Big Blue View · NFL 2026
James Hickey: the picks behind one badge
The pick 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).
Biggest upset called · Week 6 · TEN over IND · market chance 27.5% · called by 7 of 115
Recorded before kickoff
Picked TEN to beat IND straight up in Week 6; the market gave TEN a 27.5% chance. 7 of 115 tracked experts made that call.
- Period
- Week 6, 2026 · given after the last game of Week 6, Oct 20, 2026, and kept with its date
- Compared with
- 7 of 115 tracked experts made the same call
- How rare
- If every pick won only as often as the market odds said, about 15 of the 122 experts who qualify for it would earn this in a season. Held now by 7 of all 137 experts in the badge count.
- How it is counted
- Of the week's underdog wins that at least one tracked expert called (market chance below 40%), the least likely one. Everyone who picked that team straight up gets the badge, shown with how many made the call. Given after the week's last game and kept with its date. 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 19, 2026
| Game | Pick | Result | Recording evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEN at IND Oct 18 · Week 6 | TEN | Win TEN 26–20 IND | Recorded before kickoff · 2 d 15 h before |
Outlet pages: Big Blue View, Week 6.
To quote it: Hunchmeter: Biggest upset called · Week 6 · TEN over IND · market chance 27.5% · called by 7 of 115 · hunchmeter.com/experts/james-hickey/#badge-biggest-upset-called-week-6