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
- 8,877
- Graded
- 3,881
- Pundits
- 355
- 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 / 8,877
takes graded
4,996 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 Rams302 takes
- Buffalo Bills297 takes
- New England Patriots290 takes
- Baltimore Ravens284 takes
- Miami Dolphins281 takes
- Las Vegas Raiders263 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
2276–2300 of 3,881
So I see a potential bell Cow profile getting drafted in like the fifth sixth round... I love Kenneth Walker this year.
I could see him taking a step forward into being a sixty catch tight end.
So what is it that has to go right for Kenneth Walker to return? A nice profit on his mid fourth round cost.
Obviously, stay healthy, give us sixteen or seventeen games. If he does that, I think he's gonna finish as a top twelve running back.
And like, who of the Falcons added at wide receiver in the off season, it's gonna be like Ray Ray McCloud is the number three
If we get ninety percent of that sort of production, and we can get it in the ninth round of drafts, like sign me up
I think Drake May could get to eight hundred rushing yards based on how aggressively he ran in college.
and it seems like he's going to get the first crack at being the league guy for Dallas this year
I think he's got an opportunity to finishes a real wide receiver one with Patrick Mahomes this year
I don't think he gets the start immediately... I can see Shador taking over week six early... So I think about week six he'll be inserted as a start in QB.
They have no excuse to not win. I think at minimum nine games... anything other than nine wins if you're the forty nine ers based on this schedule... would be viewed as a disaster.
if you have a dominant defense with an offensive coach who's proven, like, how are your floor is so high? I mean, your floor is immediately like ten wins.
he should be a top twenty four running back
Quinn Shawn Judkins of the Cleveland Browns looks to be the lead back now in Cleveland.
So I'm really excited to see him carry the workload.
JJ McCarthy is a QB one. He's breaking out in twenty twenty five.
I'm going Lamar. I'm going Lamar. Forty one touchdowns, four interceptions
Once you go Kansas City, once you go the Bills, once you go the Ravens. For me, the number four is Houston... my number five it has to be Denver.
Who gets that Super Bowl first? Between who Lamar and Josh? I think Josh gets it.
I think Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens get past the Kansas City Chiefs in Baltimore in the playoffs.
And we ain't talking about somebody can win a couple of games, actually win the Super Bowl, actually de thrown him. It is the Charger
Number five on my lists... Sam Laporta... Travis Kelce is number four on my list... Trey McBride... brock Bowers... Number one... George Chittle
But if I were to make a decision right now, if I were to, you know, put all my chips on it, I would say it be Joe Flacco.
I mean to me, what would make the most sense would be Joe Flacco... But I would figure it would make the most sense to go with Joe Flacco
I think that's where you see the rookie quarterback get dropped in... So I predict by Thanksgiving that we see Jackson Dart.