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Green Light with Chris LongSep 18, 2026

A co-host floated Week 2 final scores — a 17-13 Patriots win over Pittsburgh and a 27-10 Rams win over the Giants on Monday night — plus a Bills 34, Lions 26 Thursday night score, and referred to Joey Porter as a soon-to-be New York Giant.

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1 of 2calls landed1 hit · 1 close call · 2 waiting
78.6Average accuracyout of 100, across 2 calls
55.8A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge
2Games calledeveryone’s picks below
2Waitingnot graded yet

What Green Light with Chris Long said

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When when when the final score is seventeen thirteen Pats.
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  1. SaidSep 18
  2. PlayedSep 20–21
  3. GradedSep 30
  1. 1Los Angeles Rams 27 — Giants 10“Try this on. Niners went into division? No. No. No. No. No. It's it's it's Rams twenty seven ten... Monday night.”
  2. 2New England Patriots 17 — Pittsburgh Steelers 13“When when when the final score is seventeen thirteen Pats. Yeah. We'll see on Sunday.”
  3. 3Joey Porter to move — “soon to be New York Giant, wants a contract”“Joey Porter, soon to be New York Giant, wants a contract.”
  4. 4Buffalo Bills 34 — Lions 26“Macon, Bills 34, Lions 26. [Thursday night time machine]”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting
VerdictCallKindWhat happenedScoreNaiveSkill
Los Angeles Rams 27 — Giants 101Score PredictionsRams 28–688.150+73.9
New England Patriots 17 — Pittsburgh Steelers 132Score PredictionsPatriots 20–369.0561.61+14.43
Joey Porter to move — “soon to be New York Giant, wants a contract”3Trade and Signing Calls————
Buffalo Bills 34 — Lions 264Score Predictions————
4 calls · 1 hit · 1 close call · 2 waiting78.655.8

Game calls show that game’s closing betting line under their grade: a dated fact from nflverse, for context and never part of a grade. MissedTakes takes no bets and earns nothing from any sportsbook.

How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naive

4 checkable claims — 3 score predictions and 1 trade and signing call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.

It names 4 players and teams, each linked to their own record.

2 of 4 have settled so far, averaging 78.6 out of 100, against 55.8 for a naive guess at the same calls.

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.

  1. 1Score PredictionsLos Angeles Rams

    Los Angeles Rams 27 — Giants 10

    What happenedRams 28–6called Rams by 17 · won by 22
    88.1Hit · naive 50
    88.1this call50a naive guess38.1better than naive1.94difficulty+73.9skill

    Closing line (Sep 21): Rams by 6.5, total 47.5 · this 27–10 calls a bigger Rams win (by 17) and fewer points (37).

    How this was scored
    score:
    6-28
    skill:
    73.9
    they picked:
    LAR
    season:
    2026
    accuracy:
    88.1
    baseline:
    50
    difficulty:
    1.94
    weeks in the season:
    18
    actual margin:
    22
    weeks left when called:
    17
    naive home margin:
    0.88
    predicted margin:
    17
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  2. 2Score PredictionsNew England Patriots

    New England Patriots 17 — Pittsburgh Steelers 13

    What happenedPatriots 20–3called Patriots by 4 · won by 17
    69.05Close · naive 61.61
    69.05this call61.61a naive guess7.44better than naive1.94difficulty+14.43skill

    Closing line (Sep 20): Patriots by 4.5, total 41.5 · this 17–13 calls a closer game (Patriots by 4) and fewer points (30).

    How this was scored
    score:
    3-20
    skill:
    14.43
    they picked:
    NE
    season:
    2026
    accuracy:
    69.05
    baseline:
    61.61
    difficulty:
    1.94
    weeks in the season:
    18
    actual margin:
    17
    weeks left when called:
    17
    naive home margin:
    0.88
    predicted margin:
    4
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  3. 3Trade and Signing CallsJoey Porter

    Joey Porter to move — “soon to be New York Giant, wants a contract”

    VerdictWaiting

    Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.

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  4. 4Score PredictionsBuffalo Bills

    Buffalo Bills 34 — Lions 26

    VerdictWaiting

    Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.

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  5. All

    The take as a whole

    the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once

    78.6naive 55.8

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