# Joe Marino: Marino says he predicted the Bills to go 12-5 and win the AFC East, expects wins over Minnesota, Miami and the Jets, calls Josh Allen the league's best quarterback, and ranks Buffalo's 21 players under 25 years old as building blocks. **Claimed:** Sep 7, 2026 **Pundit:** Joe Marino — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/joe-marino **Outlet:** Locked On Bills (podcast) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/outlets/locked-on-bills-podcast **How it reached us:** said on air, transcribed by us **Original:** https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdrl.fm/8c06ff/lockedon.simplecastaudio.com/d5c86183-3556-42ef-a0fc-3e82326ec162/episodes/4cb94bfa-ca6e-4da0-997f-1837f065070c/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=d5c86183-3556-42ef-a0fc-3e82326ec162&awEpisodeId=4cb94bfa-ca6e-4da0-997f-1837f065070c&feed=LIaoLB9Y 8 checkable claims — 3 game outcome picks, 1 depth chart call, 1 division winner, 1 positional finishe, 1 season win total and 1 top player list — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet. It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record. None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in. Of the 3 unsettled calls enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands above the room on 1 and below it on 2. > I had the Bills going twelve and five and winning the AFC East *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Buffalo Bills to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Buffalo Bills - Verdict: not settled yet - **Buffalo Bills to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Buffalo Bills - Verdict: not settled yet - **Buffalo Bills to finish with 12 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Buffalo Bills - Verdict: not settled yet - **Buffalo Bills to win the division** - Kind: Division Winners · About: Buffalo Bills - Verdict: not settled yet - **Deone Walker to be 1st on the depth chart** - Kind: Depth Chart Calls · About: Deone Walker, Buffalo Bills - Verdict: not settled yet - **Buffalo Bills to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Buffalo Bills - Verdict: not settled yet - **Josh Allen to finish top 1 at his position, by passing yards** - Kind: Positional Finishes · About: Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills - Verdict: too vague to check - **I've ranked the 21 players on the bills roster under 25 years old... Number one... Cole Bishop and Deion Walker... TJ Parker, I have at number three... 20, Javon Solomon.** - Kind: Top Player Lists - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Buffalo Bills — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/bills - Deone Walker — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/deone-walker - Josh Allen — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/josh-allen ## What others said about the same people - Danny Parkins on Buffalo Bills: Parkins picked the Giants to upset Dallas, the Steelers to beat Atlanta by two scores, the Bears to beat Carolina, the Bills to beat Houston and Denver to beat Kansas City outright; he also said Justin Herbert will win an MVP and had the Bengals as AFC North champs. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/36c480cc-6b54-4cea-8204-3fc00ea6493c (scored 100) - Kirk Herbstreit on Buffalo Bills: Herbstreit made a full slate of Week 1 picks — Lions, Ravens, Bears, Bills, Buccaneers, Jaguars, Titans, Eagles, Packers and Cowboys — and also said he still thinks Seattle is the team to beat in the NFC West. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/5bc3755c-9b84-484f-b8f2-b18d51a12261 (scored 100) - AJ Hawk on Buffalo Bills: AJ Hawk picked the Ravens over the Colts, Carolina to beat Chicago outright, the Bills at Houston, the Bengals over Tampa Bay, the Titans over the Jets, the Raiders over Miami, the Packers at Minnesota and the Cowboys over the Giants. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/74f9146c-d27f-4851-b8a4-4103d043308f (scored 100) - Richard Sherman on Buffalo Bills: Sherman picked Seattle to beat New England 28-17 in the opener, ran through score picks for the rest of the week one slate (49ers, Cowboys, Bills, Bears, Vikings, Colts, Broncos), said the Seahawks would also beat the Cardinals, Commanders and Chargers, backed Dallas to win its division, and predicted Christian Gonzalez's deal would come in barely above Devon Witherspoon's. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/3b4f1960-4810-4136-8023-c9a76a0598a3 (scored 97.62) - Mike Kadlick on Buffalo Bills: Kadlick's Week 1 straight-up picks for all 16 games. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/934613ff-97e3-4894-a383-faa755bdfc35 (scored 100) - Albert Breer on Buffalo Bills: Breer's Week 1 straight-up picks for all 16 games. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/81a0a660-de14-460e-a283-c357a6a1bcda (scored 100) ## More game outcome picks The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Danny Parkins on Denver Broncos: Parkins picked the Giants to upset Dallas, the Steelers to beat Atlanta by two scores, the Bears to beat Carolina, the Bills to beat Houston and Denver to beat Kansas City outright; he also said Justin Herbert will win an MVP and had the Bengals as AFC North champs. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/36c480cc-6b54-4cea-8204-3fc00ea6493c (scored 0) - Eric Mangini on Denver Broncos: Mangini's upset alert was Washington over Philadelphia; in the chips segment he backed Houston, Dallas and Denver; and his Monday headline was Cincinnati mauling Tampa Bay, with Joe Burrow as his MVP and the Bengals as AFC North champs. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e5bc3ec1-bf97-4273-a223-f5661d0cca8a (scored 0) - Shannon Sharpe on Denver Broncos: Sharpe predicted Matthew Stafford would throw four touchdowns in the Thursday night game against the 49ers, picked Tampa Bay to beat Cincinnati at home, took the Broncos over Kansas City on Monday night with Bonitto getting 2.5 sacks, and expects big fantasy value from kicker Brandon Aubrey. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/7f7bf5cf-1f4a-4432-beab-5ec7c9549fc7 (scored 0) - Tyler Sullivan on Denver Broncos: An unsigned CBS Sports piece flags five Week 1 underdogs as upset candidates: the 49ers over the Rams in Melbourne, the Texans over the Bills, the Panthers over the Bears, the Jets over the Titans, and the Broncos over the Chiefs on Monday night. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/cd6c3269-8c90-4044-9c48-0b1fc3537699 (scored 0) - Mitch Goldich on Denver Broncos: Goldich's Week 1 straight-up picks for all 16 games. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/643de3da-467f-48c2-a141-4656c392ab89 (scored 0) - John Pluym on Kansas City Chiefs: Pluym's Week 1 straight-up picks for all 16 games. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e7e5c159-21f2-4766-92de-857294ef51cf (scored 100) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. 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