Brockman opened the season-preview show with a slate of bold calls: the Cowboys collapse into a top-five draft pick after the Micah Parsons trade, the Giants are this year's out-of-nowhere team, the 49ers reach championship weekend with Brock Purdy as an MVP finalist, and the Patriots make the playoffs as part of four 2024-class quarterbacks reaching the postseason.

5 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.

• Team Draft Slot CallsDallas CowboysSep 1, 2025

  Dallas Cowboys to pick “top five pick” (picks 1–5)

  “The Cowboys are gonna finish last in the NFC East and have a top five pick in the twenty twenty six NFL draft.”

  Close · 77Scored 77.11a naive guess scored 73.84+6.54 skill
  How this was scored

  team:

  DAL

  draft:

  2026

  naive:

  they picked 12 the year before

  skill:

  6.54

  season:

  2025

  zero at:

  32

  accuracy:

  77.11

  baseline:

  73.84

  actual pick:

  11

  difficulty:

  2

  weeks in the season:

  18

  predicted pick:

  top five pick (picks 1–5)

  weeks left when called:

  18

  Think this is wrong?

• Playoff PicksSan Francisco 49ersSep 1, 2025

  San Francisco 49ers to make the playoffs

  “The niners are going to championship weekend. Brock Purdy, MVP finalist.”

  Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+200 skill
  How this was scored

  team:

  SF

  skill:

  200

  season:

  2025

  accuracy:

  100

  baseline:

  0

  naive said:

  false

  difficulty:

  2

  weeks in the season:

  18

  made playoffs:

  true

  weeks left when called:

  18

  Think this is wrong?

• Award PicksBrock PurdySan Francisco 49ersSep 1, 2025

  Brock Purdy to win MVP finalist

  “The niners are going to championship weekend. Brock Purdy, MVP finalist.”

  Miss · 0Scored 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:

  Brock Purdy

  season:

  2025

  winner:

  Matthew Stafford

  correct:

  false

  accuracy:

  0

  baseline:

  0

  difficulty:

  2

  weeks in the season:

  18

  weeks left when called:

  18

  Think this is wrong?

• Playoff PicksNew England PatriotsSep 1, 2025

  New England Patriots to make the playoffs

  “What world do the Patriots make the playoffs in? This world? ... Yeah. The two that they make it in. Let's go. ... 10 wins should get in in the FC.”

  Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+200 skill
  How this was scored

  team:

  NE

  skill:

  200

  season:

  2025

  accuracy:

  100

  baseline:

  0

  naive said:

  false

  difficulty:

  2

  weeks in the season:

  18

  made playoffs:

  true

  weeks left when called:

  18

  Think this is wrong?

• Surprise Team CallsNew York GiantsSep 1, 2025

  New York Giants to beat expectations

  “Every year, there's a team that comes out of nowhere... This year, this team was on it, but I don't know. It just seems like there's some vibes around this team. There's a coach we like. Is it the Giants?”

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

  Think this is wrong?