Matt Ioannidis · Sep 3, 2025
Speaker 7 (identified in the show as "Manti") picked Jalen Carter to have a dominant "banner night" in the Eagles-Cowboys opener, picked the Baltimore Ravens as the visiting team to make noise in Week 1, and named Lamar Jackson as his 2025 NFL MVP.
“Let's go soon to be three times IVP. Jackson”
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- Award PicksSep 3, 2025
“Let's go soon to be three times IVP. Jackson ... in twenty twenty five ... he is the year of the Goat”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- award:
- mvp
- naive:
- the naive pick was Josh Allen, who won it the year before
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Lamar Jackson
- season:
- 2025
- winner:
- Matthew Stafford
- correct:
- false
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Game Outcome PicksSep 3, 2025
“when the Baltimore Ravens go over there in Buffalo, New York, they're going to be ready, they're going to be locked in, and they're going to be angry. So the team that I'm looking forward to in Week one to go up in enemy territory are the Baltimore Ravens.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-200 skillHow this was scored
- won:
- BUF
- score:
- 40-41
- skill:
- -200
- they picked:
- BAL
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- naive pick:
- BUF
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18