Rich Eisen · Aug 1, 2025
During "What's More Likely," Eisen picked the Ravens to reach the Super Bowl, insisted Terry McLaurin, Micah Parsons and Trey Hendrickson will all be playing Week 1 for their current teams, said Daniel Jones (not Anthony Richardson) will be the Colts' starting quarterback, and predicted Chase Brown becomes a top-10 running back as Cincinnati's Week 1 starter.
“Chase Brown's gonna be a top 10 running back this year.”
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7 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.
Chase Brown to be 1st on the depth chart
“And Zach Moss is the reason why Chase Brown's season didn't start early enough last year. Chase Brown's season starts week one.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- club:
- CIN
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Chase Brown
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- position:
- RB
- naive slot:
- 1
- actual slot:
- 1
- difficulty:
- 2
- measured by:
- rushing yards
- naive basis:
- where he sat last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted slot:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 18
Chase Brown to finish top 10 at his position, by fantasy points
“you think you're gonna steal him in some fantasy draft, but Chase Brown, Zach Moss got released... Chase Brown's gonna be a top 10 running back this year.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 83.33+33.33 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 33.33
- player:
- Chase Brown
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 12
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 83.33
- position:
- RB
- ranked by:
- fantasy points
- difficulty:
- 2
- naive basis:
- where he finished last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- naive finish:
- 12
- actual finish:
- 10
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- predicted finish:
- 10
Daniel Jones to be 1st on the depth chart
“You don't think it's gonna end up being Anthony Richardson? No. I still think it'll be Daniel Jones because you can always go to Richardson second.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- club:
- IND
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Daniel Jones
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- position:
- QB
- naive slot:
- 1
- actual slot:
- 1
- difficulty:
- 2
- measured by:
- passing yards
- naive basis:
- where he sat last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted slot:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 18
Trey Hendrickson to make the roster
“And Trey Hendrickson's gonna be gunning for, I I believe, Joe Flacco week one in Cleveland. And they'll all have their new deals”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Roster Spot CallsMicah ParsonsDallas CowboysAug 1, 2025
Micah Parsons to make the roster
“All three are in week one. ... Micah's gonna be in Philadelphia chasing Jalen Hertz”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
Terry McLaurin to make the roster
“All three are in week one. ... McLaren is going to be at home against the Giants trying to do what he did last year again. ... But if you have to choose one over the other, I'd go McLaurin.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Conference ChampionsBaltimore RavensAug 1, 2025
Baltimore Ravens to reach the Super Bowl
“I'll go Ravens reach the Super Bowl. ... So Ravens reaching the Super Bowl. I mean, that that's as reasonable as a thought as anything else.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.