Pat Fitzmaurice · Oct 1, 2025
Fitzmorris gave his own Week 5 wide receiver rankings, keeping Ja'Marr Chase as a low-end WR1 at No. 9, slotting the Chargers trio as Quentin Johnston 20/Ladd McConkey 22/Keenan Allen 23, and naming Malik Washington as his deeper play with Tyreek Hill out.
“Ja'Marr Chase is insanely good at football.”
said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast) · read the original →
11 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.
“FITZI, you got them quite a bit higher. You've got him at sixteen.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 25-44.5 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- -44.5
- player:
- Jakobi Meyers
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 25
- position:
- WR
- ranked by:
- fantasy points
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- naive basis:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 29
- actual finish:
- 38
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- predicted finish:
- 16
“You've got him at thirty two, Ericson, you've got him at twenty nine.”
Scored 25a naive guess scored 0+44.5 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 44.5
- player:
- Wan'Dale Robinson
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 25
- baseline:
- 0
- position:
- WR
- ranked by:
- fantasy points
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- naive basis:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 53
- actual finish:
- 23
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- predicted finish:
- 32
“Yeah, I've got QJ wide receiver twenty Lad twenty two, Keenan Allen twenty three.”
Scored 16.67a naive guess scored 0+29.67 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 29.67
- player:
- Ladd McConkey
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 16.67
- baseline:
- 0
- position:
- WR
- ranked by:
- fantasy points
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- naive basis:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 11
- actual finish:
- 32
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- predicted finish:
- 22
“Fitzi you've got him at nine ... I don't think it's crazy to rank this undeniably great player as a mid range or low end wide receiver one”
Scored 66.67a naive guess scored 66.67+0 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Ja'Marr Chase
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 66.67
- baseline:
- 66.67
- position:
- WR
- ranked by:
- fantasy points
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- naive basis:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 1
- actual finish:
- 5
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- predicted finish:
- 9
“He is ECR eighteen. Both of you have got him higher. Fitzy at fifteen, Erickson's at fourteen”
Scored 66.67a naive guess scored 0+118.67 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 118.67
- player:
- Jaylen Waddle
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 66.67
- baseline:
- 0
- position:
- WR
- ranked by:
- fantasy points
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- naive basis:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 48
- actual finish:
- 19
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- predicted finish:
- 15
“Yeah, I've got QJ wide receiver twenty Lad twenty two, Keenan Allen twenty three.”
Scored 33.33a naive guess scored 33.33+0 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Quentin Johnston
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 33.33
- baseline:
- 33.33
- position:
- WR
- ranked by:
- fantasy points
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- naive basis:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 36
- actual finish:
- 28
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- predicted finish:
- 20
“Yeah, I've got QJ wide receiver twenty Lad twenty two, Keenan Allen twenty three.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-178 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- -178
- player:
- Keenan Allen
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- position:
- WR
- ranked by:
- fantasy points
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- naive basis:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 37
- actual finish:
- 37
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- predicted finish:
- 23
“You guys are both lower, Fitzi at nineteen, Ericson at twenty four”
Scored 41.67a naive guess scored 0+74.17 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 74.17
- player:
- Michael Pittman
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 41.67
- baseline:
- 0
- position:
- WR
- ranked by:
- fantasy points
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- naive basis:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 46
- actual finish:
- 26
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- predicted finish:
- 19
“Fits You've got him at thirty one. Ericson, you got him at forty”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Jordan Addison
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- position:
- WR
- ranked by:
- fantasy points
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- naive basis:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 18
- actual finish:
- 43
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- predicted finish:
- 31
“He is going to have an enhanced role with Tyreek Hill out”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 91.67+14.83 skillHow this was scored
- club:
- MIA
- skill:
- 14.83
- player:
- Malik Washington
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 91.67
- position:
- WR
- naive slot:
- 3
- actual slot:
- 2
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- measured by:
- receptions
- naive basis:
- where he sat last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted slot:
- 2
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- Sleeper CallsMalik WashingtonMiami DolphinsOct 1, 2025
“Malik Washington. He is going to have an enhanced role with Tyreek Hill out, and maybe not just in the passing game.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.