Ross Jackson#21 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 10, 2026
Jackson predicted the Lions beat the Saints 27-20 in Week 1, and separately said they expect New Orleans to start 0-2 while still being a playoff-caliber team.
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What Ross Jackson said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI think the line's gonna win this game.
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- Locked On Saints (podcast)
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- SLEEPER: New Orleans Saints’ Tyler Shough Ready To Surprise As Saints Look To Go From Worst To First
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- SaidSep 10
- PlayedSep 13
- GradedSep 15
- 1Detroit Lions 27 — Saints 20“maybe I kinda ride the fence here and say twenty seven twenty Detroit”
- 2Travis Etienne to be 1st on the depth chart“it was Travis Achan Junior's running back field or running back room. And he was first in line for every single rep... I think this is gonna be his offense”
- 3New Orleans Saints to make the playoffs“I still think this can be a playoff team, but I still think that this is a team that struggles coming out of the gate... probably start the season off o and two... kind of paved the way to the playoffs after that”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions 27 — Saints 201 | Score Predictions | Lions 31–30 | 85.71 | 96.35 | −21.27 | |
| Travis Etienne to be 1st on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| New Orleans Saints to make the playoffs3 | Playoff Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 1 hit · 2 waiting | 85.7 | 96.4 | ||||
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How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive3 checkable claims — 1 depth chart call, 1 playoff pick and 1 score prediction — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 3 have settled so far, averaging 85.7 out of 100, against 96.4 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.
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Where this call stands in the room
Travis Etienne · 2026 season11 calls from 10 pundits between 1 and 1. Ross Jackson said 1. the room's median is 1. not settled yet
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1Score PredictionsDetroit Lions
Detroit Lions 27 — Saints 20
What happenedLions 31–30called Lions by 7 · won by 185.71Hit · naive 96.3585.71this call−96.35a naive guess=−10.64worse than naive×2difficulty=−21.27skillClosing line (Sep 13): Lions by 7, total 49.5 · this 27–20 calls the line’s margin (Lions by 7) and fewer points (47).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- score:
- 30-31
- skill:
- −21.27
- they picked:
- DET
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 85.71
- baseline:
- 96.35
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- naive home margin:
- −0.53
- predicted margin:
- 7
2Depth Chart CallsTravis EtienneNew Orleans Saints
Travis Etienne to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Playoff PicksNew Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints to make the playoffs
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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