Rich Eisen#38 of 87 NFL pundits · Jul 20, 2026
Eisen agrees Aaron Donald returns to the Rams, calls Brockman's QB-trade and next-year-draft takes overreactions, predicts one of the top five quarterbacks on the list wins the Super Bowl this season and leans toward a repeat winner — pointing to No. 3 Matthew Stafford and the Rams — and says the Cowboys have the roster and schedule to be the NFC's No. 1 seed.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromI think somebody from one through five wins it this year.
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- 1Dallas Cowboys to take the top seed“the Cowboys have an opportunity to be the one seed... At the end of the day, put it on the table and go, we're the one seed in the NFC.”
- 2Dallas Cowboys to make the playoffs“They make the playoffs. They win a playoff game. They go on the road.”
- 3Los Angeles Rams to win the Super Bowl“I'd go number three again. But then but that's the low hanging fruit that everybody thinks that Stafford and and the Rams are gonna win it all this year.”
- 4Aaron Donald to move to Los Angeles Rams“I think it's a matter of when Aaron Donald comes back to the Rams, not if at this point. I think so too, buddy.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys to take the top seed1 | Seeding, Byes and Home Field | — | — | — | — | |
| Dallas Cowboys to make the playoffs2 | Playoff Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Los Angeles Rams to win the Super Bowl3 | Super Bowl Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Aaron Donald to move to Los Angeles Rams4 | Trade and Signing Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 4 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
4 checkable claims — 1 playoff pick, 1 seeding, byes and home field, 1 super bowl pick and 1 trade and signing call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.
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.
1Seeding, Byes and Home FieldDallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys to take the top seed
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Dallas Cowboys to make the playoffs
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Super Bowl PicksLos Angeles Rams
Los Angeles Rams to win the Super Bowl
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Trade and Signing CallsAaron DonaldLos Angeles Rams
Aaron Donald to move to Los Angeles Rams
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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More trade and signing calls
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
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