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Gene Chamberlain covers the Chicago Bears for Sports Illustrated, writing about Caleb Williams, the Packers rivalry, and NFC matchups against Atlanta, San Francisco, Seattle and the Rams. Predictions include game picks, roster projections and contract speculation.
Across 9 graded calls in 8 articles, Gene Chamberlain scores 48.81% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of -42.35, which means their calls were worse than a naive guess on the same claims.
That is a provisional record, fewer than ten graded articles, so the numbers are not yet meaningful and they are not ranked on the leaderboard.
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Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below opens to its own arithmetic.
All 51 calls · one square per call
3hits33% of graded
1Close11%
5misses56%
42
How much better than a naive guess on the same claims. This is the ranking.
No kind has five graded calls yet, so none is rated.
Gene Chamberlain covers the Chicago Bears for Sports Illustrated, writing about Caleb Williams, the Packers rivalry, and NFC matchups against Atlanta, San Francisco, Seattle and the Rams. Predictions include game picks, roster projections and contract speculation.
A longer profile is written once a record reaches 30 graded articles, and published only after a person reviews it.
9 graded calls in 8 articles, newest first. Every take from Gene Chamberlain, including the ones still waiting →
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The same 87, by how often their calls landed, with no credit for difficulty.
Gene Chamberlain isn’t ranked yet: a record is ranked from 10 graded articles, so a lucky first handful can’t top the table.
Stephen Carlson to land on the practice squad
“They do have Stephen Carlson available on the practice squad to move up and assist Colston Loveland and Sam Roush... Carlson would be an obvious choice for promotion.”
Atlanta Falcons 26 — Bears 24
“Gene Chamberlain's pick: Falcons 26, Bears 24”
Closing line (Oct 18): Bears by 1.5, total 51.5 · this 26–24 calls a Falcons win (by 2; the line gave the Falcons 48%) and fewer points (50).
Chicago Bears 23 — Packers 20
“Gene Chamberlain's pick: Bears 23, Packers 20”
Closing line (Oct 11): Bears by 1.5, total 46.5 · this 23–20 calls a bigger Bears win (by 3) and fewer points (43).
Chicago Bears to beat Packers
“It's the Bears and the Packers at Lambeau Field Sunday at noon in the 214th game in this series. Here's who wins and why: ... Gene Chamberlain's pick: Bears 23, Packers 20”
Closing line (Oct 11): Bears by 1.5 · a toss-up, Bears 53%, Packers 47%.
Chicago Bears 30 — Jets 20
“Gene Chamberlain's pick: Bears 30, Jets 20”
Closing line (Oct 4): Bears by 3.5, total 43.5 · this 30–20 calls a bigger Bears win (by 10) and more points (50).
Chicago Bears 34 — Panthers 30
“Gene Chamberlain's pick: Bears 34, Panthers 30”
Closing line (Sep 13): Bears by 3, total 47.5 · this 34–30 calls a bigger Bears win (by 4) and more points (64).
Marcus Davenport to make the roster
“The edge rusher they have to pay off that cap total is defensive end Marcus Davenport when they do move him on the 53-man roster.”
Kaden Davis to be cut
“Davis has to be so good that he causes the Bears to decide against keeping a player at another needed position. Game 2 was not that good.”
Roschon Johnson to make the roster
“Ahmed, Brown and Bennett should have a long way to go to take a roster spot from Roschon Johnson.”