Big Blue View · NFL 2026
James Hickey: the picks behind one badge
13 picks behind this badge, oldest first, losses included. All of James Hickey's badges · This badge on the profile
Badges are facts about past picks, given by published rules. Badge rules · How badges work
Recording labels: Recorded before kickoff (we saw the pick before the game); Timestamped before kickoff (the platform's timestamp or a web archive copy of the page); Read after the game · matches the outlet's own record (the outlet's published record matches our recount); Read after the game (any other pick; it can only lower a record).
Verified · 13 picks recorded before kickoff
Graded picks we recorded on the outlet's page before kickoff. This says nothing about results.
- Period
- 2026 season
- How rare
- This is a fact about how the picks were recorded, not about results. Held now by 120 of all 137 experts in the badge count.
- How it is counted
- The number of graded picks we recorded on the outlet's page before kickoff. Steps: 5, 10, 30, 100 and 300. It says nothing about results. Badge rules
- Picks that count
- Only picks we recorded before kickoff.
- First counted
- Oct 18, 2026
| Game | Pick | Result | Recording evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOU at JAX Oct 18 · Week 6 | HOU | Win HOU 34–31 JAX | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 12 h before |
| CAR at PHI Oct 18 · Week 6 | CAR | Win CAR 25–14 PHI | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 15 h before |
| CHI at ATL Oct 18 · Week 6 | CHI | Win CHI 31–23 ATL | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 15 h before |
| NO at NYG Oct 18 · Week 6 | NO | Win NO 34–27 NYG | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 15 h before |
| PIT at TB Oct 18 · Week 6 | TB | Loss PIT 26–19 TB | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 15 h before |
| BAL at CLE Oct 18 · Week 6 | BAL | Loss BAL 10–13 CLE | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 15 h before |
| TEN at IND Oct 18 · Week 6 | TEN | Win TEN 26–20 IND | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 15 h before |
| NYJ at NE Oct 18 · Week 6 | NE | Win NYJ 19–26 NE | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 15 h before |
| ARI at LAR Oct 18 · Week 6 | LAR | Loss ARI 18–16 LAR | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 18 h before |
| BUF at LV Oct 18 · Week 6 | LV | Loss BUF 33–30 LV | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 19 h before |
| LAC at KC Oct 18 · Week 6 | KC | Win LAC 6–22 KC | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 19 h before |
| DAL at GB Oct 18 · Week 6 | GB | Win DAL 13–23 GB | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 22 h before |
| WSH at SF Oct 19 · Week 6 | SF | Win WSH 17–23 SF | Recorded before kickoff · 3 d 22 h before |
Outlet pages: Big Blue View, Week 6.
To quote it: Hunchmeter: Verified · 13 picks recorded before kickoff · hunchmeter.com/experts/james-hickey/#badge-recorded-before-kick-off