Rich Eisen#38 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 10, 2025
Eisen delivered their Week 2 NFL power rankings, a top 10 with the Eagles first, and noted the Steelers and Buccaneers were new additions while the Lions and Broncos dropped off.
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What Rich Eisen said
So the Eagles are still atop my power rankings.
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- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
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- Hour 2: Rich’s NFL Week 2 Power Rankings and Comedian Frank Caliendo In-Studio
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- SaidSep 10, 2025
- GradedAug 13, 2026
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The call scored 59.4 out of 100, against 37.6 for a naive guess at the same calls.
The 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 call; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
“Number 10 in the power rankings list are the Pittsburgh Steelers... Number nine, down seven spots are the Kansas City Chiefs... Number eight on the list, the Los Angeles Rams... Seventh on my power rankings are your Tampa Bay Buccaneers... Number six. Down three spots Are the Baltimore Ravens... Number five, up four spots... The Los Angeles Chargers... Number four on the list, up three spots. I'm putting the commanders here... I'm putting the Bills at three... Packers are up three... So the Eagles are still atop my power rankings.”
VerdictClose59.39Close · naive 37.5859.39this call−37.58a naive guess=21.81better than naive×1.94difficulty=+42.33skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 42.33
- method:
- spearman
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 59.39
- baseline:
- 37.58
- difficulty:
- 1.94
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- teams ranked:
- 10
- weeks left when called:
- 17
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