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Shannon Sharpe

Shannon Sharpe played tight end in the NFL for fourteen seasons, winning three Super Bowls—two with the Denver Broncos and one with the Baltimore Ravens—and retired as the league's all-time leader among tight ends in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011. After his playing career, Sharpe spent years as a television analyst, co-hosting *Skip and Shannon: Undisputed* on Fox Sports 1 from 2016 to 2023 and appearing on ESPN's *First Take* until 2025. He now hosts *Nightcap*, the podcast where the predictions tracked here originate. On the show he covers a wide range of NFL topics—quarterback rankings, coaching hot seats, player movement, and game outcomes—with a particular eye on teams like the Ravens, Broncos, Steelers, and Bengals, and players such as Lamar Jackson, Baker Mayfield, and T.J. Watt.

Writes at Nightcap (podcast)

Every take from Shannon Sharpe, including the ones still waiting →

Is Shannon Sharpe accurate? Across 33 graded calls in 21 articles, Shannon Sharpe scores 62.42% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 19.85, 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.

62.42%

Accuracy

How often they were right.

19.85

MissedTakes Score

Versus a naive guess. 0 means no better.

Graded calls

across 21 articles. 26 more not yet settled.

A limited sample — under 30 graded articles.

92% 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.

What they call, and how it goes

The record split by kind of claim — five graded calls minimum before a kind shows here. A pundit can be sharp on drafts and ordinary on game picks, and averaging that away is how a number stops meaning anything.

Game Outcome Picks8 graded80 accuracy
Positional Finishes5 graded36.46 accuracy

Form

Rolling accuracy over their last fifteen graded calls, in the order the claims were made. The dashed line is their career average — the question this answers is whether the number above is who they are or who they were.

earliest callscareer avg 55 ┄latest form: 62

Graded calls · 33

20 of 21 graded articles on this page, newest first — page 1 of 2.

Sharpe predicted Matthew Stafford would throw four touchdowns in the Thursday night game against the 49ers, picked Tampa Bay to beat Cincinnati at home, took the Broncos over Kansas City on Monday night with Bonitto getting 2.5 sacks, and expects big fantasy value from kicker Brandon Aubrey.2 graded calls · Sep 11, 2026
- Denver Broncos to beat Kansas City
  “I got the Broncos. They game, too... It ain't going to beat that defense the Broncos got.”
  Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-200 skill
  How this was scored
  won:
  KC
  score:
  10-31
  skill:
  -200
  they picked:
  DEN
  season:
  2026
  accuracy:
  0
  baseline:
  100
  the naive pick:
  KC