Rich Eisen#38 of 87 NFL pundits · Nov 14, 2025
Eisen ranked their top five matchups of Week 11, and along the way said the Rams sit atop their power rankings as the best team on both sides of the ball, and praised RJ Harvey as Denver's path forward.
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What Rich Eisen said
And then there's the Rams who are top my power rankings because they are playing the best football, I believe, on both sides of the ball
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- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
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- Hour 3: NFL Week 11’s Top 5 Games, NL & AL MVP Reactions, plus actor Tracy Letts In-Studio
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- SaidNov 14, 2025
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“And then there's the Rams who are top my power rankings because they are playing the best football, I believe, on both sides of the ball because Matthew Stafford is as red hot as a quarterback has ever been.”
What happenedRanked #5called #150Close · naive 10050this call−100a naive guess=−50worse than naive×1.44difficulty=−72skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- team:
- LAR
- naive:
- finishes where it finished last season (15)
- skill:
- −72
- season:
- 2025
- window:
- top 1
- accuracy:
- 50
- baseline:
- 100
- settled by:
- final standings: win percentage, then point differential
- actual rank:
- 5
- difficulty:
- 1.44
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- clubs ranked:
- 32
- predicted rank:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 8
- zero at places out:
- 8
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Brockman argued only about five teams can realistically win the Super Bowl, naming the Bills, Eagles, Ravens and Chargers among them; they also picked Justin Herbert as MVP through three weeks, called the Colts a top-five team with Daniel Jones as an MVP finalist, said the Bears will finish top two in the NFC North, said the Bengals' season is cooked and they'll pick in the top 10, said the Rams are the only NFC threat to the Eagles, and said the Bucs have a team-of-destiny feel.