Shannon Sharpe· Jul 21, 2025
Sharpe places Jalen Hurts fifth among NFL quarterbacks, refusing to drop him out of his top five/top ten. He also predicts Lamar Jackson will become the NFL's highest-paid player, exceeding Josh Allen's deal, and calls Jackson one of the three best quarterbacks in the league. He picks prime LaDainian Tomlinson over prime Adrian Peterson and says Miami-era LeBron was LeBron's peak.
“If you say he's top five, he's five, because I'm not... I'm not getting him out of the top five.”
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2 checkable claims — 2 positional finishes — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet.
It names 4 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
All 2 have settled, averaging 4.2 out of 100, against 33.3 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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Lamar Jackson · 2025 season · positional finish3 calls from 3 pundits between 3 positional finish and 23 positional finish. Shannon Sharpe said 3 positional finish. the room's median is 10 positional finish. what happened: 23 positional finish
Shannon Sharpe — 3 positional finishthe room — 3 calls from 3 punditsmedian 10 positional finishwhat happened — 23 positional finish
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- Positional FinishesLamar JacksonBaltimore RavensJul 21, 2025
Lamar Jackson to finish top 3 at his position, by passing yards
“He one of the three best quarterbacks in the NFL.”
Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Lamar Jackson
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- position:
- QB
- ranked by:
- passing yards
- difficulty:
- 2
- the naive guess:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 6
- actual finish:
- 23
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- predicted finish:
- 3
Jalen Hurts to finish top 5 at his position, by passing yards
“I don't think I would he's five. If you say he's top five, he's five... I'm not getting him out of the top five”
Miss · 8Scored 8.33a naive guess scored 66.67-116.67 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- -116.67
- player:
- Jalen Hurts
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 8.33
- baseline:
- 66.67
- position:
- QB
- ranked by:
- passing yards
- difficulty:
- 2
- the naive guess:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 20
- actual finish:
- 16
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- predicted finish:
- 5
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