Gene Chamberlain

Gene Chamberlain covers the Chicago Bears for Sports Illustrated, tracking roster battles, depth chart decisions, and front-office moves. His work digs into the specifics—bubble players fighting for jobs, positional priorities after restructured deals, and how coaching staff like Ben Johnson see their personnel fitting together.

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Is Gene Chamberlain accurate? Across 3 graded calls in 3 articles, Gene Chamberlain scores 52.38% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of -28.57, which means their calls were worse 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.

52.38%

Accuracy

How often they were right.

-28.57

MissedTakes Score

Versus a naive guess. 0 means no better.

3

Graded calls

across 3 articles. 25 more not yet settled.

Fewer than 10 graded articles. Treat this as provisional.

100% of their claims were specific enough to check. Most of what they said committed to something.

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

Graded calls · 3

Chamberlain picks the Bears to beat the Panthers in Week 1 at Charlotte, 34-30, giving Chicago the edge in the run game, passing game, pass defense and coaching.Sep 12, 2026
- Chicago Bears 34 — Panthers 30
  “Gene Chamberlain's pick: Bears 34, Panthers 30”
  Close · 57Scored 57.14a naive guess scored 0+114.29 skill
  How this was scored
  score:
  59-37
  skill:
  114.29
  they picked:
  CHI
  season:
  2026
  accuracy:
  57.14
  baseline:
  0
  difficulty:
  2
  weeks in the season:
  18
  actual margin:
  22
  weeks left when called:
  18

naive home margin:

-0.53

predicted margin:

4

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Chamberlain argues Kaden Davis did not do enough in the second preseason game to earn a roster spot as a fifth or sixth receiver/returner, implying he won't make the roster.Aug 23, 2026

Kaden Davis to make the roster
“Davis has to be so good that he causes the Bears to decide against keeping a player at another needed position. Game 2 was not that good.”
Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-200 skill
How this was scored
club:
CHI
skill:
-200
player:
7e7b9f73-a6f2-4ad7-be13-bace95c53e30
season:
2026
claimed:
he does not make the 53
accuracy:
0
baseline:
100
difficulty:
2
the naive guess:
he was on somebody's 53 last season, so he makes one again
weeks in the season:
18
weeks on the53:
1
weeks left when called:
18
first week on the53:
1
weeks on the practice squad:
0
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Chamberlain argues the Bears will keep only three or four running backs, and that Roschon Johnson has effectively locked up a roster spot as the group's only true power back, with Ahmed, Brown and Bennett unlikely to unseat him.Aug 17, 2026

Roschon Johnson to make the roster
“Ahmed, Brown and Bennett should have a long way to go to take a roster spot from Roschon Johnson.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skill
How this was scored
club:
CHI
skill:
0
player:
5ce99622-8137-49ad-8b29-204b8ef82785
season:
2026
claimed:
he makes the 53
accuracy:
100
baseline:
100
difficulty:
2
the naive guess:
he was on somebody's 53 last season, so he makes one again
weeks in the season:
18
weeks on the53:
1
weeks left when called:
18
first week on the53:
1
weeks on the practice squad:
0
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