# Rich Eisen: Eisen backed the Cowboys as the team to beat in the NFC East, the Vikings to win the NFC North and the Jaguars to repeat as AFC South champs with double-digit wins, and co-signed Kenneth Walker as an Offensive Player of the Year candidate; he also expects Dallas to beat the winless Buccaneers and Jacksonville to handle Philadelphia and Houston. **Claimed:** Oct 5, 2026 **Pundit:** Rich Eisen — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/rich-eisen **Outlet:** Overreaction Monday (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/overreaction-monday-podcast **How it reached us:** said on air, transcribed by us **Original:** https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP5134630595.mp3 9 checkable claims — 3 division winners, 3 game outcome picks, 1 award pick, 1 contract call and 1 season win total — 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. None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in. > The Vikings should win the division with that defense 1000%. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Jacksonville Jaguars to win the division** - Kind: Division Winners · About: Jacksonville Jaguars - Verdict: not settled yet - **Jacksonville Jaguars to beat Philadelphia** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Jacksonville Jaguars - Verdict: not settled yet - **Bryce Young to sign a new deal** - Kind: Contract Calls · About: Bryce Young - Verdict: not settled yet - **Dallas Cowboys to win the division** - Kind: Division Winners · About: Dallas Cowboys - Verdict: not settled yet - **Minnesota Vikings to win the division** - Kind: Division Winners · About: Minnesota Vikings - Verdict: not settled yet - **Jacksonville Jaguars to finish with 10–17 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Jacksonville Jaguars - Verdict: not settled yet - **Kenneth Walker III to win Offensive Player of the Year** - Kind: Award Picks · About: Kenneth Walker III, Kansas City Chiefs - Verdict: not settled yet - **Dallas Cowboys to beat Bucks** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Dallas Cowboys - Verdict: not settled yet - **Jacksonville Jaguars to beat Texans** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Jacksonville Jaguars - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Jacksonville Jaguars — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/jaguars - Bryce Young — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/bryce-young - Dallas Cowboys — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/cowboys - Minnesota Vikings — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/vikings - Kenneth Walker III — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/kenneth-walker-iii - Kansas City Chiefs — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/chiefs ## What others said about the same people - Tyler Brown on Kansas City Chiefs: Brown expects a grind of a game that the Raiders keep close, but believes Kansas City's weapons and experience in tight games carry the Chiefs to the win. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/47cc3b1e-16fb-4619-ad3b-89a78b9c93c2 (scored 100) - Jordan Foote on Kansas City Chiefs: Foote doubts the Raiders' hot start is sustainable and picks the Chiefs to win on the road by one score. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/604b134a-eb05-4979-96c0-eee6acf45bd3 (scored 100) - Joshua Brisco on Kansas City Chiefs: Brisco expects the Raiders' edge rushers and Brock Bowers to create matchup problems, but picks Kansas City to win a close Week 4 game as the better overall team. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/26d3a628-c294-4c8d-9855-6fe9b0eed394 (scored 100) - Lance Zierlein on Jacksonville Jaguars: Predicts the Jaguars win in overtime at Cincinnati, 27-24, on a Cam Little field goal to move to 3-1. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/a10662a7-5c42-4af8-b484-3ee1bb9dbe30 (scored 95.24) - Ben McWilliams on Jacksonville Jaguars: Predicts both of Week 4's 'cat' games — Jaguars at Bengals and Lions at Panthers — produce at least 85 combined points, the highest-scoring games between cat teams in NFL history. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/728ef4b1-eccc-4dee-ad1e-9ba62fb85a37 (scored 100) - Dan Parr on Kansas City Chiefs: 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 100) ## More division winners The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Daniel DiBerardinis on Atlanta Falcons: Danny D predicts Sonny Styles goes in the top ten (maybe top five), doesn't think Ty Simpson goes before late first round, says Kenyon Sadiq lands with the Rams at 13, and picks the Falcons to win the NFC South while naming the Bengals an AFC bounce-back team. He also gives a Final Four of Michigan, Florida, Purdue and Arizona with Michigan winning. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8a8e0b7c-9f1c-4c13-8138-1332d73b9b02 (scored 0) - Colin Cowherd on New York Giants: Cowherd projects the NFC East with the Giants winning the division ahead of Philadelphia, Washington and Dallas, pegging the Cowboys as a six- or seven-win team. He also expects Malik Willis to land a big free-agent deal, Kayvon Thibodeaux to be moved, and Baltimore to lose Isaiah Likely, and he floats the Rams reaching on Ty Simpson late in round one. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/cd243624-9451-4824-a8a4-7b468d681c8f (scored 0) - Colin Cowherd on Los Angeles Chargers: Cowherd unveiled his top 10 NFL teams entering next season, with Seattle first, the Rams second and the Chiefs tenth, and separately picked the Chargers to win the AFC West. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/78de302a-c2f9-41b4-8897-87943ca44caa (scored 0) - Colin Cowherd on Baltimore Ravens: Cowherd likes Jacksonville, Chicago and Pittsburgh (with DK Metcalf back) in the wild-card round, ranks the league's head coaches with McVay first and Ben Johnson seventh, and predicts Lamar Jackson has about two strong years left. He also names the Rams as a possible team to draft a receiver and floats next year's draft having seven first-round quarterbacks. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/432d7268-d5b1-49f6-9435-12c9442d3023 (scored 0) - Danny Parkins on Baltimore Ravens: Parkins lays the points with the Eagles and Cowboys, takes Baltimore to beat Pittsburgh and win the AFC North, picks Carolina over Tampa Bay and Seattle over San Francisco, and says he'd probably pick the Rams to come out of the NFC. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/23bf1e09-f607-4b9a-bdb4-888da7992c89 (scored 0) - Cynthia Frelund on Houston Texans: Freeland's model has the Chargers winning straight up in Dallas, the Texans winning big over the Raiders and going on to win the AFC South, the Lions beating the Steelers by six, the Saints beating the Jets, and the Packers beating the Bears; she also sees the AFC's Super Bowl representative being either Denver or Houston. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/adb6791d-7a19-4d22-b3da-f9d30b419aa2 (scored 0) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. 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