Rich Eisen · Sep 22, 2025
Eisen pushed back on the narrow Super Bowl field, naming many teams as contenders, argued the Colts are in pole position to win their division, said the Bengals will finish 9-8 or thereabouts rather than land a top-10 pick, called Seattle a playoff team, and agreed Herbert is an MVP-caliber choice while noting the Rams are the best but not only NFC threat.
“The Colts can potentially win the Super Bowl.”
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4 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.
- Season Win TotalsCincinnati BengalsSep 22, 2025
Cincinnati Bengals to finish with 9 wins
“He goes even one game under 500, they're gonna be nine and eight at the end of the season.”
Close · 40Scored 40a naive guess scored 45-9.45 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- CIN
- naive:
- 8.75
- skill:
- -9.45
- what happened:
- 6
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 5
- accuracy:
- 40
- baseline:
- 45
- predicted:
- 9
- difficulty:
- 1.89
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 16
- Playoff PicksSeattle SeahawksSep 22, 2025
Seattle Seahawks to make the playoffs
“They look like a playoff team, Seattle.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+189 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- SEA
- skill:
- 189
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- naive said:
- false
- difficulty:
- 1.89
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- made playoffs:
- true
- weeks left when called:
- 16
- Division WinnersIndianapolis ColtsSep 22, 2025
Indianapolis Colts to win the division
“and then continues on and wins this division, which it sure looks like they are in a pole position to do”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
Jake Browning to record ? an unstated measure
“what we're looking at with Jake Browning is potentially, and this is why he might be a backup, is a 500 quarterback”
Too vague to check — we could not tell what would count as right.