Manti Te'o · Sep 2, 2025
Manti picked his 14 playoff teams: AFC division winners Bills, Ravens, Texans and Broncos with wild cards Chiefs, Chargers and Steelers (seventh seed); NFC division winners Eagles, Buccaneers, Rams and Vikings with wild cards Commanders, Lions and 49ers (seventh seed).
“Bo Nix will lead the Denver Broncos and that nasty defense to the AFC West Championship the first time in ten years.”
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14 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 PicksSep 2, 2025
“that's what it's like for the l A Chargers, LA Chargers, you are there”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- LAC
- 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
- Playoff PicksSep 2, 2025
“I love Jayden. I love that they got Debo and scary tarians back. I got the Washingtons”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- WAS
- 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 PicksSep 2, 2025
“The Detroit Lions over there, they just know something about just just execution... I got the Detroit Lions.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- DET
- 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 PicksSep 2, 2025
“I got the San Francisco forty nine ers as a Simon seed in my playoff picture”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+200 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- SF
- skill:
- 200
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- naive said:
- false
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- made playoffs:
- true
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Playoff PicksSep 2, 2025
“I got the Steelers... You are my seventh seed in the playoff, Steelers”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- PIT
- 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
- Playoff PicksSep 2, 2025
“KB Tows, the Chiefs... And when these guys right here come get into the playoffs... because these guys this is another free space.”
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
- Division WinnersSep 2, 2025
“I got the La Rams is the NFC West Champs”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Division WinnersSep 2, 2025
“Now AFC South... we're gonna go all the way over here to Houston, where we have c J. Stroud going into his third year”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Division WinnersSep 2, 2025
“will lead the Denver Broncos and that nasty defense to the AFC West Championship the first time in ten years”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Division WinnersSep 2, 2025
“NFC East, Philadelphia Eagles... NFC East Champs, Philly”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Division WinnersSep 2, 2025
“he's gonna be the NFC North Chaps. Let's put the Minnesota Bikings. I got them.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Division WinnersSep 2, 2025
“Let's get the Buffalo Bills in their MVP... So I got the Buffalo Bills at the AFC East.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Division WinnersSep 2, 2025
“Lay up, Baltimore Ravens. A FC North.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Division WinnersSep 2, 2025
“I love Baker Mayfield... these guys are going to be the NFC South champs. I got the type of baby books”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.