Rich Eisen · Oct 13, 2025

Eisen reaffirmed his preseason pick of Chiefs vs. Lions in Super Bowl LX and called the Lions the team to beat in the NFC, agreed Baker Mayfield is playing his way to MVP and the Buccaneers can be the NFC's No. 1 seed, said the Patriots should make the playoffs (while calling a playoff win an overreaction), and pegged the Commanders as the team that could take the NFC East from the Eagles.

“I called it before the season that I think that that is gonna be the Super Bowl sixty matchup.”

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Playoff Picks New England PatriotsOct 13, 2025
New England Patriots to make the playoffs
“And there are some highly winnable games for you. So you should make the playoffs.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+172 skill
How this was scored
team:
NE
skill:
172
season:
2025
accuracy:
100
baseline:
0
naive said:
false
difficulty:
1.72
weeks in the season:
18
made playoffs:
true
weeks left when called:
13
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Award Picks Baker Mayfield Tampa Bay BuccaneersOct 13, 2025
Baker Mayfield to win MVP
“I can't say that's an overreaction right now. ... that's the way you win MVPs, and that's certainly the way you can be the number one seed, which they are currently leading the NFC right now at five and one”
Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
How this was scored
award:
mvp
naive:
the naive pick was Josh Allen, who won it the year before
skill:
0
player:
Baker Mayfield
season:
2025
winner:
Matthew Stafford
correct:
false
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
difficulty:
1.72
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
13
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Conference Champions Kansas City ChiefsOct 13, 2025
Kansas City Chiefs to reach the Super Bowl
“That could have been a Super Bowl preview for sure, and I told I called it before the season that I think that that is gonna be the Super Bowl sixty matchup.”
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Seeding, Byes and Home Field Tampa Bay BuccaneersOct 13, 2025
Tampa Bay Buccaneers to take the top seed
“that's certainly the way you can be the number one seed, which they are currently leading the NFC right now at five and one”
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Division Winners Washington CommandersOct 13, 2025
Washington Commanders to win the division
“Commanders can win this. That's for sure. ... and and that would be the team that I'd peg as I'm sounding this thing out.”
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Conference Champions Detroit LionsOct 13, 2025
Detroit Lions to reach the Super Bowl
“That could have been a Super Bowl preview for sure, and I told I called it before the season that I think that that is gonna be the Super Bowl sixty matchup.”
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