Simon Hunter · Jul 18, 2025
Simon ranked twelve quarterbacks based on past performance — Mahomes first, Jalen Hurts second, Josh Allen third, with Dak Prescott seventh and Herbert outside the top 10 at 12 and Purdy at 14. He also called the Cowboys an undervalued, slept-on team and said he'd bet the Chiefs to win the AFC West over the hyped Chargers.
“I had Baker at ten... CJ at number eight... number seven, the man that's left for dead... Dak.”
said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast) · read the original →
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- Top Player ListsJul 18, 2025
“my number twelve was Herbert... Golf [eleven]... I had Baker at ten... So I have him in nine [Daniels]. CJ at number eight. number seven... Dak... Number six I got Joe Burrow... I have Stafford number five... number four went with Lamar... I put Josh on number three... [Hurts] number two... obviously number one Chad, no doubt about it. Mahomes... I do have pretty at fourteen”
Scored 54.95a naive guess scored 50+9.89 skillHow this was scored
- naive:
- a coin-flip ordering scores 50
- skill:
- 9.89
- placed:
- 13
- season:
- 2025
- players:
- 13
- accuracy:
- 54.95
- baseline:
- 50
- by position:
- QB 13: 54.95
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- could not place:
- 0
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Division WinnersKansas City ChiefsJul 18, 2025
“You're getting minus one ten of the chiefs in that division running to the window to bet that one.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Surprise Team CallsDallas CowboysJul 18, 2025
“So their team that Chad knows I've been talking about for about four months now, is just an undervalued team that's gonna be slept on... they should have a really good offense and a good defense.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.