NFL
Football pundits, and how their calls actually turned out. See the leaderboard for who is ahead, or dig into any single take below.
- Takes logged
- 8,670
- Graded
- 3,881
- Pundits
- 349
- Average accuracy
- 52.5
out of 100
- By player →
What pundits expect of one person, and how it turned out.
- By team →
Everything predicted about one club, including who they were mocked to take.
Seasons in review
How NFL calls land
Every graded call, bucketed by score out of 100.
Takes in each band
Settled or waiting
3,881 / 8,670
takes graded
4,789 awaiting a result
The middle ground
The same graded calls, zoomed to the bands between the spikes — every take that earned partial credit.
Takes in each band
1,344 graded takes land strictly between the extremes, and the shape has a story: the counts climb as the scores improve. A take that earns partial credit is far more likely to be nearly right than nearly wrong.
This is where the curve-graded kinds live — mock draft picks (914), season win totals (151) and positional finishes (130) — the kinds where missing by a little costs a little, not everything.
Most-discussed players
All players →The people pundits predict most.
- Fernando MendozaQB70 takes
- Cam WardQB57 takes
- Tetairoa McMillanWR53 takes
- Ashton JeantyRB52 takes
- Shedeur SandersQB51 takes
- Travis HunterCB47 takes
- Jeremiyah LoveRB45 takes
- Ty SimpsonQB43 takes
Most-discussed teams
All teams →The clubs pundits predict most.
- Kansas City Chiefs352 takes
- Philadelphia Eagles315 takes
- Los Angeles Rams301 takes
- Buffalo Bills294 takes
- New England Patriots283 takes
- Baltimore Ravens283 takes
- Las Vegas Raiders262 takes
- Seattle Seahawks246 takes
Least-discussed teams
All teams →The clubs punditry forgets. Fans notice.
- Atlanta Falcons143 takes
- Arizona Cardinals156 takes
- Carolina Panthers156 takes
- New Orleans Saints156 takes
- Cincinnati Bengals169 takes
- Indianapolis Colts170 takes
- New York Jets170 takes
- Minnesota Vikings180 takes
By kind of prediction
How each is graded →Average accuracy wherever anything has been graded, grouped by what the call is about.
The draft1,575 graded
- Team Draft Slot Calls75.6 · 22 graded
- Position Order Calls74.3 · 67 graded
- Mock Draft Picks54.5 · 1477 graded
- Draft Bust Calls50.0 · 2 graded
- Prospect vs Prospect Calls40.0 · 7 graded
The season race708 graded
- Playoff Picks55.8 · 380 graded
- Season Win Totals51.2 · 230 graded
- Super Bowl Picks28.9 · 98 graded
Single games547 graded
- Score Predictions61.3 · 92 graded
- Game Outcome Picks56.8 · 455 graded
Players and rosters697 graded
- Depth Chart Calls93.0 · 310 graded
- Player Season Numbers35.9 · 145 graded
- Positional Finishes31.3 · 242 graded
Awards and honors321 graded
- Award Picks18.9 · 254 graded
- Coach Award Picks11.3 · 53 graded
- Pro Bowl and All-Pro Calls0.0 · 14 graded
Rankings and lists223 graded
- Power Rankings66.5 · 106 graded
- Top Player Lists54.9 · 96 graded
- Position Group Rankings50.9 · 15 graded
- Head Coach Rankings44.5 · 6 graded
Fantasy football68 graded
- Fantasy Bust Calls66.7 · 3 graded
- Fantasy Rankings65.8 · 53 graded
- Sleeper Calls50.0 · 12 graded
Who is beating the baseline
Full leaderboard →Zero means no better than a naive guess. Shown once a pundit has 3 graded articles; every rating is provisional.
- James Harrison3 articles+106.7
- Simon Hunter5 articles+75.7
- Dave Wannstedt3 articles+65.8
- Joel Klatt3 articles+63.6
- Lance Zierlein6 articles+53.2
- Cody Kessler4 articles+48.9
- Tom Strachan3 articles+41.6
- Dan Pizzuta8 articles+38.0
Every NFL take
2676–2700 of 3,881
I think cam Ward will go number one overall
He has elite arm talent, and that's why he's gonna be a number one pick in the draft.
You have Russ's jersey, he's gonna be a starter.
I do I believe the Browns of draft shaud Or number two.
I think when Dak is healthy in the regular season, I think he's very effective. I think he's the top ten quarterback in the regular season.
based on everything you said, is why I will keep him in the top ten... he continued to be a top ten quarterback
We got my homes, Alan. Lamar Jackson really right, Burrow... Got to put Hurts up there... Matthew Stafford still elite... Jaden Daniels is the future of this league... I got Jared Off, I got Baker Mayfield. That's nine... Baker Golf, Jordan Love... I got my boy perty at eleven... if you're the twelfth best quarterback in the world
I mean, if you're the twelfth best quarterback in the world, that there's no shade there. I just don't think he's in the top ten.
It's almost now because cam Ward is going to go first overall
whatever the over under on where Walter Nolan draft, you know stock is, I am taking him getting drafted earlier... consensus board I just checked he's at twenty six... he is an kind of an under the radar guy who could go top ten.
I think he's going to get ding to go in the second round, maybe because he just doesn't quite have the measurables teams are looking for.
if he ends up going higher, either higher than people think or certainly in the top twenty, I think he's gonna end up going because the upside seems really high to me.
But he probably is going to be a second round pick at the very lowest
86 Los Angeles Chargers EDGE Ashton Gillotte Louisville
119 Cincinnati Bengals SAF Jaylen Reed Penn State
205 Washington Commanders WR Chimere Dike Florida
81 Cincinnati Bengals IOL Jared Wilson Georgia
215 Las Vegas Raiders CB Jabbar Muhammad Oregon
97 Minnesota Vikings CB Zah Frazier UTSA
242 Atlanta Falcons IOL Eli Cox Kentucky
9. New Orleans Saints Selection: Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado
177 Buffalo Bills IDL Zeek Biggers Georgia Tech
180 Las Vegas Raiders EDGE Que Robinson Alabama
57 Carolina Panthers WR Jaylin Noel Iowa State
238 New England Patriots CB Isas Waxter Villanova