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Gregg Rosenthal · Sep 5, 2025

Rosenthal's Week 1 picks: the Giants win at Washington, the Lions beat the Packers, and the Jaguars beat the Panthers; he also likes the Jets over the Steelers and the Dolphins over the Colts, and expects Jacksonville to clear 7.5 wins.

it just wouldn't shock me if the Giants come out and win this game

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6 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.

  • Jaguars minus three and a half is my pick... I just think they're a way more complete team

    Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skill
    How this was scored
    won:
    JAX
    score:
    10-26
    skill:
    0
    they picked:
    JAX
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    100
    naive pick:
    JAX
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    18

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  • The Jaguars are a team I think is going to be great this year in terms of versus like their win total for instance, I really like they're over seven and a half.

    Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
    How this was scored
    team:
    JAX
    naive:
    6.25
    skill:
    0
    what happened:
    13
    season:
    2025
    zero at:
    5
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    0
    predicted:
    8
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    18

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  • I like the Jets giving up three points to the Steelers.

    Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
    How this was scored
    won:
    PIT
    score:
    34-32
    skill:
    0
    they picked:
    NYJ
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    0
    naive pick:
    NYJ
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    18

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  • The one that was the closest to making my top three was the Dolphins... I kind of just liked them in this spot having a one week, one week win

    Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-200 skill
    How this was scored
    won:
    IND
    score:
    8-33
    skill:
    -200
    they picked:
    MIA
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    100
    naive pick:
    IND
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    18

    Think this is wrong?

  • I'm going Giants plus six against the Commanders on the road this week... it just wouldn't shock me if the Giants come out and win this game

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

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  • Your Lions are two and a half point underdogs to the Green Bay Packers... I just think the Lions are a better team... This is probably be my number one pick

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

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