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What's Wright with Nick Wright · Aug 28, 2025

Wright's under picks: Broncos under 9.5, 49ers under 10.5, Cowboys under 8, Bengals under 9.5 with Cincinnati missing the playoffs and Zac Taylor fired.

the Denver Broncos are not winning ten games under nine and a half

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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.

  • I'm gonna go Bengals under nine and a half

    Scored 40a naive guess scored 45-10 skill
    How this was scored
    team:
    CIN
    naive:
    8.75
    skill:
    -10
    what happened:
    6
    season:
    2025
    zero at:
    5
    accuracy:
    40
    baseline:
    45
    predicted:
    9
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    18

    Think this is wrong?

  • If you wanna, if you wanna step up here, make it eight and we go on different sides... Yeah, sure deal

    Scored 100a naive guess scored 85+30 skill
    How this was scored
    team:
    DAL
    naive:
    7.75
    skill:
    30
    what happened:
    7
    season:
    2025
    zero at:
    5
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    85
    predicted:
    7
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    18

    Think this is wrong?

  • the Denver Broncos are not winning ten games under nine and a half

    Scored 0a naive guess scored 5-10 skill
    How this was scored
    team:
    DEN
    naive:
    9.25
    skill:
    -10
    what happened:
    14
    season:
    2025
    zero at:
    5
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    5
    predicted:
    9
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    18

    Think this is wrong?

  • I'm gonna go with one that I think you could take the Niners under ten and a half.

    Scored 60a naive guess scored 5+110 skill
    How this was scored
    team:
    SF
    naive:
    7.25
    skill:
    110
    what happened:
    12
    season:
    2025
    zero at:
    5
    accuracy:
    60
    baseline:
    5
    predicted:
    10
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    18

    Think this is wrong?

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