Gridiron Experts · NFL 2026 · week 5
James Bryer's 2026 NFL picks and record
30 picks timestamped before kickoff · publishing platform Timestamped before kickoff (platform)Best call: SF over SEA · Week 5 · market 40.0% Timestamped before kickoff (platform)
9–5–1
Straight up · 9 wins · 5 losses · 1 tie
How these picks were recorded · 32 picks
- 2 Recorded before kickoff
- 30 Timestamped before kickoff
Record so far
James Bryer is straight up 9-5-1 (64.3%), against the spread 13-2-0 (86.7%) and on totals 1-1-0 (1 of 2 decided picks).
- Straight up
- 9-5-164.3% of 14 decided · 95% range 39–84%
- Against the spread
- 13-2-086.7% of 15 decided · 95% range 62–96%
- Over/under
- 1-1-01 of 2 decided picks
- Longest run, straight up
- 6wins in a row this season
Market-adjusted points Pick results adjusted for market odds.
- Straight up, 2026 season: +0.9 points 11 picks scored · 11 of 15 with recorded odds.
- Against the spread, 2026 season: +10.9 points 15 picks scored · 4 with recorded odds, 11 at assumed even odds; 13-2 (86.7%); a coin flip averages 50%.
Each pick counts as a 1-point play at the no-margin market price; zero is the expected score if market probabilities are accurate. Compare all pick types · How these points are calculated
30 graded picks read after the games but timestamped before kickoff by Tallysight; 2 graded picks recorded by us before kickoff.
Record highlights
Badges are facts about past picks, given by published rules. Badge rules · How badges work
- Week 5 · ATS 13–2Recorded before kickoffTimestamped before kickoff (platform)
- Right against the crowd · SU · 2 times · e.g. CLE at NYJ, 70 of 110 others wrongTimestamped before kickoff (platform)
- Right against the crowd · ATS · 4 times · e.g. TB at DAL, 36 of 44 others wrongTimestamped before kickoff (platform)
All badges (5)
Each badge opens in place: what it means, how it compares, how often luck alone gives it and up to 10 of the picks behind it. Every pick, with the rule and the outlet pages, is on the picks behind each badge page. Recording evidence: Recorded before kickoff (we saw the pick before the game), Timestamped before kickoff (the platform's time stamp or a web archive copy), Matches outlet record (read after the game; the outlet's published record matches our recount), Added after the game (can only lower a record).
Season badges
Right against the crowd · SU · 2 times · e.g. CLE at NYJ, 70 of 110 others wrongTimestamped before kickoff (platform)
Right 2 times straight up when most of the other tracked forecasters on the game were wrong, e.g. CLE at NYJ: 70 of 110 others missed.
- Period
- 2026
- Compared with
- 70 of 110 others were wrong on the example game
- How rare
- ≈1 in 3 qualifying forecasters gets this by chance: in our chance check, 13.4 of 41 got it on average. Held now by 45 of the 73 forecasters in the badge count.
| Game | Pick | Result | Recording evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLE at NYJ Oct 11 · Week 5 | NYJ (-127) | Win CLE 12–17 NYJ | Platform time stamp, 1 d 21 h before |
| SF at SEA Oct 11 · Week 5 | SF (+155) | Win SF 32–29 SEA | Platform time stamp, 3 d 20 h before |
Best call: SF over SEA · Week 5 · market 40.0%Timestamped before kickoff (platform)
The correct straight-up pick with the lowest market chance on record: SF over SEA in Week 5, when the market gave SF a 40.0% chance.
- Period
- all time
- How rare
- ≈8 in 10 qualifying forecasters get this by chance: in our chance check, 32.4 of 41 got it on average. Held now by 63 of the 73 forecasters in the badge count.
| Game | Pick | Result | Recording evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF at SEA Oct 11 · Week 5 | SF (+155) | Win SF 32–29 SEA | Platform time stamp, 3 d 20 h before |
30 picks timestamped before kickoff · publishing platformTimestamped before kickoff (platform)
Graded picks with a time before kickoff set by the publishing platform or shown by a web archive copy; we saw these picks later. This says nothing about results.
- Period
- all time
- How rare
- This is a fact about how the picks were recorded, not about results. Held now by 56 of the 73 forecasters in the badge count.
| Game | Pick | Result | Recording evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLE at NYJ Oct 11 · Week 5 | NYJ (-127) | Win CLE 12–17 NYJ | Platform time stamp, 1 d 21 h before |
| NYG at WSH Oct 11 · Week 5 | WSH (-170) | Push NYG 27–27 WSH | Platform time stamp, 1 d 21 h before |
| SF at SEA Oct 11 · Week 5 | SF +3.5 | Win SF 32–29 SEA | Platform time stamp, 3 d 20 h before |
| DET at ARI Oct 11 · Week 5 | DET -5.5 | Win DET 45–21 ARI | Platform time stamp, 3 d 20 h before |
| SF at SEA Oct 11 · Week 5 | SF (+155) | Win SF 32–29 SEA | Platform time stamp, 3 d 20 h before |
| DET at ARI Oct 11 · Week 5 | DET (-233) | Win DET 45–21 ARI | Platform time stamp, 3 d 20 h before |
| SF at SEA Oct 11 · Week 5 | Under 46.5 | Loss SF 32–29 SEA | Platform time stamp, 2 d 1 h before |
| BAL at ATL Oct 11 · Week 5 | BAL +3.5 | Win BAL 30–23 ATL | Platform time stamp, 2 d 5 h before |
| BAL at ATL Oct 11 · Week 5 | ATL (-161) | Loss BAL 30–23 ATL | Platform time stamp, 2 d 5 h before |
| BAL at ATL Oct 11 · Week 5 | Over 43.5 | Win BAL 30–23 ATL | Platform time stamp, 2 d 5 h before |
Right against the crowd · ATS · 4 times · e.g. TB at DAL, 36 of 44 others wrongTimestamped before kickoff (platform)
Right 4 times against the spread when most of the other tracked forecasters on the game were wrong, e.g. TB at DAL: 36 of 44 others missed.
- Period
- 2026
- Compared with
- 36 of 44 others were wrong on the example game
- How rare
- ≈6 in 10 qualifying forecasters get this by chance: in our chance check, 9.2 of 16 got it on average. Held now by 45 of the 73 forecasters in the badge count.
| Game | Pick | Result | Recording evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| TB at DAL Oct 8 · Week 5 | TB +8.5 | Win TB 24–16 DAL | Platform time stamp, 1 d 21 h before |
| LV at NE Oct 11 · Week 5 | NE -3.5 | Win LV 17–45 NE | Platform time stamp, 1 d 21 h before |
| CLE at NYJ Oct 11 · Week 5 | NYJ -1.5 | Win CLE 12–17 NYJ | Platform time stamp, 1 d 21 h before |
| BAL at ATL Oct 11 · Week 5 | BAL +3.5 | Win BAL 30–23 ATL | Platform time stamp, 2 d 5 h before |
Weekly badges
Week 5 · ATS 13–2Recorded before kickoffTimestamped before kickoff (platform)
13–2 against the spread in NFL Week 5, 2026.
- Period
- Week 5, 2026 · given after the last game of Week 5, Oct 13, 2026, and kept with its date
- How rare
- ≈1 in 8 qualifying forecasters gets this by chance: in our chance check, 1.9 of 16 got it on average. Held now by 6 of the 73 forecasters in the badge count.
Built on the same picks as ATS · +10.9 market-adjusted points · 15 picks · 2026, so it is shown once.
| Game | Pick | Result | Recording evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOU at TEN Oct 11 · Week 5 | HOU -7 | Win HOU 26–3 TEN | Platform time stamp, 22 h 53 min before |
| LV at NE Oct 11 · Week 5 | NE -3.5 | Win LV 17–45 NE | Platform time stamp, 1 d 21 h before |
| IND at PIT Oct 11 · Week 5 | PIT -2.5 | Win IND 22–34 PIT | Platform time stamp, 1 d 21 h before |
| CLE at NYJ Oct 11 · Week 5 | NYJ -1.5 | Win CLE 12–17 NYJ | Platform time stamp, 1 d 21 h before |
| NYG at WSH Oct 11 · Week 5 | NYG +4.5 | Win NYG 27–27 WSH | Platform time stamp, 1 d 21 h before |
| DEN at LAC Oct 11 · Week 5 | LAC +3.5 | Loss DEN 23–17 LAC | Platform time stamp, 2 d before |
| SF at SEA Oct 11 · Week 5 | SF +3.5 | Win SF 32–29 SEA | Platform time stamp, 3 d 20 h before |
| DET at ARI Oct 11 · Week 5 | DET -5.5 | Win DET 45–21 ARI | Platform time stamp, 3 d 20 h before |
| BAL at ATL Oct 11 · Week 5 | BAL +3.5 | Win BAL 30–23 ATL | Platform time stamp, 2 d 5 h before |
| BUF at LAR Oct 12 · Week 5 | BUF +3.5 | Win BUF 37–34 LAR | Recorded by us, 2 h 57 min before |
History
No earlier badges.
Market-adjusted results
Three numbers for each market: the record, market-adjusted points and a simple rule to compare with. Points count each pick as if it were a 1-point play at the market price at the time of the pick (for picks added after the game, the price at the start of that NFL week), with the bookmaker margin taken out: a win adds what that price paid (more for an underdog, less for a favorite), a loss takes away 1 point, a push counts 0. Zero is the expected score if market probabilities are accurate. How we score fairly
| Market and period | Record in these picks | Market-adjusted points | Simple rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Straight up 2026 season | 6-4-1 | +0.9 points 11 picks scored · 11 of 15 with recorded odds +0.08 per pick · 95% range −0.42 to +0.60 per pick | Every favorite: 6-4-1 same 11 games |
| Against the spread 2026 season | 13-2 | +10.9 points 15 picks scored · 4 with recorded odds, 11 at assumed even odds +0.72 per pick · 95% range +0.33 to +0.99 per pick | Coin flip: 50% 7.5 of 15 decided |
| Over/under 2026 season | 1-1 | 0.0 points 2 picks scored · 0 with recorded odds, 2 at assumed even odds | Coin flip: 50% 1 of 2 decided |
Every pick
Week 5 · SU 9-5-1; ATS 13-2-0; O/U 1-1-0
| Game | Straight up | Against the spread | Over/under | Final | How we got it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB at DAL Thu, Oct 8 | DAL Loss | TB +8.5 Win | — | TB 24, DAL 16 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| PHI at JAX Sun, Oct 11 | JAX Win | PHI +8 Win | — | PHI 17, JAX 19 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| CHI at GB Sun, Oct 11 | CHI Loss | CHI -2.5 Loss | — | CHI 7, GB 31 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| CIN at MIA Sun, Oct 11 | CIN Win | CIN -6.5 Win | — | CIN 31, MIA 24 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| CLE at NYJ Sun, Oct 11 | NYJ Win | NYJ -1.5 Win | — | CLE 12, NYJ 17 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| HOU at TEN Sun, Oct 11 | HOU Win | HOU -7 Win | — | HOU 26, TEN 3 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| IND at PIT Sun, Oct 11 | PIT Win | PIT -2.5 Win | — | IND 22, PIT 34 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| LV at NE Sun, Oct 11 | NE Win | NE -3.5 Win | — | LV 17, NE 45 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| MIN at NO Sun, Oct 11 | MIN Win | MIN -1.5 Win | — | MIN 23, NO 13 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| NYG at WSH Sun, Oct 11 | WSH Push | NYG +4.5 Win | — | NYG 27, WSH 27 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| DEN at LAC Sun, Oct 11 | LAC Loss | LAC +3.5 Loss | — | DEN 23, LAC 17 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| DET at ARI Sun, Oct 11 | DET Win | DET -5.5 Win | — | DET 45, ARI 21 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| SF at SEA Sun, Oct 11 | SF Win | SF +3.5 Win | Under 46.5 Loss | SF 32, SEA 29 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| BAL at ATL Sun, Oct 11 | ATL Loss | BAL +3.5 Win | Over 43.5 Win | BAL 30, ATL 23 | Timestamped before kickoff |
| BUF at LAR Mon, Oct 12 | LAR Loss | BUF +3.5 Win | — | BUF 37, LAR 34 | Recorded before kickoff |
By week
| Week | Straight up | Against the spread | Over/under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 5 | 9-5-1 | 13-2-0 | 1-1-0 |
| Season | 9-5-1 | 13-2-0 | 1-1-0 |
Does this match Gridiron Experts?
Tallysight marks each graded pick. Our grade matches its mark on 30 of 30 of James Bryer's picks.
By team
Record when picking each team
| Team | Picked to win | Picked to lose | ATS on them | ATS against |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARI Arizona Cardinals | — | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 |
| ATL Atlanta Falcons | 0-1-0 | — | — | 1-0-0 |
| BAL Baltimore Ravens | — | 0-1-0 | 1-0-0 | — |
| BUF Buffalo Bills | — | 0-1-0 | 1-0-0 | — |
| CHI Chicago Bears | 0-1-0 | — | 0-1-0 | — |
| CIN Cincinnati Bengals | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 | — |
| CLE Cleveland Browns | — | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 |
| DAL Dallas Cowboys | 0-1-0 | — | — | 1-0-0 |
| DEN Denver Broncos | — | 0-1-0 | — | 0-1-0 |
| DET Detroit Lions | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 | — |
| GB Green Bay Packers | — | 0-1-0 | — | 0-1-0 |
| HOU Houston Texans | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 | — |
| IND Indianapolis Colts | — | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 |
| JAX Jacksonville Jaguars | 1-0-0 | — | — | 1-0-0 |
| LV Las Vegas Raiders | — | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 |
| LAC Los Angeles Chargers | 0-1-0 | — | 0-1-0 | — |
| LAR Los Angeles Rams | 0-1-0 | — | — | 1-0-0 |
| MIA Miami Dolphins | — | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 |
| MIN Minnesota Vikings | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 | — |
| NE New England Patriots | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 | — |
| NO New Orleans Saints | — | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 |
| NYG New York Giants | — | 0-0-1 | 1-0-0 | — |
| NYJ New York Jets | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 | — |
| PHI Philadelphia Eagles | — | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 | — |
| PIT Pittsburgh Steelers | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 | — |
| SF San Francisco 49ers | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 | — |
| SEA Seattle Seahawks | — | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 |
| TB Tampa Bay Buccaneers | — | 0-1-0 | 1-0-0 | — |
| TEN Tennessee Titans | — | 1-0-0 | — | 1-0-0 |
| WSH Washington Commanders | 0-0-1 | — | — | 1-0-0 |
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