Mitchell Eisenstein#62 of 87 NFL pundits · Jan 16, 2026

The co-host (identified only as "Mitchell") picked Seattle 24-20 over San Francisco, the Rams over Chicago, Buffalo over Denver, and New England over Houston.

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2 of 4calls landed2 hits · 1 close call · 1 miss · all settled

62.5Average accuracyout of 100, across 4 calls

62.5A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

4 of 4Settlednone still waiting

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What Mitchell Eisenstein said

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I'm gonna go twenty four to twenty Seattle Seahawks.

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Where it was said: The Richard Sherman Podcast (podcast)
The episode: Richard Sherman Podcast - NFL Divisional Predictions: 49ers-Seahawks, Rams-Bears, Bills-Broncos, Texans-Broncos | Richard Sherman Podcast
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SaidJan 15
GradedAug 7–17

1Seattle Seahawks 24 — San Francisco forty nine ers 20“I think the Seattle Seahawks are gonna win this game... I'm gonna call it twenty four to twenty Seattle.”
2Los Angeles Rams to beat Chicago Bears“I think the luck is eventually going to run out for Chicago, and I think it's going to happen this weekend.”
3Buffalo Bills to beat Denver Broncos“Okay, I'm rolling with the Buffalo Bills”
4New England Patriots to beat Houston Texans“I think the Pats are gonna take care of business. I think it's Drake May's time.”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting

Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
Seattle Seahawks 24 — San Francisco forty nine ers 20¹	Score Predictions	—	50	50	0
Los Angeles Rams to beat Chicago Bears²	Game Outcome Picks	—	100	0	+100
Buffalo Bills to beat Denver Broncos³	Game Outcome Picks	—	0	100	−100
New England Patriots to beat Houston Texans⁴	Game Outcome Picks	—	100	100	0
4 calls · 2 hits · 1 close call · 1 miss · all settled			62.5	62.5

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How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive

4 checkable claims — 3 game outcome picks and 1 score prediction — 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.

All 4 have settled, averaging 62.5 out of 100, against 62.5 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.

1Score Predictions Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks 24 — San Francisco forty nine ers 20
VerdictClose
50Close · naive 50
50this call50a naive guess0better than naive1difficulty0skill
Closing line (Jan 17): Seahawks by 6.5, total 44.5 · this 24–20 calls a closer game (Seahawks by 4) and fewer points (44).
How this was scored
score:
6-41
skill:
0
they picked:
SEA
season:
2025
accuracy:
50
baseline:
50
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
actual margin:
35
weeks left when called:
0
naive home margin:
2.03
predicted margin:
4
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2Game Outcome Picks Los Angeles Rams
Los Angeles Rams to beat Chicago Bears
VerdictHit
100Hit · naive 0
100this call0a naive guess100better than naive1difficulty+100skill
Closing line (Jan 18): Rams by 3.5 · favorite pick, Rams about 2 in 3 (64%).
How this was scored
won:
LAR
score:
20-17
skill:
100
they picked:
LAR
season:
2025
accuracy:
100
baseline:
0
the naive pick:
CHI
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
0
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3Game Outcome Picks Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills to beat Denver Broncos
VerdictMiss
0Miss · naive 100
0this call100a naive guess−100worse than naive1difficulty−100skill
Closing line (Jan 17): Broncos by 1.5 · a toss-up, Bills 48%, Broncos 52%.
How this was scored
won:
DEN
score:
30-33
skill:
−100
they picked:
BUF
season:
2025
accuracy:
0
baseline:
100
the naive pick:
DEN
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
0
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4Game Outcome Picks New England Patriots
New England Patriots to beat Houston Texans
VerdictHit
100Hit · naive 100
100this call100a naive guess0better than naive1difficulty0skill
Closing line (Jan 18): Patriots by 3 · favorite pick, Patriots 62%.
How this was scored
won:
NE
score:
16-28
skill:
0
they picked:
NE
season:
2025
accuracy:
100
baseline:
100
the naive pick:
NE
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
0
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The take as a whole
the average of 4 settled calls, each counted once
62.5naive 62.5