John Middlekauff· Jan 7, 2025
Middlekauff agreed with Chargers over Texans, Ravens over Steelers and Bills over Broncos, named five teams capable of winning the Super Bowl, picked Penn State over Notre Dame and Ohio State over Texas, and tabbed a Notre Dame freshman pass rusher as a future top-10 pick.
“I would say health there's five teams that can win the Super Bowl. Lions, Eagles, Chiefs, Ravens Bills.”
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9 checkable claims — 5 super bowl picks, 3 game outcome picks and 1 mock draft pick — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet.
It names 7 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
All 9 have settled, averaging 50 out of 100, against 66.7 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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9 checkable claims in this take
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- Game Outcome PicksBaltimore RavensJan 7, 2025
Baltimore Ravens to beat Steelers
“Totally agree? I mean, how could anyone pick the Steelers right now?”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- won:
- BAL
- score:
- 14-28
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- BAL
- season:
- 2024
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- BAL
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Super Bowl PicksBuffalo BillsJan 7, 2025
Buffalo Bills to win the Super Bowl
“I would say health there's five teams that can win the Super Bowl. Lions, Eagles, Chiefs, Ravensville's”
Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 50-50 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- -50
- they picked:
- BUF
- season:
- 2024
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- champion:
- PHI
- runner up:
- KC
- the naive pick:
- KC
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Super Bowl PicksBaltimore RavensJan 7, 2025
Baltimore Ravens to win the Super Bowl
“I would say health there's five teams that can win the Super Bowl. Lions, Eagles, Chiefs, Ravensville's”
Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 50-50 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- -50
- they picked:
- BAL
- season:
- 2024
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- champion:
- PHI
- runner up:
- KC
- the naive pick:
- KC
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Super Bowl PicksKansas City ChiefsJan 7, 2025
Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl
“I would say health there's five teams that can win the Super Bowl. Lions, Eagles, Chiefs, Ravensville's”
Close · 50Scored 50a naive guess scored 50+0 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- KC
- season:
- 2024
- accuracy:
- 50
- baseline:
- 50
- champion:
- PHI
- runner up:
- KC
- the naive pick:
- KC
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Super Bowl PicksDetroit LionsJan 7, 2025
Detroit Lions to win the Super Bowl
“I would say health there's five teams that can win the Super Bowl. Lions, Eagles, Chiefs, Ravensville's”
Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 50-50 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- -50
- they picked:
- DET
- season:
- 2024
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- champion:
- PHI
- runner up:
- KC
- the naive pick:
- KC
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Game Outcome PicksBuffalo BillsJan 7, 2025
Buffalo Bills to beat Broncos
“Yeah, it's hard to see a rookie quarterback long trip at Buffalo. I kind of I like Buffalo handling them pretty well.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- won:
- BUF
- score:
- 7-31
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- BUF
- season:
- 2024
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- BUF
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Mock Draft PicksBryce YoungJan 7, 2025
Bryce Young to be picked “future top ten pick in a couple of years” (picks 1–10)
“His son Bryce, who I would bet on number thirty, the six foot seven pass rusher who's a backup right now, who's a true freshman being a future top ten pick in a couple of years.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 50How this was scored
- draft:
- 2023
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- Bryce Young
- season:
- 2024
- zero at:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 1
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 100
- predicted pick:
- future top ten pick in a couple of years (picks 1–10)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score
- Super Bowl PicksPhiladelphia EaglesJan 7, 2025
Philadelphia Eagles to win the Super Bowl
“I would say health there's five teams that can win the Super Bowl. Lions, Eagles, Chiefs, Ravensville's”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 50+50 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 50
- they picked:
- PHI
- season:
- 2024
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 50
- champion:
- PHI
- runner up:
- KC
- the naive pick:
- KC
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Game Outcome PicksLos Angeles ChargersJan 7, 2025
Los Angeles Chargers to beat Texans
“I would too, But you know their issue have been up the middle... but that's one I think everyone's gonna pick the Chargers”
Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-100 skillHow this was scored
- won:
- HOU
- score:
- 12-32
- skill:
- -100
- they picked:
- LAC
- season:
- 2024
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- HOU
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
What others said about the same people
- Carmen VitaliGame Outcome Picks · Buffalo BillsHit · 100In the show's weekly picks segment Vitali took the Broncos over the Rams, the Ravens over the Cowboys in Rio, Tampa at home over Minnesota, the Bills over the Chargers and the Eagles on the road in Chicago. She also agreed that Caleb Williams would be out roughly two to three weeks.
- Tracy SandlerGame Outcome Picks · Baltimore RavensHit · 100Sandler predicted Caleb Williams would miss two to three weeks with his hamstring injury, and in the picks segment took the Broncos, Ravens, Vikings, Bills and Bears (switching off an earlier Tampa pick).
- Alain PoupartScore Predictions · Kansas City ChiefsClose · 74Previewing the Week 3 home opener, he predicted the Chiefs would comfortably beat the Dolphins, saying Miami's defense couldn't contain Kansas City and its offense wasn't ready for a shootout.
- Nick WrightScore Predictions · Kansas City ChiefsHit · 83On his Week 3 pick show, Nick Wright gave straight-up final-score predictions for five games, calling blowouts by Seattle over Washington and Kansas City over Miami, a Jacksonville home win over New England, a narrow New Orleans win over the Raiders and a low-scoring Baltimore win over Dallas in Brazil. He also called Seattle the best team in the NFL with the league's best defense.
- Chris BroussardGame Outcome Picks · Kansas City ChiefsHit · 100Broussard picked the Bills to beat the Chargers in a competitive, higher-scoring game, said the Chiefs will rout the Dolphins, and for upset alert parlayed the Patriots over the Jaguars and the Raiders over the Saints. He also restated his Cowboys-versus-Ravens Super Bowl matchup pick.
- Eric ManginiGame Outcome Picks · Los Angeles ChargersMiss · 0In his taped upset alert, the coach took the winless Chargers to beat the undefeated Bills, citing Los Angeles' desperation and Buffalo's leaky defense.
More super bowl picks
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
- Jeff "Coach Jags" JagodzinskiSuper Bowl Picks · Seattle SeahawksHit · 100Coach Jags takes Seattle to win Super Bowl 60 by a wider margin than the spread, 28-10, citing Seattle's dominant defense.
- Jacob WestendorfSuper Bowl Picks · Seattle SeahawksHit · 100Westendorf predicts a Seattle blowout, 34-13, over New England in Super Bowl 60, expects Aaron Banks to be back on the Packers roster, thinks Romeo Dobbs will be paid by another team, and calls Christian Watson the Packers' best receiver.
- Brandon SneideSuper Bowl Picks · Seattle SeahawksHit · 100Snyder picks the Seahawks to beat the Patriots 31-23 in Super Bowl 60, believing Seattle pulls away late, and says Drake Maye will finish second in MVP voting behind Matthew Stafford.
- David HarrisonSuper Bowl Picks · Seattle SeahawksHit · 100On a mailbag episode, Harrison said he had backed the Seattle Seahawks to win the Super Bowl, and floated draft-window guesses for a couple of Commanders-fit prospects: Alabama center Parker Brailsford as an early-200s pick and Georgia tight end Oscar Delp as a late-round selection. He also described Ohio State's Sonny Styles as a projected first-round linebacker.
- David HarrisonSuper Bowl Picks · Seattle SeahawksHit · 100In his first mock draft of the offseason (built on two hypothetical trades), Harrison has Washington selecting Caleb Banks at No. 16, Brandon Cisse at No. 33, Tanner Koziol at No. 145 and Kaylon Black at No. 223, with Banks immediately becoming the team's top defensive tackle. He also expects Washington to move on from Marshawn Lattimore and to bring back Chris Rodriguez Jr., and says his money on the Super Bowl was on Seattle.
- Nick WrightSuper Bowl Picks · Seattle SeahawksHit · 100Nick picked Seattle to win the Super Bowl 27-17, citing Seattle's defense, coaching against young quarterbacks and schedule strength, and named Rasheed Shaheed as his dark horse Super Bowl MVP.