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
- 8,780
- Graded
- 3,881
- Pundits
- 353
- 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 / 8,780
takes graded
4,899 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 McMillanWR54 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.
- Philadelphia Eagles373 takes
- Kansas City Chiefs352 takes
- Los Angeles Rams301 takes
- Buffalo Bills294 takes
- New England Patriots290 takes
- Baltimore Ravens284 takes
- Las Vegas Raiders263 takes
- Seattle Seahawks246 takes
Least-discussed teams
All teams →The clubs punditry forgets. Fans notice.
- Atlanta Falcons143 takes
- Arizona Cardinals156 takes
- New Orleans Saints156 takes
- Carolina Panthers162 takes
- Cincinnati Bengals170 takes
- New York Jets170 takes
- Indianapolis Colts171 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
1076–1100 of 3,881
I think it's a close game. Kansas City wins twenty eight to twenty four.
I'm gonna take the Bears to win and the Bears to cover twenty seven twenty one
one, touchdown one, pick
thirteen of, eighteen one hundred thirty nine, yards one, touchdown one, pick passer rating of eighty to five
I don't think the Panthers can hold him down. Yeah, I would lean Niners in that one.
Like the Seahawks, sort of like the Bears, sort of like the Packers.
I think San Francisco, probably at home, finds a way to win.
Seattle wins and covers thirty one to thirteen.
he'll have an ugly, pick
Like the Seahawks, sort of like the Bears, sort of like the Packers.
I'm dropping fifty thousand on Shad Oh Man get and get his first career start, winning and break the record. The Curse of the Cleveland Browns since they rejoined the NFL the first time starting quarterbacks.
I just think I think they might win the Super Bowl. I think they would be my pick right now.
And they've been great coming off a loss in general this year ... and it's Jared goff coming back ... just Jared Goff returning to the friendly confines of a dome and everyone chanting his name and loving him, he'll do great ... I'm on that side too.
But ultimately I do think the Raiders can pull this one out ... here's the one stat I can point to for why I only think it's by two points.
I think that on Monday Night football, the San Francisco forty nine Ers win by a touchdown.
we go to the divisional round, I would take Denver over Buffalo
Let's go wildcard Seattle Tampa, with the Eagles getting the buy. I take Seattle.
I think Baltimore is going to make their way in.
I would take the Colts at home over the charge, a dependable run game and O line
Mendoza is going to be easily a top three pick, maybe the top pick in the entire NFL draft.
I'm telling you they're going to destroy the Giants
Take the Rams to win convincingly.
Downs is still behind him, who's probably a top a, top top tick, top ten excuse me pick in the NFL draft
We get to the Super Bowl. Rams over Denver again.
I would take in the wild card round Buffalo to beat Pittsburgh, even though it's at Pittsburgh