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LaVar Arrington · Sep 26, 2025

Arrington expects Penn State to exploit Oregon's run defense and cover the three-and-a-half point spread. In the NFL picks segment he took Minnesota to cover at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia over Tampa Bay, the Rams over the Colts, Kansas City on the money line over Baltimore, and Dallas plus seven against Green Bay.

I feel like they're going to cover. I really do.

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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.

  • I'm taking the Rams. They'll cover.

    Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skill
    How this was scored
    won:
    LAR
    score:
    20-27
    skill:
    0
    they picked:
    LAR
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    100
    naive pick:
    LAR
    difficulty:
    1.83
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    15

    Think this is wrong?

  • I'm going to say Minnesota will cover.

    Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-183 skill
    How this was scored
    won:
    PIT
    score:
    21-24
    skill:
    -183
    they picked:
    MIN
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    100
    naive pick:
    PIT
    difficulty:
    1.83
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    15

    Think this is wrong?

  • This is the easiest money line of the week. There's my money line of the week, and taking Kansas City won it.

    Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skill
    How this was scored
    won:
    KC
    score:
    20-37
    skill:
    0
    they picked:
    KC
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    100
    naive pick:
    KC
    difficulty:
    1.83
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    15

    Think this is wrong?

  • I am taking the quarter black and uh in Philadelphia to beat the quarter white and and Tampa Bay.

    Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+183 skill
    How this was scored
    won:
    PHI
    score:
    31-25
    skill:
    183
    they picked:
    PHI
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    0
    naive pick:
    TB
    difficulty:
    1.83
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    15

    Think this is wrong?

  • Take Dallas Dallas

    Scored 50a naive guess scored 50+0 skill
    How this was scored
    won:
    tie
    score:
    40-40
    skill:
    0
    they picked:
    DAL
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    50
    baseline:
    50
    naive pick:
    DAL
    difficulty:
    1.83
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    15

    Think this is wrong?

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