Nick Pedone

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Is Nick Pedone accurate? Across 2 graded calls in 2 articles, Nick Pedone scores 100% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 200, 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.

100%

Accuracy

How often they were right.

200

MissedTakes Score

Versus a naive guess. 0 means no better.

2

Graded calls

across 2 articles. 32 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 · 2

Pedone expects Deshaun Watson to win the Browns' quarterback competition and be the Week 1 starter unless Shedeur Sanders dramatically outperforms him in the coming days, while suggesting both Watson and Sanders are only bridge options before Cleveland drafts a quarterback.Aug 16, 2026
- Deshaun Watson to be 1st on the depth chart
  “Unless Sanders blows Cleveland's coaching staff away in the next few days, the team appears to be getting Watson ready to play Week 1.”
  Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+200 skill
  How this was scored
  club:
  CLE
  week:
  1
  skill:
  200
  player:
  Deshaun Watson
  season:
  2026
  claimed:
  he starts
  accuracy:
  100
  baseline:
  0
  position:
  quarterback

reported:

named the starter

settled by:

a confirmed report from the crawl (reported outcomes)

difficulty:

2

the naive guess:

no prior season — a rookie is assumed to start behind the incumbent

weeks in the season:

18

weeks left when called:

18

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Reading the Browns' first depth chart, Pedone projects Deshaun Watson as the Week 1 starting quarterback, lays out the full projected starting offensive line with Parker Brailsford as backup center, expects KT Leveston to make the roster as guard depth, and names Jeudy, Concepcion, Boston and Bond as roster locks with Tylan Wallace as the fifth receiver.Aug 13, 2026

Deshaun Watson to be 1st on the depth chart
“The team is getting Watson ready to play Week 1 against the Jacksonville Jaguars.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+200 skill
How this was scored
club:
CLE
week:
1
skill:
200
player:
Deshaun Watson
season:
2026
claimed:
he starts
accuracy:
100
baseline:
0
position:
quarterback
reported:
named the starter
settled by:
a confirmed report from the crawl (reported outcomes)
difficulty:
2
the naive guess:
no prior season — a rookie is assumed to start behind the incumbent
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
Think this grade is wrong?