Scott Bogman · Aug 2, 2025
Bogman delivered five escalating hot takes: Cam Skattebo leads the Giants in touches as a rookie, Trey McBride leads all tight ends in touchdowns, Ricky Pearsall leads the 49ers in receiving yards, Matthew Golden finishes as a low-end fantasy WR2 (around WR24), and Anthony Richardson finishes as the QB6 in fantasy.
“My first hot take is that Cam Scataboo leads the New York Giants in touches this season.”
said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast) · read the original →
5 checkable claims from this
Each one is scored on its own against the published methodology. A pundit naming several outcomes is graded on each, not on all-or-nothing.
“Ricky Piersaw leads the forty nine ers in receiving yards.”
Scored 83.33a naive guess scored 100-33.33 skillHow this was scored
- club:
- SF
- skill:
- -33.33
- player:
- Ricky Pearsall
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 83.33
- baseline:
- 100
- position:
- WR
- naive slot:
- 3
- actual slot:
- 3
- difficulty:
- 2
- measured by:
- receptions
- naive basis:
- where he sat last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted slot:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“Anthony Richardson finishes QB six. We don't even know if he's gonna start right now.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Anthony Richardson
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- position:
- QB
- ranked by:
- fantasy points
- difficulty:
- 2
- naive basis:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 25
- actual finish:
- 70
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- predicted finish:
- 6
“Matthew Golden... finishes as a low end wide receiver two in fantasy... That's a wide receiver low end wide receiver twenty four here.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Matthew Golden
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- position:
- WR
- ranked by:
- fantasy points
- difficulty:
- 2
- naive basis:
- no prior season — the startable tier at WR
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 36
- actual finish:
- 91
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- predicted finish:
- 24
- Depth Chart CallsCam SkatteboNew York GiantsAug 2, 2025
“My first hot take is that Cam Scataboo leads the New York Giants in touches this season... I think he's already the better lead back.”
Scored 83.33a naive guess scored 91.67-16.67 skillHow this was scored
- club:
- NYG
- skill:
- -16.67
- player:
- Cam Skattebo
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 83.33
- baseline:
- 91.67
- position:
- RB
- naive slot:
- 2
- actual slot:
- 3
- difficulty:
- 2
- measured by:
- rushing yards
- naive basis:
- no prior season — a rookie is assumed to start behind the incumbent
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted slot:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Positional FinishesTrey McBrideAug 2, 2025
“Trey McBride leads tight ends in touchdowns this season. In twenty twenty five”
Scored 91.67a naive guess scored 0+183.33 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 183.33
- player:
- Trey McBride
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 91.67
- baseline:
- 0
- position:
- TE
- ranked by:
- receiving tds
- difficulty:
- 2
- naive basis:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 33
- actual finish:
- 2
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- predicted finish:
- 1