Charles McDonald

Writes at The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)

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Is Charles McDonald accurate? Across 1 graded call in 1 article, Charles McDonald scores 61.21% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 22.42, which means their calls were better than a naive guess on the same claims. That is a provisional record, fewer than ten graded articles, so the numbers are not yet meaningful and they are not ranked on the leaderboard.

61.21%

Accuracy

How often they were right.

22.42

MissedTakes Score

Versus a naive guess. 0 means no better.

1

Graded calls

across 1 article.

Fewer than 10 graded articles. Treat this as provisional.

Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below shows its own arithmetic.

Graded calls · 1

McDonald's Yahoo Sports ranking of the top 10 NFL quarterbacks entering the 2025 season, as recounted on the show, had Mahomes first and left off Jalen Hurts, Jayden Daniels and Brock Purdy.Jun 21, 2025
- “So in at number one, you really can't debate it. Patrick Mahomes... Number two, Lamar Jackson... he's right there at number three... Borrow number four... Well Herbert is at number five?... Number six Matt Stafford... Number seven Dak Prescott... Gino Smith. Number eight... Love number nine Ireen Bay Packers... CJ. Stroud, great young quarterback in at number ten.”
  Close · 61Scored 61.21a naive guess scored 50+22.42 skill
  How this was scored
  naive:
  a coin-flip ordering scores 50
  skill:
  22.42
  placed:
  10
  season:
  2025
  players:
  10
  accuracy:
  61.21
  baseline:
  50
  by position:
  QB 10: 61.21

difficulty:

2

weeks in the season:

18

could not place:

0

weeks left when called:

18

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