Nick Faria

Nick Faria covers the New York Jets for Sports Illustrated, writing about roster decisions, depth charts, and weekly game prep. His work spans the full arc of the NFL calendar—from grading position groups after 53-man roster cuts to breaking down inactive lists and answering fan mailbags as the season unfolds.

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Is Nick Faria accurate? Across 1 graded call in 1 article, Nick Faria scores 100% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 0, which means their calls were no 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.

100%

Accuracy

How often they were right.

MissedTakes Score

Versus a naive guess. 0 means no better.

Graded calls

across 1 article. 92 more not yet settled.

Fewer than 10 graded articles. Treat this as provisional.

100% of their claims were specific enough to check. Most of what they said committed to something.

Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below shows its own arithmetic.

Graded calls · 1

Faria projects the Jets' depth chart entering the third week of training camp, naming starters, backups and bubble players across every position group, plus roster-spot calls on Jelani Woods, Xavier Newman, VJ Payne, Tre Brown and Samuel Womack III.Aug 10, 2026
- Jelani Woods to make the roster
  “for Woods, this may finally be the year he makes the 53-man roster.”
  Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skill
  How this was scored
  club:
  NYJ
  skill:
  0
  player:
  Jelani Woods
  season:
  2026
  claimed:
  he makes the 53
  accuracy:
  100
  baseline:
  100
  difficulty:
  2
  the naive guess:
  he was on somebody's 53 last season, so he makes one again