Rich Eisen#38 of 87 NFL pundits · Jul 15, 2026
Rich Eisen gave their own top 10 ranking of NFL quarterbacks, with Josh Allen first, Patrick Mahomes second and Matthew Stafford third, and also named Stafford as their MVP pick.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromHe's two and Josh Allen is just a beast. I'm making him one.
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- Hour 3: Rich’s NFL QB Power Rankings, Cardinals Preview, plus ESPN’s Dave McMenamin on LeBron’s Free Agency
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- 1Top Player Lists“Here are my power rankings of NFL quarterbacks, presented by SoFi... And that starts with number 10... I'm putting Caleb Williams here... I'm putting the guy that you have big problems with at nine... So I'm putting Hertz here at eight. I'm putting your guy Dac here at seven... he's the MVP runner-up. How can I not have him in my top six?... Number five, I'm putting Joe Burrow here... So I'm putting Lamar here at four... Number three on the list, I'm putting Matthew Stafford here... He's two and Josh Allen is just a beast. I'm making him one.”
- 2Matthew Stafford to win MVP“I'm putting Matthew Stafford here, Betty. He's my MVP, as you know.”
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HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
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| “Here are my power rankings of NFL quarterbacks, presented by…”1 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| Matthew Stafford to win MVP2 | Award Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 1 award pick and 1 top player list — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
“Here are my power rankings of NFL quarterbacks, presented by SoFi... And that starts with number 10... I'm putting Caleb Williams here... I'm putting the guy that you have big problems with at nine... So I'm putting Hertz here at eight. I'm putting your guy Dac here at seven... he's the MVP runner-up. How can I not have him in my top six?... Number five, I'm putting Joe Burrow here... So I'm putting Lamar here at four... Number three on the list, I'm putting Matthew Stafford here... He's two and Josh Allen is just a beast. I'm making him one.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Award PicksMatthew StaffordLos Angeles Rams
Matthew Stafford to win MVP
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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More award picks
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