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Strong week

Badges are facts about past picks, given by published rules. A badge is not a recommendation.

The rule

At least 10 decided picks on a market in one NFL week (8 on totals), with at least 80% right straight up, or 70% against the spread or on totals. Given after the week's last game and kept with its date.

Holders now
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NFL week

Picks that count. Picks we recorded before kickoff; picks whose time before kickoff was set by the publishing platform (timestamped by the publishing platform) or shown by a web archive copy of the page (archive record); and, for ESPN, CBS Sports and NFL.com, picks read after the game where the outlet's own published record for that expert matches our recount (per the outlet's published record). Any other pick read after the game can only lower a record, and any known loss ends a run.

Holders

This is a week badge: it is given after the week's last game and kept with its date. Holders are listed by week below.

By week

NFL Week 5, 2026. Given after the week's last game.
HolderBadgeSinceShare
James Bryer
Gridiron Experts		Week 5 · ATS 13–2
Recorded before kickoffTimestamped before kickoff (platform)		Week 5Card
Meko Scott
Pride of Detroit		Week 5 · O/U 10–4
Recorded before kickoffTimestamped before kickoff (platform)		Week 5Card
NFL Week 4, 2026. Given after the week's last game.
HolderBadgeSinceShare
Kalyn Kahler
ESPN		Week 4 · SU 13–3
Timestamped before kickoff (web archive copy)Matches the outlet's published record		Week 4Card
NFL Week 3, 2026. Given after the week's last game.
HolderBadgeSinceShare
Jamey Eisenberg
CBS Sports		Week 3 · ATS 11–4–1
Matches the outlet's published record		Week 3Card
NFL Week 1, 2026. Given after the week's last game.
HolderBadgeSinceShare
Tyler Sullivan
CBS Sports		Week 1 · SU 13–3
Matches the outlet's published record		Week 1Card
Brooke Cersosimo
NFL.com		Week 1 · SU 13–3
Timestamped before kickoff (web archive copy)Matches the outlet's published record		Week 1Card

How common

Held now by 6 of the 73 forecasters in the badge count.

Our chance check (Oct 12, 2026): the same picks, with every game's score drawn again at random around the market line, 40 times. If a badge shows up about as often by chance as in the real record, it is a fact about the past, not a sign of skill.

Strong week: real record vs chanceSU: held by 0 of 41 qualifying forecasters in the real record; by chance about 2.5 on average. ATS: held by 1 of 16 qualifying forecasters in the real record; by chance about 1.9 on average. O/U: held by 1 of 8 qualifying forecasters in the real record; by chance about 1 on average.SU041by chance ≈2.5real record 0ATS016by chance ≈1.9real record 1O/U08by chance ≈1real record 1
Chance check, SU: 0 of 41 qualifying forecasters held it in the real record; with every score drawn again at random around the market line, 2.5 on average (≈1 in 16 gets it by chance). Rows for 3 variants are in the table.Oct 13, 2026, 40 runs; picks recorded or timestamped before kickoff. Filled dot — real record, open circle — chance. Holders now are listed above.
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Every variant and data layer of the chance check.
VariantPicks usedQualifyingHeld, real recordHeld by chance, average
ATSpicks recorded or timestamped before kickoff1611.9
ATSall picks, including those read after the game2824.8
O/Upicks recorded or timestamped before kickoff811
O/Uall picks, including those read after the game811
SUpicks recorded or timestamped before kickoff4102.5
SUall picks, including those read after the game81312.1
Strong week — Hunchmeter badge for NFL forecasters, 2026: held now by 6 forecasters — Hunchmeter
Share this badge Copy link (the address of this badge) · Download card. To quote this badge:Strong week — a Hunchmeter badge for NFL forecasters: At least 10 decided picks on a market in one NFL week (8 on totals), with at least 80% right straight up, or 70% against the spread or on totals. Held now by 6 forecasters. https://hunchmeter.com/titles/strong-week/ Each holder's own card is in the Share column of the table above.

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