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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 skill
    How 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

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  • 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 skill
    How 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

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