Big Blue View · NFL 2026
James Hickey: the picks behind one badge
4 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).
2 outright upsets called · of 4 underdog picks · 2026
Recorded before kickoff
Picked 2 underdogs to win outright that did, out of 4 straight-up underdog picks.
- Period
- 2026
- How rare
- If every pick won only as often as the market odds said, about 62 of the 122 experts who qualify for it would earn this in a season. Held now by 49 of all 137 experts in the badge count.
- How it is counted
- Straight-up picks on the underdog that won outright. The underdog is set by the market at the time of the pick: a decisive moneyline (+105 or longer), or else the team getting points. Steps: 2, 3, 5 and 10, always shown with the number of underdog picks. Badge rules
- Picks that count
- Recorded before kickoff; timestamped before kickoff by the publishing platform or a web archive copy of the page; and, for ESPN, CBS Sports and NFL.com, picks read after the game when the outlet's own record matches our recount. Other picks read after the game can only lower a record.
- 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 |
| PIT at TB Oct 18 · Week 6 | TB | Loss PIT 26–19 TB | 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 |
| BUF at LV Oct 18 · Week 6 | LV | Loss BUF 33–30 LV | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 19 h before |
Outlet pages: Big Blue View, Week 6.
To quote it: Hunchmeter: 2 outright upsets called · of 4 underdog picks · 2026 · hunchmeter.com/experts/james-hickey/#badge-upset-calls