# Chris Long: Previewing the Week 4 slate, Long picked the Lions, Jets, Cardinals, Colts and Bills to win their games, and predicted a Steelers win over the Browns on Thursday night by a 19-14 score. **Claimed:** Oct 2, 2026 **Pundit:** Chris Long — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/chris-long **Outlet:** Green Light with Chris Long (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/green-light-with-chris-long-podcast **How it reached us:** said on air, transcribed by us **Original:** https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/YH1307409838.mp3 6 checkable claims — 5 game outcome picks and 1 score prediction — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet. It names 6 players and teams, each linked to their own record. 1 of 6 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess at the same calls. > I think the Lions win on Sunday night *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Indianapolis Colts to beat Washington commanders** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Indianapolis Colts - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - **Buffalo Bills to beat Patriots** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Buffalo Bills - Verdict: not settled yet - **Pittsburgh Steelers 19 — Browns 14** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Pittsburgh Steelers - Verdict: not settled yet - **Detroit Lions to beat Panthers** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Detroit Lions - Verdict: not settled yet - **New York Jets to beat Bears** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: New York Jets - Verdict: not settled yet - **Arizona Cardinals to beat Giants** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Arizona Cardinals - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Indianapolis Colts — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/colts - Buffalo Bills — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/bills - Pittsburgh Steelers — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/steelers - Detroit Lions — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/lions - New York Jets — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/jets - Arizona Cardinals — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/cardinals ## What others said about the same people - Christian Booher on Blake Miller: Booher lays out the Lions' projected depth chart for their Week 4 game at Carolina, naming starters, backups and reserves at every position, and suggests safety Bishop Fitzgerald could make his debut. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/de49ff55-54a5-4410-ba7c-0b7e1f1a2f68 (scored 0) - Brooke Cersosimo on Indianapolis Colts: Picked winners and exact scores for every Week 4 game, including the Bears over the Jets, the Cowboys in the Battle for Texas and an upset of the Chiefs by the undefeated Raiders. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7717b6ff-86ce-4cda-b192-202b3b80c3c7 (scored 64.29) - Gennaro Filice on Indianapolis Colts: Picked winners and exact scores for every Week 4 game, including the Bills over a struggling Patriots offense, the Eagles over the Rams and the only Browns pick of the panel. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/6e4ccf4a-3c43-43c3-9669-50148f4e5452 (scored 76.19) - Bobby Kownack on Indianapolis Colts: Picked winners and exact scores for every Week 4 game, including upsets by the Jets in Chicago and the Buccaneers over the Packers, plus the Jaguars at Cincinnati. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ab70bbf8-6373-48ac-af86-ce8d9da4da35 (scored 66.67) - Dan Parr on Indianapolis Colts: Picked winners and exact scores for every Week 4 game, taking the 49ers to move to 4-0 over Denver, the Saints at home on Monday night and the Steelers in Cleveland. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/816599d6-f95e-4821-addf-bfd5466835e9 (scored 66.67) - Seth Walder on Indianapolis Colts: Walder made a 'bold prediction' for each Week 4 game — including receiving and rushing yardage marks, sacks, an interception and a Dolphins upset — and picked final scores for all 15 games on the slate. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2136c2b6-89e5-4f73-ad78-28d4de9bb6be (scored 69.05) ## More game outcome picks The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Richard Sherman on Washington Commanders: Sherman gave his own top five entering Week 4 with the 49ers first, then made picks in every Week 4 game, including upset calls for Carolina over Detroit (with a 36-31 scoreline), Tampa Bay over Green Bay, Washington over Indianapolis and Jacksonville over Cincinnati. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/955fb34c-41a3-4e87-817d-b29d2c000272 (scored 0) - David Harrison on Washington Commanders: Harrison lays out a path for the Washington Commanders to exceed their 7.5-win total, identifying eight specific games he projects them to win: home vs. Seattle (Week 3), vs. Indianapolis in London (Week 4), a sweep of the Giants (Weeks 5 and 10), at Arizona (Week 12), at Tennessee (Week 13), vs. Atlanta (Week 15) and vs. Dallas (Week 18). He also says the Bengals (Week 11) and Texans (Week 14) games are winnable. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/557473e2-242a-41c5-beb5-026d792d86fa (scored 0) - Chris Brockman on Washington Commanders: Brockman argued Buffalo belongs in the top five and Josh Allen will be an MVP candidate, said he'd drop Dallas from the list, and made his own picks in the international games win/loss game. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ecf298ec-5674-4848-84f0-040409c29bdd (scored 0) - Chris Broussard on Cleveland Browns: Broussard stood by his preseason pick of the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl, said a Dallas cornerback likely won't play this week, and picked the Browns to upset the Steelers on Thursday night. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/77db2f64-7b63-446d-b794-1f09c7e9393b (scored 100) - Bill Simmons on Jacksonville Jaguars: Simmons said he would be shocked if New England beat Jacksonville in Week 3, and expected Case Keenum to be the Bears' quarterback that week with Caleb Williams banged up. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/eb5738aa-d886-4399-87af-2e63293ddcb8 (scored 100) - John Hickman on Houston Texans: Hickman picked the Texans to beat the Bengals in a high-scoring, close game at home, expecting Houston's defense to force a turnover or two, and said he expects Jadeveon Clowney to play. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1bcdbdb5-aff1-4a22-b09c-8bf34c500544 (scored 0) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. 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