Kyle Brandt · Sep 1, 2025

Brandt predicts Saquon Barkley will not repeat his 2,000-yard season, landing closer to 1,400-1,500 rushing yards; he picks Ben Johnson as 2025 Coach of the Year, Jayden Daniels as the second-year QB he has most faith in (reaching the Super Bowl), and predicts the Bears could make a deep run. He also predicts the top four of the NFL Top 100 list.

“So Saquon Barkley, history says, is not going to get two thousand.”

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4 checkable claims from this

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Player Season NumbersSep 1, 2025
“Let's say Saquan has a nice year and lands on fourteen fifteen. Hun”
Scored 57.24a naive guess scored 91.29-68.1 skill
How this was scored
naive:
1191.89
skill:
-68.1
what happened:
1140
player:
Saquon Barkley
season:
2025
accuracy:
57.24
baseline:
91.29
predicted:
1450
statistic:
rushing_yards
difficulty:
2
last season:
2005
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
position average:
378.78
zero at percent out:
50
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Coach Award PicksSep 1, 2025
“that guy is the head coach of the Chicago Bears, Ben Johnson, who will be my Coach of the Year”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
How this was scored
award:
coach_of_the_year
coach:
Ben Johnson
naive:
the naive pick was Kevin O'Connell, who won it the year before
skill:
0
season:
2025
winner:
Mike Vrabel
correct:
false
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
difficulty:
2
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
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Top Player ListsSep 1, 2025
“So again. One, two, three, four, Saquon, Jamar, Lamar, Josh.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 50-100 skill
How this was scored
naive:
a coin-flip ordering scores 50
skill:
-100
placed:
2
season:
2025
players:
4
accuracy:
0
baseline:
50
by position:
QB 2: 0
difficulty:
2
weeks in the season:
18
could not place:
0
weeks left when called:
18
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Conference ChampionsSep 1, 2025
“So Jayden, I mean, how do you beat that? Well, you go to the super Bowl in the second year.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
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