Jeff Kerr#68 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 11, 2026
Kerr ranks the top five NFC teams from the Eagles' perspective heading into the season, placing Seattle first, San Francisco second, the Rams third, the Eagles fourth and the Bears fifth. They also say the Rams, despite their Week 1 blowout loss, are expected to make the playoffs.
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What Jeff Kerr said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromThe 49ers are a bigger threat to the Eagles than the Rams are right now.
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- The piece
- 49ers Are A Bigger Threat To Eagles Super Bowl Hopes Than Rams
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- 1Power Rankings“This is how they should be viewed heading into the Eagles' season... 1. Seahawks... 2. 49ers... 3. Rams... 4. Eagles... 5. Bears”
- 2Los Angeles Rams to make the playoffs“The Rams are a team built for December and January, and are expected to make the playoffs.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “This is how they should be viewed heading into the Eagles'…”1 | Power Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| Los Angeles Rams to make the playoffs2 | Playoff Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 1 playoff pick and 1 power ranking — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
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.
“This is how they should be viewed heading into the Eagles' season... 1. Seahawks... 2. 49ers... 3. Rams... 4. Eagles... 5. Bears”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Playoff PicksLos Angeles Rams
Los Angeles Rams to make the playoffs
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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