Kyle Brandt
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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 · 25
“there's something in my gut that tells me Mike Rabel is going to find a way. Rabel, it is a seventeen.”
Scored 50a naive guess scored 0+50 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 50
- they picked:
- NE
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 50
- baseline:
- 0
- champion:
- SEA
- runner up:
- NE
- naive pick:
- PHI
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
“I think the Patriots have a walk off field goal win again, and they are going to Seattle twenty to seventeen”
Scored 19.05a naive guess scored 16.73+2.31 skillHow this was scored
- score:
- 29-13
- skill:
- 2.31
- they picked:
- NE
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 19.05
- baseline:
- 16.73
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 16
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- naive home margin:
- 2.03
- predicted margin:
- 3
“number six. I have Pittsburgh... I have the charges... Houston... I have them all the way at number four... Next at number three, I got the Pats... I have Buffalo at the number two... I got du Ball County the Jaguars at number one”
Scored 85a naive guess scored 15+70 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 70
- method:
- spearman
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 85
- baseline:
- 15
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- teams ranked:
- 5
- weeks left when called:
- 0
“But I've been saying I still think the Chiefs are going to the playoff for two months.”
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:
- 1.28
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- made playoffs:
- false
- weeks left when called:
- 5
“I'll give you a prediction Sunday Night Football. The Chiefs win, and they also avoid going to six and seven”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- won:
- HOU
- score:
- 20-10
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- KC
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- naive pick:
- KC
- difficulty:
- 1.28
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 5
“You know who the Super Bowl MVP is going to be. It's not going to be Josh Allen. I thought it's going to be James Cook.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- award:
- mvp
- naive:
- the naive pick was Josh Allen, who won it the year before
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- James Cook
- season:
- 2025
- winner:
- Matthew Stafford
- correct:
- false
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“Bills are going to make the playoffs.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- BUF
- 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
“In the wildcowd round, they are going to beat the Steelers.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+200 skillHow this was scored
- won:
- BUF
- score:
- 26-7
- skill:
- 200
- they picked:
- BUF
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- naive pick:
- PIT
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“Then in the title game, they are going to beat Baltimore”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- won:
- BUF
- score:
- 40-41
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- BUF
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- naive pick:
- BUF
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“In the divisional round, they are going to beat the Chiefs.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- won:
- BUF
- score:
- 21-28
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- BUF
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- naive pick:
- BUF
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“Bills twenty, Eagles nineteen.”
Scored 50a naive guess scored 47.55+4.9 skillHow this was scored
- score:
- 13-12
- skill:
- 4.9
- they picked:
- BUF
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 50
- baseline:
- 47.55
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- naive home margin:
- 2.03
- predicted margin:
- 1
“The Buffalo Bills are going to win the Super Bowl this year.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- BUF
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- champion:
- SEA
- runner up:
- NE
- naive pick:
- PHI
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“I have the Chargers with an AFC wild card. I trust Jim Harba implicitly as a coach.”
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
“The Steelers are your free space in bingo... because this is the easiest pick on the board.”
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
“I got the Packers... They had Michael Parsons, Matt Lafleur, too good of a coach, too many weapons”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- GB
- 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
“I believe in Drake May is ascending... Welcome back the Pats to the playoffs. Foxborough, Good morning. You're in the AFC playoffs”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+200 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- NE
- 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
“The ramps always take the Rams... The Rams are in the wildcard”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- LAR
- 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
“I think the Lions matter. I think Dan Campbell's a great coach... Right over here next, NFC Wildcard”
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
“Let's say Saquan has a nice year and lands on fourteen fifteen. Hun”
Scored 57.24a naive guess scored 91.29-68.1 skillHow this was scored
- naive:
- 1191.89
- skill:
- -68.1
- what happened:
- 1140
- player:
- Saquon Barkley
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 57.24
- baseline:
- 91.29
- predicted:
- 1450
- statistic:
- rushing_yards
- difficulty:
- 2
- last season:
- 2005
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- position average:
- 378.78
- zero at percent out:
- 50
“that guy is the head coach of the Chicago Bears, Ben Johnson, who will be my Coach of the Year”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- award:
- coach_of_the_year
- coach:
- Ben Johnson
- naive:
- the naive pick was Kevin O'Connell, who won it the year before
- skill:
- 0
- season:
- 2025
- winner:
- Mike Vrabel
- correct:
- false
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“So again. One, two, three, four, Saquon, Jamar, Lamar, Josh.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 50-100 skillHow this was scored
- naive:
- a coin-flip ordering scores 50
- skill:
- -100
- placed:
- 2
- season:
- 2025
- players:
- 4
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- by position:
- QB 2: 0
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- could not place:
- 0
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“They don't do filler seasons, they don't do six and eleven seasons. They will find a way to ten and seven or nine and eight.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 85+30 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- PIT
- naive:
- 9.25
- skill:
- 30
- what happened:
- 10
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 5
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 85
- predicted:
- 10
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“When the playoff picking time comes out in September, I will pick the 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
“Offensive player Rookie of the Year, no Offensive Player of the Year, no MVP for me for Scattabu and Rookie Year. I just huge expectations.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- award:
- offensive_rookie_of_the_year
- naive:
- the naive pick was Jayden Daniels, who won it the year before
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Cam Skattebo
- season:
- 2025
- winner:
- Tetairoa McMillan
- correct:
- false
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
“No, it starts at one with Cam Wore, the best player in the draft who will be drafted number one overall.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 50How this was scored
- draft:
- 2025
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- player:
- cam Warden
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- undrafted
- outcome:
- went undrafted in 2025; has not appeared on an NFL roster
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- undrafted
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 0
- predicted pick:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- only one pick — no order to score