John Middlekauff · Aug 20, 2025
Middlecoff says Anthony Richardson's Colts career is finished and expects him to be traded within ten days for any value, even a fifth-round pick. He backs the Texans to win the AFC South, calls the Ravens, Bills and Chiefs playoff locks with Baltimore and Buffalo winning their divisions, and expects Buffalo to win 14-plus games.
“I would imagine the next ten days if they get any bit of value a fifth round pick he's traded, it's over.”
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8 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.
- Playoff PicksAug 20, 2025
“The Ravens, the Bills, and the Chiefs will be in a playoff game whether they are win the division.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- KC
- skill:
- 0
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- naive said:
- true
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- made playoffs:
- false
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Playoff PicksAug 20, 2025
“The Ravens, the Bills, and the Chiefs will be in a playoff game whether they are win the division.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- BUF
- skill:
- 0
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- naive said:
- true
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- made playoffs:
- true
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Season Win TotalsAug 20, 2025
“I think there's a fifty to fifty chance there the number one see, I expect them to win fourteen plus games.”
Scored 60a naive guess scored 75-30 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- BUF
- naive:
- 10.75
- skill:
- -30
- what happened:
- 12
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 5
- accuracy:
- 60
- baseline:
- 75
- predicted:
- 14
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Playoff PicksAug 20, 2025
“The Ravens, the Bills, and the Chiefs will be in a playoff game whether they are win the division.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- BAL
- skill:
- 0
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- naive said:
- true
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- made playoffs:
- false
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Division WinnersAug 20, 2025
“Maybe the Chiefs finally don't, but the Ravens and Bills, I mean the Bills of one of what five straight years, feels like the Ravens would be shocking if they didn't”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Trade and Signing CallsAug 20, 2025
“I would imagine the next ten days if they get any bit of value a fifth round pick he's traded, it's over”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Division WinnersAug 20, 2025
“Maybe the Chiefs finally don't, but the Ravens and Bills, I mean the Bills of one of what five straight years”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Division WinnersAug 20, 2025
“I am going to hammer the Texans. I'm going to hammer them to win this division.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.