Skip to main content
MissedTakes
Menu

TJ Jefferson · Sep 3, 2025

TJ Jefferson picked the Lions to win the NFC North, with the Packers second, Vikings third and Bears fourth, and also raised his Cowboys win total prediction to 12-5.

I just don't see any reason not to believe that the Lions are gonna take this.

said on air, transcribed by us · The Rich Eisen Show (podcast) · read the original →

3 checkable claims from this

Each one is scored on its own against the published methodology. A pundit naming several outcomes is graded on each, not on all-or-nothing.

  • Power RankingsSep 3, 2025

    I got the bears fourth... I got the vikings finishing third... I'm gonna put the Packers in it too... I just don't see any reason not to believe that the Lions are gonna take this.

    Miss · 30Scored 30a naive guess scored 10+40 skill
    How this was scored
    skill:
    40
    method:
    spearman
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    30
    baseline:
    10
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    teams ranked:
    4
    weeks left when called:
    18

    Think this is wrong?

  • Dallas Cowboys to finish with 12 wins

    I might bump it up to twelve... and TJ's now twelve and five.

    Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 85-170 skill
    How this was scored
    team:
    DAL
    naive:
    7.75
    skill:
    -170
    what happened:
    7
    season:
    2025
    zero at:
    5
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    85
    predicted:
    12
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    18

    Think this is wrong?

  • Detroit Lions to win the division

    I just don't see any reason not to believe that the Lions are gonna take this.

    Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.

    Think this is wrong?

We summarize what a pundit said and quote a short span of it for attribution — we never republish their article. If we have misread you, tell us and we will look at it.

TJ Jefferson on Hour 2: Spike Lee’s Celebrity True or… | MissedTakes