Chad Ochocinco Johnson · Jul 15, 2025
Chad predicts the Bengals will beat the Steelers again this season, says Cincinnati will start the year 5-0, and forecasts that Joe Flacco opens as Cleveland's starter before Shedeur Sanders takes over. He also puts Jerry Jeudy at 1,500 receiving yards.
“I'm just letting you know we're gonna beat them again, and we're gonna start the season five and oh”
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4 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.
- Depth Chart CallsJul 15, 2025
“You know, Joe Flaco starting unless he gets injured in training camp or something like that... Now the job is Joe Flacco's to lose.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 91.67+16.67 skillHow this was scored
- club:
- CIN
- skill:
- 16.67
- player:
- Joe Flacco
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 91.67
- position:
- QB
- naive slot:
- 2
- actual slot:
- 1
- difficulty:
- 2
- measured by:
- passing yards
- naive basis:
- where he sat last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted slot:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Player Season NumbersJul 15, 2025
“Jerry Judy going for eighteen hundred this year... Okay, okay, fifteen hundred, fifteen hundred, Jerry going for fifteen hundred”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 52.53-105.06 skillHow this was scored
- naive:
- 789.37
- skill:
- -105.06
- what happened:
- 602
- player:
- Jerry Jeudy
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 52.53
- predicted:
- 1500
- statistic:
- receiving_yards
- difficulty:
- 2
- last season:
- 1229
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- position average:
- 349.73
- zero at percent out:
- 50
- Depth Chart CallsJul 15, 2025
“we know Shador Sanders is going to be the one to step in the helm and run the show once things don't work out with Joe Flacco... then it's gonna be the Shadoor Sanders Show.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 91.67+16.67 skillHow this was scored
- club:
- CLE
- skill:
- 16.67
- player:
- Shedeur Sanders
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 91.67
- position:
- QB
- naive slot:
- 2
- actual slot:
- 1
- difficulty:
- 2
- measured by:
- passing yards
- naive basis:
- no prior season — a rookie is assumed to start behind the incumbent
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted slot:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Game Outcome PicksJul 15, 2025
“When the Steelers play the Bengals, we know what's gonna happen. They still gonna get this work... We beat the Steelers. Okay, I'm just letting you know we're gonna beat them again”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.