# Justin Herbert — what pundits predicted QB · Oregon 43 checkable claims from 29 pundits. These are other people's predictions about what he will do — we grade the prediction, never the player. ## What pundits expect (32 unsettled) - Justin Herbert to finish top 12 at his position, by fantasy points — [Chris Roling](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/chris-roling), for 2026, said Sep 13, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/d4c64a5c-84bf-4ed6-9779-882e9a8fb212 - Justin Herbert to win MVP — [Danny Parkins](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/danny-parkins), for 2026, said Sep 11, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/36c480cc-6b54-4cea-8204-3fc00ea6493c - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost ($7,600) — Fox Sports, for 2026, said Sep 11, 2026; not settled yet - Justin Herbert to finish top 1 at his position, by fantasy points — FantasyPros, for 2026, said Sep 9, 2026; not settled yet - Justin Herbert to finish top 5 at his position, by fantasy points — [Nathan Jahnke](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/nathan-jahnke), for 2026, said Sep 7, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/a6a4b0a3-8eaf-4efe-bef9-12cd962c7ea2 - Justin Herbert to finish top 5 at his position, by fantasy points — Wolf Trelles-Heard, for 2026, said Sep 6, 2026; not settled yet - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost — Wolf Trelles-Heard, for 2026, said Sep 6, 2026; not settled yet - Justin Herbert to win MVP finalist — [Chris Broussard](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/chris-broussard), for 2026, said Sep 2, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/cdf8bbf0-ffd2-4209-8b8c-ad38f2d0dfb8 - Justin Herbert to win MVP — [Veejay Huskey](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/veejay-huskey), for 2026, said Aug 30, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/9b37fc24-8be7-499e-85c9-5743fdc71d25 - Justin Herbert to win MVP — [Mark “Magic Mark” Willard](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/mark-magic-mark-willard), for 2026, said Aug 30, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/b3ed1c21-6174-4806-a6dc-4c87c3683ce1 - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost (an ADP of QB9 and is going in the back half of the seventh round) — [Pat Fitzmaurice](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/pat-fitzmaurice), for 2026, said Aug 30, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/cfdff149-1e6c-4d4f-bd3f-2e392f31e363 - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost — [Andrew Erickson](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/andrew-erickson), for 2026, said Aug 29, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/7d924d0f-d573-45c0-84a7-f4aeeeb9dee4 - Justin Herbert to win MVP — [Albert Breer](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/albert-breer), for 2026, said Aug 28, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/f57d7772-c7a0-46a3-808b-446eaa879702 - Justin Herbert to win MVP — Damon Bruce, for 2026, said Aug 28, 2026; not settled yet - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost (9.01, QB14 ESPN ADP) — Nic Bodiford, for 2026, said Aug 27, 2026; not settled yet - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost (Round 7 or 8) — [Andrew Erickson](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/andrew-erickson), for 2026, said Aug 22, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/9b481392-5ee9-43eb-bd58-fc132674dcea - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost (an ADP of QB9 and is going in the back half of the seventh round) — [Pat Fitzmaurice](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/pat-fitzmaurice), for 2026, said Aug 22, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/d48c57cb-8447-4f48-99bb-4d0dff29f89a - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost — [Nathan Jahnke](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/nathan-jahnke), for 2026, said Aug 20, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/4890b20f-538c-424a-9b6b-dd80fd8f04ab - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost — [Evan Tarracciano](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/evan-tarracciano), for 2026, said Aug 19, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/feacf9fe-5946-4dbc-ac48-4c34d62c2ad3 - Justin Herbert to finish top 5 at his position, by fantasy points — [Evan Tarracciano](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/evan-tarracciano), for 2026, said Aug 19, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/feacf9fe-5946-4dbc-ac48-4c34d62c2ad3 - Justin Herbert to fall short of his draft cost (QB8) — FantasyPros, for 2026, said Aug 19, 2026; not settled yet - Justin Herbert to finish top 13 at his position, by fantasy points — FantasyPros, for 2026, said Aug 19, 2026; not settled yet - Justin Herbert to finish top 1 at his position, by fantasy points — Nic Bodiford, for 2026, said Aug 13, 2026; not settled yet - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost — Mike Clay, for 2026, said Aug 12, 2026; not settled yet - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost (the middle rounds) — [Pat Fitzmaurice](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/pat-fitzmaurice), for 2026, said Aug 11, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/de765b46-ad1b-43a3-b685-4b38acb95569 - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost (Round 7 or 8) — [Andrew Erickson](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/andrew-erickson), for 2026, said Aug 8, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/cac2f0f5-22f8-4b35-b533-933eddcc67f1 - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost — [Pat Fitzmaurice](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/pat-fitzmaurice), for 2026, said Aug 8, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/40f3888a-b5e6-4dbb-adce-0d1865fc3048 - Justin Herbert to finish top 10 at his position, by passing yards — Dan Dwade, for 2026, said Aug 7, 2026; too vague to check - Justin Herbert to outplay his draft cost — [Rich Hribar](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/rich-hribar), for 2026, said Jul 30, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/905da836-eaac-48fa-ac8b-7d62b476ed05 - Justin Herbert to finish top 5 at his position, by passing yards — [JP Acosta](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/jp-acosta), for 2026, said Jun 10, 2026; too vague to check — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/2d5a8a35-185a-4757-9edc-1a9ac823ada3 - Justin Herbert to win MVP — [Rich Eisen](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/rich-eisen), for 2026, said May 11, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/a495def0-48a1-4104-875b-08533935707c - Justin Herbert to win MVP — [Chris Brockman](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/chris-brockman), for 2026, said May 11, 2026; not settled yet — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/c98e2861-ac07-4bb7-a536-52699b0a3e09 ## Settled (11) - Justin Herbert to win MVP — [Eric Mangini](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/eric-mangini), for 2025, said Jan 10, 2026; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/a0d45d98-1c40-47ec-9f79-7444727d076c - Justin Herbert to win MVP — [Chris Brockman](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/chris-brockman), for 2025, said Sep 22, 2025; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/9a980b3d-dd79-4893-80c6-4ee9d9dcd028 - Justin Herbert to finish top 10 at his position, by passing yards — [Jay Stewart](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/jay-stewart), for 2025, said Jun 21, 2025; scored 91.67 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 100) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/5fe9535a-0493-40c9-ac73-c7643995f71e - Justin Herbert to finish top 8 at his position, by passing yards — [Shannon Sharpe](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/shannon-sharpe), for 2025, said Jul 16, 2025; scored 91.67 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 100) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/cfcdf9f8-bbc4-4186-b030-a6790d012cf3 - Justin Herbert to finish top 5 at his position, by passing yards — [Danny Parkins](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/danny-parkins), for 2025, said Jul 29, 2025; scored 66.67 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 100) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/50f5acdf-a4f0-414f-aeac-222067b75938 - Justin Herbert to win MVP — [Dan Pizzuta](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/dan-pizzuta), for 2022, said Sep 8, 2022; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/5cef782a-2154-448a-a0af-3762cb3f5d2e - Justin Herbert to win Most Valuable Player — [Mike Tannenbaum](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/mike-tannenbaum), for 2022, said Sep 6, 2022; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/df951dc9-b6c1-4730-8590-227832e4ef13 - Justin Herbert to win Offensive Player of the Year — [Mike Tannenbaum](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/mike-tannenbaum), for 2022, said Sep 6, 2022; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/df951dc9-b6c1-4730-8590-227832e4ef13 - Justin Herbert to win Most Valuable Player — [Matt Cassel](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/matt-cassel), for 2022, said Sep 6, 2022; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/bfe3169b-8d05-40f7-bb19-6f8ee754435a - Justin Herbert to win Most Valuable Player — [Mike Martz](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/mike-martz), for 2022, said Sep 6, 2022; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/a66306bb-b292-46aa-83a2-a123ca88a4e8 - Justin Herbert to finish top 1 at his position, by passing yards — [Ryan Reynolds](https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/ryan-reynolds), for 2023, said Sep 5, 2023; scored 0 out of 100 (a naive guess scored 0) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/20d4982c-14f1-4af1-875f-61e96d1c4a05 --- Page: https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/justin-herbert Method: https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/methodology