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The Draft Network · Sep 6, 2021

Predicts the Browns win the AFC North, with Baltimore second and a wild-card berth, Pittsburgh third around .500 and out of the playoffs, and Cincinnati last, with Zac Taylor fired at season's end.

It's been nearly 20 years since the Browns have won the division, but all streaks eventually come to an end.

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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.

  • Prediction: Second Place (Wild-Card)

    Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
    How this was scored
    team:
    BAL
    skill:
    0
    season:
    2021
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    0
    naive said:
    true
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    made playoffs:
    false
    weeks left when called:
    18

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  • Prediction: Division Winner

    Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
    How this was scored
    team:
    CLE
    skill:
    0
    season:
    2021
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    0
    naive said:
    true
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    made playoffs:
    false
    weeks left when called:
    18

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  • Power RankingsSep 6, 2021

    Prediction: Fourth Place (Bengals); Prediction: Third Place (Steelers); Prediction: Second Place (Wild-Card) (Ravens); Prediction: Division Winner (Browns)

    Scored 0a naive guess scored 40-80 skill
    How this was scored
    skill:
    -80
    method:
    spearman
    season:
    2021
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    40
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    teams ranked:
    4
    weeks left when called:
    18

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  • It's been nearly 20 years since the Browns have won the division, but all streaks eventually come to an end. Prediction: Division Winner

    Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.

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