# John Middlekauff: Reacting to the Packers' blowout loss at Lambeau, Middlekauff said Green Bay's own pick (now owned by the Jets) will land somewhere between 7 and 12 overall, picked Cincinnati to beat Pittsburgh and expected Seattle and Kansas City to roll over Washington and Miami. He also guessed Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss would run about a 4.48-4.50 forty, said Seattle won't trade Drew Lock, and expected Sam Darnold to play in Week 3. **Claimed:** Sep 25, 2026 **Pundit:** John Middlekauff — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/john-middlekauff **Outlet:** The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/outlets/the-herd-with-colin-cowherd-podcast **How it reached us:** said on air or in an interview **Original:** https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/44c6e42b-f663-4492-888d-ae330034680f/d5c629c1-7471-44b1-a466-b4d000982b5b/audio.mp3?in_playlist=bf391792-153e-41b3-9d3d-ae3300346ad8 8 checkable claims — 3 game outcome picks, 1 availability call, 1 combine measurement, 1 conference champion, 1 team draft slot call and 1 trade and signing call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet. It names 8 players and teams, each linked to their own record. None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in. Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room. > So this is why I like Cincinnati. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Green Bay Packers to pick “somewhere between 7 to 12”** - Kind: Team Draft Slot Calls · About: Green Bay Packers - Verdict: not settled yet - **Cincinnati Bengals to beat Pittsburgh** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Cincinnati Bengals - Verdict: not settled yet - **Seattle Seahawks to beat Washington** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Seattle Seahawks - Verdict: not settled yet - **Kansas City Chiefs to beat Miami** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Kansas City Chiefs - Verdict: not settled yet - **Trinidad Chambliss to post like 4.50, 4.48 at the combine** - Kind: Combine Measurements · About: Trinidad Chambliss - Verdict: not settled yet - **Drew Lock to move — “stays in Seattle; no chance he's traded unless a top 20 pick is offered”** - Kind: Trade and Signing Calls · About: Drew Lock - Verdict: not settled yet - **I mean, is Darnold going to play this week or not? I don't know. I would imagine he does because he talked to the press.** - Kind: Availability Calls · About: Sam Darnold, Seattle Seahawks - Verdict: not settled yet - **Denver Broncos to reach the Super Bowl** - Kind: Conference Champions · About: Denver Broncos - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Green Bay Packers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/packers - Cincinnati Bengals — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/bengals - Seattle Seahawks — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/seahawks - Kansas City Chiefs — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/chiefs - Trinidad Chambliss — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/trinidad-chambliss - Drew Lock — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/drew-lock - Sam Darnold — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/sam-darnold - Denver Broncos — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/broncos ## What others said about the same people - Mike Kadlick on Green Bay Packers: Kadlick expects an ugly, low-scoring Thursday night game at Lambeau Field, with Green Bay beating Atlanta 10–7 to move to 2–1 while the Falcons drop to 0–3 in Michael Penix Jr.'s return. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e80b2d86-5533-4a14-b40a-9de75d1883bc (scored 7.14) - Jared Dubin on Green Bay Packers: Dubin picks the Packers to beat the Falcons comfortably on Thursday Night Football, predicting a 23-13 Green Bay win. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/7d0957a4-4d45-4f24-b6f9-a848eb47a374 (scored 23.81) - Jordan Dajani on Green Bay Packers: Dajani gave final-score predictions for eight Week 3 games, picking the Packers, Bengals, Jaguars, Texans, Buccaneers (upset), Ravens, Broncos (upset) and Eagles to win. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/c96aaa6d-2d0c-41cc-a9f7-c21ac21886ac (scored 16.67) - Jared Dubin on Green Bay Packers: Dubin gave final-score predictions for the same eight Week 3 games, picking the Packers, Bengals, Jaguars, Texans, Vikings, Ravens, Rams and Eagles. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/fe04828a-d532-414c-a58a-54f6505f2263 (scored 23.81) - Richard Sherman on Green Bay Packers: Sherman picked winners and several exact scores across the Week 3 slate, favoring Seattle, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Detroit, Green Bay, Carolina, New Orleans, Baltimore, the Rams, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Kansas City, Minnesota, the Giants, Jacksonville and Houston, and named Kenneth Walker his MVP. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/c2102f61-711d-4041-af08-065e95ccaf03 (scored 0) - Tyler Sullivan on Green Bay Packers: Sullivan projects final scores for every Week 3 game, including a Bills blowout of the reeling Chargers, a Chiefs rout in Miami, a Seahawks win over a Mariota-led Washington, and the Saints beating the Raiders in their home opener. He also expects Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Jaxson Dart all to be sidelined in Week 3, with Marcus Mariota starting for Washington. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e4b11b44-d359-4027-a72c-87833f5ff6e3 (scored 11.9) ## More game outcome picks The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Jared Dubin on Los Angeles Rams: Dubin picks the Rams to beat the Giants on Monday Night Football, sticking with preseason expectations over Week 1 overreaction. He gives two conditional scores depending on whether Puka Nacua plays: a comfortable 27-17 win if Nacua suits up, and a narrow 17-16 win if he sits. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e613e391-ce67-4554-a115-59096e1fecfd (scored 100) - Dan Orlovsky on Los Angeles Rams: Orlovsky said that even without Puka Nacua the Rams would find a way to beat the Giants on Monday night, though he thought the Giants would keep it within a touchdown. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/35fbf38d-85b0-4e52-b089-d8d9b6858e46 (scored 100) - Patricia Traina on New York Giants: In her weekly Giants mailbag, Traina said the Giants would beat the Rams if Los Angeles didn't play its best, predicted Aaron Donald wouldn't play a full game Monday night, and said she doesn't expect Paulson Adebo to still be with the Giants in 2027. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/ed7864bb-8795-4c1b-9517-fd7164fefb20 (scored 0) - Danny Parkins on New York Giants: Parkins picked the Giants to beat the Rams outright, backed Jacksonville over Denver, Cincinnati over Houston and Chicago over Minnesota in the chips segment, endorsed Buffalo as the AFC's Super Bowl representative, and predicted Deshaun Watson has started his last NFL game. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/36d4ede8-3066-4102-abbc-cb08e4544c92 (scored 0) - Rich Eisen on Los Angeles Rams: Eisen picked Josh Allen to lead the NFL in total touchdowns over any QB-WR or QB-RB combo, flipped from the Lions to the Bears as NFC North winner, and made several Week 2 game calls, including the Patriots at home, the Jets over Green Bay, and both LA teams winning. He also picked a Jaguars-Broncos AFC title game. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/76dcca59-cf3e-4bfd-a7c6-66574a348a51 (scored 100) - Brady Quinn on Los Angeles Rams: In the weekly Picks Against the Spread segment, Quinn took the Vikings to beat the Bears outright, the Bengals to win outright in Houston, the Broncos to beat the Jaguars while laying points, and the Rams to beat the Giants while laying seven. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/76728f56-0fc7-40dc-8cb7-9cb5e90dd42f (scored 100) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. The naive guess is what a strategy requiring no knowledge would have scored on the same call — the difference is the skill, and it is what the MissedTakes Score averages. Full method: https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/methodology We summarize what a pundit said and quote a short span for attribution; we never republish their article. 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