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Michael David Smith covers the NFL for NBC Sports, writing on roster moves, trades and game outcomes across teams including the Eagles, Raiders, Jaguars and 49ers. The coverage extends to depth-chart decisions, player contracts, draft positioning and playoff races.
Across 4 graded calls in 2 articles, Michael David Smith scores 100% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 128, which means their calls were better 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 36 calls · one square per call
4hits100% of graded
32waitingnot graded yet
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.
Michael David Smith covers the NFL for NBC Sports, writing on roster moves, trades and game outcomes across teams including the Eagles, Raiders, Jaguars and 49ers. The coverage extends to depth-chart decisions, player contracts, draft positioning and playoff races.
A longer profile is written once a record reaches 30 graded articles, and published only after a person reviews it.
4 graded calls in 2 articles, newest first. Every take from Michael David Smith, including the ones still waiting →
Keenan Allen to move — “could also try to trade”
“The Colts could also try to trade wide receiver Keenan Allen, who's second on the team with 325 receiving yards this season”
The same 87, by how often their calls landed, with no credit for difficulty.
Michael David Smith isn’t ranked yet: a record is ranked from 10 graded articles, so a lucky first handful can’t top the table.
Josh Downs to move — “traded”
“Downs has asked the Colts to trade him , and the Colts would seem likely to be willing to grant that request, given that he's in the final year of his rookie contract”
Camden Brown to make the roster
“but if Brown keeps playing this way, it’s going to be hard for the Cowboys not to choose him as one of the 53 players who remain at the end of the preseason.”
KaVontae Turpin to make the roster
“Kavontae Turpin will make the roster for his work as a punt and kickoff returner.”