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
- 8,562
- Graded
- 3,881
- Pundits
- 344
- 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 / 8,562
takes graded
4,681 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 MendozaQB69 takes
- Cam WardQB57 takes
- Tetairoa McMillanWR52 takes
- Shedeur SandersQB51 takes
- Ashton JeantyRB51 takes
- Travis HunterCB47 takes
- Jeremiyah LoveRB44 takes
- Ty SimpsonQB43 takes
Most-discussed teams
All teams →The clubs pundits predict most.
- Kansas City Chiefs348 takes
- Philadelphia Eagles304 takes
- Los Angeles Rams300 takes
- Buffalo Bills294 takes
- New England Patriots283 takes
- Baltimore Ravens277 takes
- Las Vegas Raiders254 takes
- Seattle Seahawks241 takes
Least-discussed teams
All teams →The clubs punditry forgets. Fans notice.
- Atlanta Falcons143 takes
- New Orleans Saints150 takes
- Arizona Cardinals154 takes
- Carolina Panthers155 takes
- Cincinnati Bengals169 takes
- Indianapolis Colts169 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
576–600 of 3,881
I ended up going with Carneal Tate... So I want I'm gonna go Tate to five.
I get to Washington here, Washington coming up at pick number seven, I'm gonna go with Baine.
you are up with New Orleans... I think Jeremiah Love will be the perfect fit in this situation.
That's RVL Reese... I'm gonna go with Rvill Reese being a guy that the Tennessee Titans can build around.
Caleb Downs is the pick for the Cincinnati Bengals.
What if I told you that the secondary though, that if they took McCoy from Tennessee... arguably the best corner in the draft or right there at the best corner of the draft of twelve?
I put Malachi Fields in there. Okay, late in the first round to a team that could be looking for a little size at the wide receiver position
I'm gonna take Spenser for No with the Citys for the Cleveland Browns.
All right, I'm up with the Kansas City Chiefs... I'm gonna take Mikyle Lemon. He's just too good of a football player
I get to Arizona... Mali Noah out of Miami can plug right in at right tackle.
I'm gonna give the Jets David Bailey from Texas Tech. I'm gonna give them a pass rusher... David Bailey is a jet.
You're pretty much guaranteed to get kind of five hundred yards and five touchdowns per year out of him
You're pretty much guaranteed to get kind of five hundred yards and five touchdowns per year out of him
I'm gonna do a top ten after the coaching hires, after free agency, and after the draft... here we go number ten. I think the Chiefs... Number nine would be Buffalo... number eight the Patriots... Number seven I would say the Detroit Lions... Number six... the Jaguars... I think the Chargers are going to feel like a Super Bowl team in September... I'd put the Bears at four... Number three the Denver Broncos... Number two... the Rams... Number One Seattle
I actually think it's team like Pittsburgh could try to make a run, run it back with Rogers, be a playoff team and still have the opportunity to trade assets to move up and get one of those guys
my favorite receiver in the whole class is Mikayle Lemon, who's a slot receiver out of USC
It's George Pickens and Alec Pierce... Next next group you mentioned Rashid Shaheed, I've got him. I've got Mike Evans... I've got Wandell Robinson, Romeo Dobbs, and Juwan Jennings... I knocked Evo Samuel down to this tier... Jalen Naylor... Johan Dotson... Christian Kirk... Marquise Brown
So the Bucks are going to go with Cassius Howell from Texas A and M
He's a guy that could start to climb. I wouldn't be surprised a lot of people have him out of the first round right now. I wouldn't be surprised. Be snuck back in.
So the aforementioned Caden Proctor forty nine ers really need to find the successor to thirty seven year old left tackle Trent Williams
none more interesting than Chris Johnson San Diego State... This is one of my favorite players in the draft.
I think the Ohio State linebacker RFL Reese is the best player in this draft... I'm taking Rvel Reese yes off the ball. Linebacker is a scary thing to take second overall
And that's why I went with Spancer Fano of the offensive tackle from Utah. I think you put him plug and play starter at right tackle.
Yeah, Ramelo Height the edge from Texas Tech... but I think Ramelo Hike can come in here.
I don't know how big he's gonna be, so I kind of want to see how his tape is awesome, he's going in the first round.