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
1351–1375 of 2,172
Seattle Seahawks to beat forty niners
I got Seattle. Seattle to me, they are the more complete football team.
Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Ravens
I think the Steelers are gonna win for the record... I think the Steelers went outright.
Carolina Panthers to beat Bucks
I got the Panthers... I will take Carolina
Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat Panthers
I'm going with the Bucks... I know he's playing through injury, but I think he'll have enough to get it done.
New Orleans Saints to beat Atlanta Falcons
So even though Atlanta is hosting the Saints, the Saints gonna come marching in. They gonna get it done.
Jacksonville Jaguars to beat Tennessee
So I like the Jaguars in this situation for a survivor pick, not only because of the Week eighteen pick that I had weeks ago
Atlanta Falcons to beat Saints
If you didn't have the Jaguars and you're looking for a coin flip game, why not go with the Falcons... give me Atlanta in this
Baltimore Ravens to beat Steelers
I think the Ravens win that game on Sunday night
Atlanta Falcons to beat Saints
but get in because Atlanta beats the Saints
Houston Texans to beat Ravens
I think the Texans would beat the Ravens. Don't you think? I think the Texans are about to go on a fat run.
San Francisco 49ers to beat Seahawks
And I think San Francisco beats the Seahawks on Sunday night, making the Panthers the five seed
Jacksonville Jaguars to beat Tennessee titans
I believe the Jaguars will beat the Tennessee titans
Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat Panthers
The Panthers, I think, are going to lose to Tampa, but get in because Atlanta beats the Saints.
Chicago Bears to beat lions
Kyle's going bears minus three.
- Miss · 0Pushing the Pile (podcast)Game Outcome Picks2025 season
San Francisco 49ers to beat Seahawks
Give me the 40 niners at home. Just trust as much as crazy to say. Trust Brock a little more than Donald at this point.
a naive guess scored 0+0 skillsaid Jan 2, 2026 Los Angeles Rams to beat Cardinals
But I just think there's too much Puka, too much Matthew Stafford, and I think that they're gonna go try and win the MVP back by putting it all in the Cardinals.
- Hit · 100Pushing the Pile (podcast)Game Outcome Picks2025 season
Detroit Lions to beat Bears
That being said, I actually think the Lions win.
a naive guess scored 0+106 skillsaid Jan 2, 2026 - Miss · 0Pushing the Pile (podcast)Game Outcome Picks2025 season
Baltimore Ravens to beat Steelers
I I just don't see it. I I don't think it's going to be close. Three and a half points, I think, is way too low in this one.
a naive guess scored 100-106 skillsaid Jan 2, 2026 Seattle Seahawks to beat forty niners
I'm going with Seahawks, and it's just I have so so much trust in this defense.
Los Angeles Rams to beat Cardinals
Rams minus seven and a half.
New England Patriots to beat Dolphins
I think the Patriots are gonna win this one big.
Jacksonville Jaguars to beat titans
But I do think the Jaguars run away with this one.
Denver Broncos to beat chargers
I do think the Broncos win here. I just I don't think Trey Lance is gonna do much of anything
Kansas City Chiefs to beat Raiders
I just don't think the Raiders are that are good enough to beat the Chiefs' backups, but we'll see.
- Miss · 0Pushing the Pile (podcast)Game Outcome Picks2025 season
Dallas Cowboys to beat Giants
but I do think the Cowboys win. This is one of my locks.
a naive guess scored 100-106 skillsaid Jan 2, 2026
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