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Peter Schrager is an American sportscaster now at ESPN and ABC, where he appears on Get Up, First Take, The Pat McAfee Show, NFL Live, and SportsCenter. Before joining ESPN in April 2025, he was a founding host of NFL Network's weekday morning show Good Morning Football, alongside Kyle Brandt, Jason McCourty, and Jamie Erdahl, from its launch through March 2025. Earlier in his career, Schrager worked as an analyst with Fox Sports, contributed regularly to The Herd with Colin Cowherd and The Dan Patrick Show, and served as an editorial contributor for Showtime's Inside the NFL — which earned a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Studio Show in 2013. He's also authored two books, including the New York Times bestseller Out of the Blue with Victor Cruz. His predictions here come mostly from Good Morning Football segments and his iHeartPodcasts show, The Season with Peter Schrager, covering NFL draft positioning, player movement, and weekly matchups — with particular attention to prospects like Cam Ward, Shedeur Sanders, and Ashton Jeanty.
Writes at Locked On Cardinals (podcast)
Every take from Peter Schrager, including the ones still waiting →
Is Peter Schrager accurate? Across 50 graded calls in 19 articles, Peter Schrager scores 69.28% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 36.37, which means their calls were better than a naive guess on the same claims. That is a limited sample, under thirty graded articles, so treat it with caution.
A limited sample — under 30 graded articles.
100% of their claims were specific enough to check. Most of what they said committed to something.
Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below shows its own arithmetic.
Teams and players where Peter Schrager keeps landing outside the room: at least twice, their call sat beyond every other pundit who made a comparable one — higher or lower than all of them, in a room of at least five voices. The bar is their standing lean (+100 would be the most bullish voice in every room), and the accuracy covers just those out-on-a-limb calls, once they settle. Computed, never chosen.
Outside the room in 2 of 2 articles — always higher · when they strayed: 6.3 accuracy (2 settled)
Outside the room in 2 of 2 articles — always lower · when they strayed: 91.7 accuracy (2 settled)
17 of 19 graded articles on this page, newest first — page 1 of 2.
Arvell Reese to be picked at number 3
“First checkpoint when Peter Schrager's first mock draft comes out. ... He had the cardinals taking Arvo Reese. ... They have two wildly different choices for the cardinals at three”
Carnell Tate to be picked at number 11
“The Dolphins took Carnell Tate two picks before the Rams.”
Jordyn Tyson to be 1st wide receiver off the board
“So in this case, they had Jordan Tyson going first”
Makai Lemon to be picked at number 13
“With the 13 pick in the twenty twenty six NFL draft, the Los Angeles Rams select... Peter Schrager... he made a pick for the Rams in the first round... he's available at thirteen”
Jordyn Tyson to be picked at number 9
“The Chiefs took Jordan Tyson at ninth overall.”
Brenen Thompson to lead his drill at the combine
“One name to watch on Saturday for the workouts is Brennan Thompson. He's out of Mississippi State where he's number zero. He might have the fastest 40 time here”
Combine results via Pro-Football-Reference.com.
Trey Hendrickson to move
“I I would be very surprised if he was either tagged or if they came to terms with a new monster deal with Trey Hendrickson... Maybe it's time for Trey to finish his career somewhere else.”
J.J. McCarthy to be 1st on the depth chart
“JJ McCarthy sounds like he's the starter of Week one in Minnesota. Do you agree, Yes, he's a starter... they're going to do so by having him as their quarterback Week One”
Cam Ward to be picked at number 1
“I wouldn't say it's inevitable, but I would say it's very likely that cam Ward will be the first overall pick.”
Cam Ward to be 1st quarterback off the board
“knowing he was going to be the first quarterback taken, I said, but he's not the best player in this draft”
Shedeur Sanders to be picked “first round pick” (picks 1–32)
“I still think Shador Sanders is going to be a first round pick”
Shedeur Sanders to be picked at number 2
“I think it's a really good chance that it goes cam Ward one Shador Sanders too”
Cam Ward to be picked at number 1
“I think it's a really good chance that it goes cam Ward one Shador Sanders too”
Justin Fields to be 1st on the depth chart
“Justin Field is going to be an NFL starter next year.”
Aaron Rodgers to move to New York Giants
“Rogers to the Giants. I still think it's very possible... I could see Rogers to the Giants, and I could see that happening in both sides being like, let's f the world”
Tetairoa McMillan to be 1st wide receiver off the board
“He is my number one wide receiver in this draft.”
Cam Ward to be picked “a top five, top ten pick” (picks 1–5)
“cam Ward great prospect. We'll be an NFL starter next year and will be a top five, top ten pick, no doubt.”
Ashton Jeanty to be picked “a first round pick” (picks 1–32)
“Ashton gent is one of the top running backs in this draft and will obviously be a first round pick”
Cam Ward to be 1st on the depth chart
“We'll be an NFL starter next year”
Will Johnson to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)
“Look for him to go in the first round, of course, in April's draft.”
Tyler Warren to be picked “as high as top five. He will not escape the top ten” (picks 1–5)
“I think he might go as high as top five. He will not escape the top ten.”
Mason Graham to be picked “a top five pick” (picks 1–5)
“He is a top five pick and I wouldn't be shocked if he goes even higher than that.”
“let's get started with the top ten combined prospects going into the combine. It's my list... It's number ten Michigan defensive back Will Johnson... Number nine is tight end Colston Loveland... my number eight prospect is Arizona wide receiver Tatoroa McMillan... cam Ward is my seventh overall prospect... that is Jalen Walker... Mason Graham is the number five prospect... number four... Ashton gent... Number three... Mister Tyler Warren... Number two, I've got... Abdul Carter... I've got Travis Hunter as my number one prospect”
Emeka Egbuka to be 1st wide receiver off the board
“I don't think there's that guy there this year. This might be the top wide receiver taken in the draft. Mika Booga”
Donovan Ezeiruaku to be picked “first round pick” (picks 1–32)
“a player that was moving yesterday the top at the three cone drill might have solidified himself as a first draup pick”
Kenneth Grant to be picked “first round” (picks 1–32)
“Grant's considered a first round prospect... he could be a first round”
Tyler Warren to be picked “He will not escape the top ten” (picks 1–10)
“I think he might go as high as top five. He will not escape the top ten.”
Mason Graham to be picked “a top five pick” (picks 1–5)
“He is a top five pick and I wouldn't be shocked if he goes even higher than that.”
Ashton Jeanty to be picked “first round pick” (picks 1–32)
“Ashton gent is one of the top running backs in this draft and will obviously be a first round. Pick”
“So every year I do my top ten prospects heading into the Combine. This was the list last year this day, Monday of Combine Week... Number ten... Nate Wiggins out of Clemson... I had Brock Bowers at number nine... Number eight... Tallyesci Fuaga out of Oregon State... Number seven with Malik Neighbors... I had him number six [Roma Doonza]... Last year I had Drake May. Drake May had five... Number four... I had Jaden Daniels... Number three was a Notre Dame boy... Joe allt... Number two. I had Marvin Harrison Junior... And then number one one overall going into the combine, I had Caleb Williams”
Buffalo Bills to beat Chiefs
“Hell, I'll say it, the Bills will beat the Chiefs if they play that mistake free football that they have played all season long.”
Lamar Jackson to win MVP
“They will finish one to two in the MVP voting”
Josh Allen to win MVP
“All of these pieces lead up to what I think will be number one and number two in the MVP voting”
Kevin O'Connell to win Coach of the Year
“We are out of the playoffs and our coach is going to win Coach of the Year and might have put together one of the most lackluster performances we've seen in the playoffs in recent times.”
Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl
“I am not backing away from my Super Bowl pick is usually pretty good. I got the Chiefs winning at all this year. We'll see if that happens.”
Green Bay Packers to reach the Super Bowl
“The NFC will be represented by... Jordan Love, Matt Lafleur and the Green Bay Packers... I think they go on the wild ride right now. And I'm gonna double down. Packers to the super Bowl.”
Jared Verse to win Defensive Rookie of the Year
“that award is going to go to Los Angeles this year with number seven on the list, and that's Jared First... Jared Vers upfront was one of the reasons he is my defensive Rookie of the Year. We'll see how that plays out at NFL Honors.”