# Joe Marino — prediction record Joe Marino covers the Buffalo Bills for the Locked On Bills podcast, where he digs into roster projections, draft analysis, and player rankings. His work spans depth chart battles to season win totals, with a particular focus on the Bills' core and the competition for roster spots around them. ## Record - **Accuracy:** 77.56% - **MissedTakes Score:** 45.81 - **Graded articles:** 12 - **Graded individual calls:** 169 - **Clarity:** 93.18% LIMITED SAMPLE: between 10 and 29 graded articles. Treat with caution. The MissedTakes Score is how much better than a naive baseline they did, not how often they were right. Zero means no better than a strategy requiring no knowledge. A record is counted in ARTICLES rather than individual calls, because thirty picks in one mock draft is one act of judgment rather than thirty. Full method: https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/methodology ## Graded articles (12) ### Sep 16, 2026 — scored 100 across 1 call Marino predicts the Bills beat the Lions in the Thursday night home opener to go 2-0, and expects a shootout with Goff and Allen combining for over 600 passing yards (each with a good chance at 300+). https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/f1ad88a4-c4da-4ce0-9de2-9f175899a120 ### Aug 28, 2026 — scored 90.38 across 52 calls Joe Marino gives his final projection of the Buffalo Bills' initial 53-man roster after the preseason finale, naming who makes it, who gets cut, and who lands on injured reserve/PUP, along with several starting-job calls (Kyle Allen as QB2, TJ Sanders starting over Landon Jackson, Maxwell Hairston starting opposite Christian Benford, and Tommy Doman winning the punting job). https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/65f0752f-5147-4476-be34-4909b3c44bc8 ### Jul 24, 2026 — scored 97.92 across 48 calls Marino gives his pre-training-camp 53-man roster projection for the Buffalo Bills, naming who makes the roster at each position group, who gets cut or lands on the practice squad, and a few depth-chart calls (Josh Allen as starter, Tommy Doman winning the punting job). https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/6619123c-e94e-4ca3-b5df-4bb9beaf7cfd ### Jul 15, 2026 — scored 100 across 1 call Marino projects DJ Moore to bounce back in Buffalo's offense with over 1,000 receiving yards (talking up around 1,200), and expects rookie cornerback Davison Igbinosun (IGB) to win a starting job opposite Christian Benford. He also thinks free agent Stefon Diggs ends up signing with Washington. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/eef9205a-1efb-4b83-821d-a7553d3ad6b4 ### May 1, 2026 — scored 93.48 across 46 calls Marino gives his first 2026 Buffalo Bills 53-man roster projection, naming which players make the roster at each position, who gets cut, and who wins the starting jobs along the offensive line and at punter. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/c31330e8-0a8f-462a-af99-3e74b1b0acad ### Apr 28, 2026 — scored 0 across 1 call Reviewing Buffalo's 10-man 2026 draft class, Moreno projects year-one roles: Parker as the No. 3/4 edge, Igbinosin as CB3, Bowery competing for swing tackle and the eighth O-line jersey, Bell as WR5/6, Elarms-Or as a special-teams/situational linebacker, Kilgore as safety 3, Durant as a rotational interior lineman, Pride as CB4, Doman battling for the starting punter job, and Reid Adams likely released to the practice squad. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/0fbb396e-ba97-489c-ba9a-a2259083e46c ### Apr 14, 2026 — scored 100 across 1 call Marino states that Fernando Mendoza will be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, and frames the rest of the top of the draft as unpredictable. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/97ec6fb3-e507-4414-8bd4-aaf451eb1be6 ### Apr 12, 2026 — scored 65.22 across 5 calls Marino ranks the 2026 edge rusher class for the Bills' draft board, putting Ruben Bain first with first-round grades on Bain, David Bailey and Malachi Lawrence, and assigns round-by-round grades down through LT Overton. He predicts Bailey goes in the top 10 even though he doesn't see him as that caliber of prospect. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/68c776bf-e9a6-4088-9500-73eeeb32a594 ### Apr 8, 2026 — scored 79.03 across 11 calls Marino stacks 14 inside linebackers in the 2026 NFL draft class and assigns each a round-value grade, with Sonny Styles first (top-10 grade) and Anthony Hill third; he says Hill would be his preferred pick if Buffalo takes a linebacker at No. 26. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/fa349c5e-12c5-4b82-84ad-aff5d3bba78b ### Apr 7, 2026 — scored 91.7 across 1 call Marino said Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles might be the best player in the class and would not be surprised if he were selected inside the top five as an off-ball linebacker. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e01ab2ac-1d34-47c9-88c0-576cc063bc82 ### Mar 26, 2026 — scored 47.88 across 1 call Marino's mock drafts had the Bills taking Utah offensive lineman Spencer Fano at pick 26 and adding kicker Trey Smack and punter Jack Stonehouse on day three; he also says second-year cornerback Maxwell Hairston will be a starter for Buffalo in 2026. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/c14f711a-326f-4c2b-9880-5ba365bc09be ### Feb 23, 2026 — scored 66.67 across 1 call Marino argued Kyle Pitts deserves more respect after a good season and expects his touchdown total to keep rising, landing on six touchdowns next season (following the pattern of his yearly totals). https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/73dfb52d-5f75-423d-ac98-c593c1f09e76 --- We grade claims about outcomes, never claims about people. 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