Big Blue View · NFL 2026
James Hickey: the picks behind one badge
3 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).
Right against the crowd · SU · 3 times · e.g. TEN at IND, 108 of 114 others wrong
Recorded before kickoff
Right 3 times straight up when most other tracked experts on the game were wrong, e.g. TEN at IND: 108 of 114 other experts missed.
- Period
- 2026
- Compared with
- 108 of 114 others were wrong on the example game
- How rare
- If every pick won only as often as the market odds said, about 49 of the 113 experts who qualify for it would earn this in a season. Held now by 62 of all 137 experts in the badge count.
- How it is counted
- A game where at least 6 other tracked experts made a pick on the same market, at least 60% of them were wrong, and this expert was right. Counted over the season. Steps: 2, 3, 5 and 10 times. 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 |
| NO at NYG Oct 18 · Week 6 | NO | Win NO 34–27 NYG | 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 |
Outlet pages: Big Blue View, Week 6.
To quote it: Hunchmeter: Right against the crowd · SU · 3 times · e.g. TEN at IND, 108 of 114 others wrong · hunchmeter.com/experts/james-hickey/#badge-right-against-the-crowd-su