daniel Jones on the right side of the line... Whoever the fuck is starting for the Raiders at 23. Cam Ward, Kyler Murray, Bo Nicks... Aaron Rodgers, CJ Stroud, and then at the Cousins Darnold line, Darnold and Purdy... Top 15, Hertz, Mayfield, Daniels, Goff, and Lawrence... Love, Williams, Herbert, Dak, Drake May, 10 through six. Five, Joe Burrow. Four, Lamar Jackson. Three, Matthew Stafford. Two, Josh Allen. And a firm, rock solid, number one. Yep. Patrick Mahomes.
So your bottom a guy, you've got Brissett, Gino, Willis, Chador, Bryce Young, Michael Panix, Tyler Schock, Daniel Jones... My next four, I got Jackson Dart, Cam Ward... Fernando Mendoza... And then I got Calumrio at 21... Bo Nix's 20... Number 18 for me, CJ Stroud... Sam Donald is 17 for me... [Brock Purdy at 16]... Jalen Hertz at 15. Jaden Daniels at 14... I've got Baker Mayfield at 13... 12, I got Jared Goff... 11, I got Trevor Lawrence... my 10 is Jordan Love... Number nine for me, Justin Herbert... I got Caleb Williams at eight... number seven for me is Dak... I got Drake May 6... We have a five. Joe Burrow... I've got Lamar at three for me... I have Matt Stafford at four... Bachelor Pose is my top spot as well.
Again, Sanders at 32, Brissett, 31, Bryce Young, 30, Gino at 29, Willis at 28, Penech at 27, Fernando Mendoza at 26, Ken Ward at twenty five... I have Shuck twenty fourth... I have Jackson Dart '23... I had Daniel Jones 22... I have Kyler Murray twenty first... So I've got Rodgers 20, Strav 19, Knicks 18, Darleson [17]... Is it Brock Bertie? Yep [16]... 15. I would've had this guy a little higher last year, Baker Mayfield... Jalen Hurts, 14... 13, Jaden Daniels... Golf. I've got 12... And then number 11, I have just missing out on the top 10, Caleb Williams... my number 10, Straffel Lawrence... So I love a nine [Jordan Love]... I have Dak at eight... I have Herbert at seven... I got Drake May 6... with Burrow, I also have him five... I have Lamar mid four... I've Stafford three... he is two [Josh Allen]... I'm taking Mahomes
Patrick Mahomes to win Comeback Player of the Year
And he's like, hey. Come back. Player of the Year and stuff. I mean, now Mahomes is gonna win that if he's good.
He can throw up our consensus DT rankings... Jeff Simmons sat atop the list. Chris Jones, Clinton Williams, Dexter Lawrence, and Byron Murphy are one through five.
Here's the consensus top 10, for the lab. ... At ten is Brock Purdey. At nine is Justin Herbert. At eight is Dak Prescott. At seven is The Gap. Six is Lamar. Five is Joe Burrow. Four is Drake May. Three is Matthew Stafford. Two is Josh Allen. One is Patrick Mahomes.
And at number 11, I may have cheated here. We have Jordan Love. In number 10, we have Justin Herbert. ... it is a Brock Purdy at number ... This is Dak Prescott at eight and Joe Burrow at seven. ... Problem solvers like Lamar Jackson at number six, like Drake May at number five, and Matthew Stafford at number four. ... my next tier is number three. It's the gap. ... Josh Allen at number two. Sorry. Joshua Allen, number two, and Patrick Levon Mahomes, number one. ... he's also 12 for me
It's Dak Prescott at eight. It's Justin Herbert at seven, and it's Lamar Jackson at six. ... Drake May at five, Joe Burrow at four, Matthew Stafford at three. ... I'm buying early on Caleb and Jaden Daniels, and so they're sitting at ten and nine in my top 10. ... I had Love at 11. ... And it is Josh Allen. ... there's a name that sits atop of my list, and it's the underrated and underappreciated Patrick LaVon Mahomes.
I'm a Stiles, number 10... Number nine, Cedric Gray from the Tennessee titans, and number eight, Jordan Brooks for the Miami Dolphins... Number seven, Aziz Alshayir. Number six, Carson Swessinger. And number five, Devin Lloyd... Number four, Zach Vaughn, and number three... This is Fred Warner... my final tier that's called move over, Fred... Number two, Ernest Jones, and number one, Jack Campbell.
Devin Lloyd, number 10. Edron Cooper, number nine. Carson Schwesinger, number eight. Diane Henley, number seven. And Jordan Brooks, number six... We have Ernest Jones coming in at five, Roquan Smith at four, and Jack Campbell making his jump in here to number three... This is not Fred Warner, but he's good. It's Zach Vaughn... Mine is, Fred Warner... Clearly the number one linebacker in the NFL.
My first tier is just called first. I'm gonna be early on Sunny Styles and Arvel Rees... it's Devin Bush at eight Foyol... Foyol Oluokin, Jamie and Sherwood, and Ernest Jones... Earned it in 2025. Carson Swashinger at four and Jordan Brooks at three... Jack Campbell is sitting at number two for me... It's Fred Warner in the and still category. Number one, it's Fred Warner. He's the best linebacker in football.
What you know Mahomes, by the way, is gonna be fifty eighth on this list. Oh, it's gonna be it's gonna be so egregiously bad
It's it's Jeremiah Love sneaks into the top 10 of running backs, for, for 2026... Then Hall, McCaffrey, Henry, Taylor, Cook, H. Chan, Barkley, Gibbs, and Bijon.
So my tenth ranked running back for this season is one player by himself, Jeremiah Love... James Cook... lands him in the Leonard Williams tier at number nine... Number eight, Breece Hall. Number seven, Devon A chain... It's Derek Henry at number six... We got Christian McCaffrey at number five, Jonathan Taylor at number four, and Saquon Barkley at number three... Number two, Jahmier Gibbs. And number one, Bijon Robinson.
it is gonna go Kyron Williams at number 10... Kenneth Walker is number nine... he's sitting there at number eight for me... I went with Saquon bark Barkley at seven, Derrick Henry at six, and James Cook at five... I'm going Devon h Chain at number four... Jonathan Taylor... And Jameer Gibbs... It's Bijon Robinson for me
Jeremiyah Love to finish top 10 at his position, by rushing yards
So I'm full send. I think he's one of the 10 best running backs in football already.
So number 15 is Chase Brown. Number 14 is Jeremiah Love. Number 13 is Javonte Williams. Number 12 is Deandre Swift, and number 11 is Kyran Williams... Number 10, Travis ETN. Number nine, Kenneth Walker. And number eight, Breece Hall... this is number seven, Derrick Henry, and number six, Saquon Barkley... This is number five, Devon Achain, number four, James Cook, and number three, Christian McCaffrey... Number two, Jameer Gibbs, and number one, Bijon Robinson... He would have been number three. Push everybody down a spot. Kenneth Walker would have been number 10. Travis ETN would have been off my list.
The Rams lead the ass list as the sole proprietor of badass... Bills, niners, not ass... Chiefs, Texans, Bears, Seahawks, kinda ass... Ass. Packers, Ravens, Patriots, Eagles, Broncos, Lions... Super ass. Chargers, Giants, Cowboys, Bengals, Jags, Steelers, Mega Ass, Falcons, Bucks, Vikings, Super Mega Ass, Colts, Commanders, Panthers, Saints, ultra super mega ass... Browns, Raiders, Titans, and then Jets. Jets, Dolphins, Cardinals.
It is Jets, Dolphins, and Cardinals... Panthers, Titans, Raiders, Browns... I do have the Colts in there... I have Minnesota in that tier. I have Atlanta in that tier, and I have New Orleans... the Jacksonville Jaguars, the David Beckhamers... the Pittsburgh Steelers... and the New York Giants... I've got the Eagles. I've got the Cowboys. I've got the Bengals, the Lions, and the Bears... I had the Patriots, the Broncos, the Packers, and the Chargers... I've got the Niners... the Texans... the Ravens in kinda ass... The Seahawks... I have the Chiefs and the kinda ass tier... The Bills are the only team I have in Not Ass... Rams are badass for me.
I have three teams into my Jets tier. And I do have the Jets... I also have the Dolphins... I have the Cardinals... Browns and Raiders... The Titans... I have Washington... I have the Colts... Atlanta, New Orleans, Tampa, Carolina... I have Minnesota... I have the Giants here... the Chargers... Packers, Steelers, Bengals, Cowboys, Ravens, Pats, Jags, all seven of them on the Astaire... I also have Houston... I have Denver here for me... I have Philadelphia here for me... I have Detroit. I have Chicago. I have Kansas City... So I have the Bills and the Niners in not ass... I have the Rams, and I have Seattle.
Jeffery Simmons to finish top 1 at his position, by sacks
I expect Jeffrey Simmons to still be the best defensive tackle in football just like he was last year.
Chris Jones to finish top 5 at his position, by an unstated measure
This is still going to be a top five defensive tackle season for Chris Jones because that's just the player that he is
Number 10, Dexter Lawrence... Pela Carter is number nine on mine. Number eight is Osa Odigazuwa... problem causers... Kobe Turner... he moves up to number seven... Vita Vea, and number five, Zach Allen... standard bearers. This is Chris Jones at number four, Leonard Williams at number three... game wreckers. Number two, Quinton Williams and number one, Jeffrey Simmons.
Kobi Turner... give me him with the number 10... number nine, Leonard Williams... Quentin Williams is sitting at eight... it's Jalen Carter... Zach Allen is the stand alone tier for me... Old but still elite... Cameron Hayward... Dexter Lawrence... Chris Jones (I had him at three)... My number two player... is Byron Murphy... Jeffrey Simmons is the best defensive tackle in football.
Jeffery Simmons to finish top 1 at his position, by sacks
He is the best defensive and tackle in football right now... I think that is the case for 2026 as well.