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
801–825 of 3,881
I feel like we're going through the Texans defensive well too much and the Patriots are too good. So I'm going Patriots on this one.
So watch Drake May use your legs, May and the Patriots will win this game.
If they show up like that again in this game, it's gonna be the Bills... I'm staying with the Bills.
I'm going Rams on this because we only see the greatness from the Bears when they're playing from behind
Spotty. What's this spread again? Three?... Yeah, I'm gonna take the pots on this one
Spot what don't don't inc me in that. I'm gonna take the Rams on this one.
it's going to be Denver that all that stuff cannot be overcome by sixty eight sacks
I picked them on our in studio prediction sheet to go and win the Super Bowl.
I cannot possibly express how good the Texans defense is... Texans all the way.
I like Buffalo. I think Josh Allen's a man on a mission... I think Josh Allen thirty four seventeen.
I'm loving the Bears here. I'm going Bears. I think not only they cover, I think they win the game.
I am going road dog style. I think the Texans win eleven in a row. I like Houston.
I'm going Chicago. I just feel like it's a special season for them and they will find a way
I just think Josh Josh Allen's the best player in the field... But if you make me make a pick, I guess I'm going to that direction.
Fernando mendoz a slam, dunk number one. Pick
i think Arch manning probably is the number one pick next. Year
So here we are going eight to one ranking the quarterbacks in the divisional round... Number eight ... bo Nicks ... number seven ... Sam Donald ... Number six ... CJ. Stroud ... number five ... Caleb Williams ... number four ... Drake May ... Number three, it's my guy Rock Party ... Number two ... Matt Stafford ... number one, Josh Allen
As a Jetson, I'm rooted for Josh Allen. Yeah, but I do think Denver PROBLEMANCELF
if I had, you know, money to put on a team to win the Super Bowl, I'd be the Rams because I love Stafford right now
You still think Lamar is in that upper echelon of top four quarterbacks in the league. / I do
I went with Matt Stafford and he's probably going to be the MVP.
Jsn's their number one, and he's like a top two receiver in the league.
Obviously, he's not going to win the MVP. That'll be Stafford or Drake May.
Yes, all right, I'm actually with her, but I don't feel great about it. (following Rachel Nichols saying "I'm going Bills in this one")
I feel like the Bills are good at everything that the Broncos aren't... Yeah, I'm going Bills in this one.