Game Outcome Picks
Scored under the published methodology, which sets out what counts as right, what a naive guess would have said, and why an earlier call is worth more than a late one.
- Takes logged
- 2,172
- Graded
- 1,609
- Average accuracy
- 59.2
- Pundits
- 232
74% settled
out of 100
have made one
How these calls land
Takes in each band
Settled or waiting
1,609 / 2,172
graded
563 still pending
By season
- 20232 of 2 graded
- 2024133 of 133 graded
- 2025935 of 949 graded
- 2026539 of 1088 graded
Who is good at game outcome picks
- Zach Roberts100 accuracy · 1 graded+200.0
- Bryan DeArdo100 accuracy · 1 graded+200.0
- Brendon Nelson100 accuracy · 1 graded+200.0
- Eric Crocker100 accuracy · 1 graded+200.0
- Dave Uram100 accuracy · 1 graded+200.0
- Eric Moody100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Dan Parr100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Gennaro Filice100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Jamey Eisenberg100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Bobby Kownack100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Michael Hanich100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Jarrett Bell100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Jake Ciely100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Nick Brinkerhoff100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Jeremy Pargo100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Seth Walder100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Jeremy Brener100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Adam Kaufman100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Cory Nidoh100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Ryan Wilson100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Brooke Cersosimo100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Jeff Kerr100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Chris Bumbaca100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Pamela Maldonado100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Dave Richard100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Nate Davis100 accuracy · 1 graded+194.0
- Craig Horlbeck100 accuracy · 1 graded+183.0
- James Harrison100 accuracy · 1 graded+139.0
- Nick Winkler100 accuracy · 3 graded+133.3
- Adam Chudwin67 accuracy · 3 graded+133.3
- Steve Wyche100 accuracy · 7 graded+114.3
- Ollie Connolly100 accuracy · 1 graded+111.0
- Eric Cohen50 accuracy · 2 graded+100.0
- Tony Dungy100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Chris Perfett100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Matt Dery100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Doug "D-Mac" McKain100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Cam Jordan100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Sam Loveman100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Carter Chickering100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Jim Daniels100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Joe Johnson100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Ryan Scott Hall100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Pete Prisco75 accuracy · 3 graded+97.0
- Colleen Wolfe100 accuracy · 2 graded+97.0
- Mark Morales-Smith100 accuracy · 2 graded+97.0
- Dave Wannstedt100 accuracy · 2 graded+91.5
- Jourdan Rodrigue100 accuracy · 4 graded+66.7
- Bill Huber67 accuracy · 3 graded+66.7
- Rob Bushka67 accuracy · 3 graded+66.7
- Patrick Claybon67 accuracy · 3 graded+66.7
- Michael Brockers67 accuracy · 3 graded+66.7
- Gavin Carlson67 accuracy · 3 graded+66.7
- Tyler Sullivan70 accuracy · 13 graded+58.5
- Around the NFL75 accuracy · 4 graded+53.0
- Marcus Mosher100 accuracy · 2 graded+53.0
- Anthony Gargano100 accuracy · 4 graded+50.0
- Ryan Wormeli50 accuracy · 2 graded+50.0
- Shannon Sharpe80 accuracy · 8 graded+47.1
- John Middlekauff76 accuracy · 15 graded+46.0
- Judah Fortgang44 accuracy · 5 graded+44.4
- Brandon Carney93 accuracy · 13 graded+42.7
- Jared Dubin80 accuracy · 5 graded+38.8
- Richard Sherman74 accuracy · 31 graded+35.5
- Champ Bailey100 accuracy · 3 graded+33.3
- Andrew Erickson70 accuracy · 7 graded+31.7
- Mike Kadlick75 accuracy · 16 graded+25.0
- Eva Geitheim75 accuracy · 16 graded+25.0
- AJ Hawk71 accuracy · 23 graded+24.6
- Jamie Erdahl47 accuracy · 5 graded+24.2
- Lance Zierlein50 accuracy · 4 graded+23.5
- Dan Beyer89 accuracy · 6 graded+21.6
- Brad "The Brain" Feinberg60 accuracy · 5 graded+20.0
- Colin Cowherd70 accuracy · 79 graded+15.3
- Gregg Rosenthal59 accuracy · 97 graded+11.0
- Jonas Knox60 accuracy · 55 graded+9.3
- Cynthia Frelund65 accuracy · 93 graded+8.1
- Pat Gustavson62 accuracy · 13 graded+6.6
- Pat McAfee66 accuracy · 20 graded+5.0
- Chris Brockman57 accuracy · 20 graded+4.8
- Damonza Byrd67 accuracy · 9 graded+3.8
- Justin Penik58 accuracy · 4 graded+2.9
- John Breech43 accuracy · 25 graded+2.8
- Kurt Warner33 accuracy · 3 graded+2.0
- Mike Renner21 accuracy · 9 graded+0.7
- Matt Verderame63 accuracy · 16 graded+0.0
- Albert Breer63 accuracy · 16 graded+0.0
- John Pluym63 accuracy · 16 graded+0.0
- Kirk Herbstreit60 accuracy · 10 graded+0.0
- Christian "Spot" Sorge92 accuracy · 7 graded+0.0
- John Granato0 accuracy · 6 graded+0.0
- Jeff Cavanaugh88 accuracy · 5 graded+0.0
- Sam Kienzle75 accuracy · 4 graded+0.0
- Willie Colon83 accuracy · 4 graded+0.0
- Daniel Jeremiah75 accuracy · 4 graded+0.0
- Akbar Gbaja-Biamila67 accuracy · 4 graded+0.0
- Isaac Lowenkron67 accuracy · 3 graded+0.0
- Logan Lazarczyk100 accuracy · 3 graded+0.0
- Dan Patrick67 accuracy · 3 graded+0.0
- Jordan Dajani100 accuracy · 3 graded+0.0
- Kyle Long50 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Joe Gibbs50 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Ross Jackson50 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Shanna McCarriston50 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- O'Shea Jackson Jr.0 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Eric Williams100 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Alain Poupart100 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Lane Mills0 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Ty Schmit100 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Dave Dameshek50 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Matt Severance100 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Chris Plank100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Randy McKay100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Joe Marino100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Veejay Huskey0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Zachary Pereles100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Terrell Suggs0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Derek Brown100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Dan Orlovsky100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Anthony “Tone Diggs” DiGuilio100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Anthony "Tone Digs" DiGuilio0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Brandon Deutsch0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Chris Welsh100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- The Miz100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Derek Murphy100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Mike Florio100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Maxx Crosby100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Tom Strachan100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Jarvis Landry100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Mike Harmon100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Brandon Graham100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Joshua Schulman100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Walter Cherepinsky100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Fox Sports100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Jared Koch0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Ryan Fitzpatrick0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Pat Fitzmaurice100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Mike Garafolo100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Rich Eisen65 accuracy · 72 graded-0.9
- LaVar Arrington49 accuracy · 54 graded-1.8
- Brady Quinn60 accuracy · 47 graded-6.6
- Nick Wright57 accuracy · 149 graded-7.9
- Jason McIntyre68 accuracy · 62 graded-9.0
- Mitch Goldich56 accuracy · 16 graded-12.5
- Bucky Brooks25 accuracy · 5 graded-12.5
- Mitchell Eisenstein50 accuracy · 5 graded-12.5
- JP Acosta33 accuracy · 26 graded-13.5
- Greg Jennings50 accuracy · 12 graded-14.7
- Jesse Holley67 accuracy · 4 graded-16.7
- Danny Parkins59 accuracy · 31 graded-17.3
- Chris Broussard51 accuracy · 15 graded-21.0
- Gilberto Manzano50 accuracy · 16 graded-25.0
- Simon Hunter63 accuracy · 7 graded-25.0
- Connor "Boston Connor" Campbell50 accuracy · 4 graded-25.0
- Chad Ochocinco Johnson63 accuracy · 9 graded-33.6
- Manti Te'o38 accuracy · 5 graded-34.0
- Dylan O'Brien41 accuracy · 17 graded-35.3
- Kevin Wildes21 accuracy · 10 graded-36.6
- Kyle Brandt46 accuracy · 12 graded-36.7
- Eric Mangini43 accuracy · 9 graded-42.5
- Isaac Rochell0 accuracy · 1 graded-45.8
- Isaiah Stanback0 accuracy · 1 graded-45.8
- Peter Schrager44 accuracy · 9 graded-50.0
- Michael Irvin75 accuracy · 8 graded-50.0
- Chad Millman55 accuracy · 7 graded-50.0
- Rich Davis33 accuracy · 6 graded-50.0
- Nick Shook44 accuracy · 8 graded-54.6
- Jason Cabinda0 accuracy · 2 graded-64.0
- Clarence Hill58 accuracy · 5 graded-66.7
- Danny Heifetz50 accuracy · 2 graded-91.5
- Ryan Reynolds50 accuracy · 2 graded-97.0
- Leonard Fournette50 accuracy · 2 graded-100.0
- Rachel Nichols0 accuracy · 2 graded-100.0
- Mark Wahlberg50 accuracy · 2 graded-100.0
- Terron Armstead0 accuracy · 1 graded-100.0
- Adam Ray0 accuracy · 1 graded-100.0
- Conor Orr10 accuracy · 19 graded-154.2
- Greg Cosell0 accuracy · 1 graded-156.0
- Sayre Bedinger17 accuracy · 4 graded-166.7
- Cody Rourke17 accuracy · 4 graded-166.7
- Danny Kelly0 accuracy · 2 graded-183.0
- Patricia Traina0 accuracy · 1 graded-194.0
- Garrett Podell0 accuracy · 2 graded-197.0
- David Harrison0 accuracy · 3 graded-200.0
- Aniello Piro0 accuracy · 2 graded-200.0
- Matt Ioannidis0 accuracy · 1 graded-200.0
- Henry McKenna0 accuracy · 1 graded-200.0
- Darius Butler0 accuracy · 1 graded-200.0
- Nick Ferguson0 accuracy · 1 graded-200.0
- Seth Rollins0 accuracy · 1 graded-200.0
- Henry Brown0 accuracy · 1 graded-200.0
provisionalRatings this early are samples, not reputations — the methodology sets out how many articles it takes before we call one settled.
By publisher
- SportsRadio 94WIP Weekends (podcast)100.0 · 1 graded
- Locked On 49ers (podcast)100.0 · 4 graded
- 95.7 The Game Weekends (podcast)100.0 · 2 graded
- KC Sports Network (podcast)100.0 · 1 graded
- Locked On Lions (podcast)100.0 · 1 graded
- Locked On Chargers (podcast)100.0 · 1 graded
- Locked On Rams (podcast)83.3 · 10 graded
- Pro Football Focus44.4 · 5 graded
- Sports Illustrated68.0 · 177 graded
- Fox Sports Radio (podcast)78.7 · 26 graded
- Bran Coverage with BenchwarmerBran (podcast)77.3 · 26 graded
- Nightcap (podcast)69.2 · 21 graded
- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)67.3 · 362 graded
- Around the NFL (podcast)63.3 · 211 graded
- Overreaction Monday (podcast)72.1 · 37 graded
- The 33rd Team83.3 · 4 graded
- 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe (podcast)55.5 · 156 graded
- Locked On Saints (podcast)50.0 · 2 graded
- Sharp Football Analysis50.0 · 2 graded
- FantasyPros100.0 · 2 graded
- Walter Football100.0 · 1 graded
- Locked On Bills (podcast)100.0 · 1 graded
- ProFootballTalk100.0 · 1 graded
- John and Lance — ESPN Houston (podcast)25.0 · 12 graded
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)55.3 · 102 graded
- The Pat McAfee Show (podcast)64.2 · 65 graded
- Pushing the Pile (podcast)39.1 · 53 graded
- The Dan Patrick Show (podcast)69.2 · 25 graded
- CBS Sports59.4 · 56 graded
- The Colin Cowherd Podcast (podcast)53.4 · 31 graded
- Move the Sticks (podcast)56.5 · 86 graded
- DLLS Dallas Cowboys (podcast)70.8 · 14 graded
- First Things First (podcast)31.9 · 88 graded
- Fox Sports64.3 · 9 graded
- Locked On Broncos (podcast)16.7 · 11 graded
- Locked On Commanders (podcast)0.0 · 3 graded
Every game outcome picks take
1201–1225 of 2,172
- Miss · 0Pushing the Pile (podcast)Game Outcome Picks2025 season
Buffalo Bills to beat Broncos
So I do think the Bills win this game. / I think so too, actually. And I think it's tight, and I think it's low scoring.
a naive guess scored 100-100 skillsaid Jan 15, 2026 - Miss · 0Pushing the Pile (podcast)Game Outcome Picks2025 season
Houston Texans to beat Patriots
I'm picking the Texas to win now. I think this defense is too good, and I think they are going to have a game plan that is run heavy
a naive guess scored 100-100 skillsaid Jan 15, 2026 Buffalo Bills to beat Broncos
I worry that the Broncos will try but can't, and that puts Bo Nix into a lot of unfavorable situations. So I do think the Bills win this game.
New England Patriots to beat Texans
I sort of feel like the patriots win. Like, I I feel like the patriots win a close one.
- Hit · 100Pushing the Pile (podcast)Game Outcome Picks2025 season
Los Angeles Rams to beat Chicago Bears
So for all those reasons, I'm going Rams and I'm going over.
a naive guess scored 0+100 skillsaid Jan 15, 2026 Los Angeles Rams to beat Bears
I'm also gonna go Rams. I do think this game is gonna be close.
San Francisco 49ers to beat Seattle Seahawks
maybe even the scales might tip another way because the San Francisco fort Niners Michi played pretty dang good at Seattle.
Denver Broncos to beat Bills
So shock the world number one seed, Broncos go. I don't know that it's gonna happen.
Los Angeles Rams to beat Bears
So Jared Verse, dude, man, you got Kobe Turner in the middle... I got the Rams.
Seattle Seahawks to beat forty nine ers
I'm gonna tell you I said, I like the Seahawks... They gotta go on the road to Seattle, and that defense is another monster.
Denver Broncos to beat Bills
here's this monster of the Denver Broncos, this defense. There is no way that he's looking forward to this one... So I know, I know they're ready for him this year... Broncos got it, yep
Los Angeles Rams to beat Bears
Now, I do not I do not see the Bears winning this game.
New England Patriots to beat Texans
I do think it'll be a close game. I do like the Patriots here.
Los Angeles Rams to beat Bears
I'll I'm going with the Rams because they are my Super Bowl pick.
Chicago Bears to beat Rams
You're going Bears down. Bear down. I love I love this team, man. Bear fucking down.
Denver Broncos to beat Bills
I am gonna stick with the Broncos here. I'm gonna go with Denver at home.
Buffalo Bills to beat Broncos
I like the Bills here.
Seattle Seahawks to beat 49ers
So we will see how that one plays out, but I certainly have Seattle as well.
Seattle Seahawks to beat 49ers
I I like Seattle too... But probably take Seattle here.
New England Patriots to beat Texans
Texans at Patriots... Who you got? I'm taking the patriots.
Chicago Bears to beat Green Bay
I think the Bears are better, the Bears are home, the Bears are healthier... I'll take Chicago plus one.
Chicago Bears to beat Green Bay
but yeah, I took Chicago there too.
Los Angeles Rams to beat Carolina
I will swallow this huge number and lay the ten and a half with the Rams.
New England Patriots to beat Chargers
I think the Pats win, but I think the Pats win by three. I'll take the four points.
Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Houston
I think Steelers are gonna win... So I'll take Pittsburgh plus the three.
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