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Gregg Rosenthal#39 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 24, 2026

Rosenthal picked the Seahawks to beat the Chiefs on Monday night, the Ravens to beat the Bengals at home, and the Steelers to beat the Saints, possibly in a blowout. They also reaffirmed their preseason Super Bowl pick of the Texans and expected Lamar Jackson to start.

Said on air or in an interview · Around the NFL (podcast)Hear the original

2 of 2calls landed2 hits · 2 waiting
100Average accuracyout of 100, across 2 calls
50A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge
2Games calledeveryone’s picks below
#39Gregg Rosenthal’s rankof 87 ranked NFL pundits

What Gregg Rosenthal said

our reading, beside the words we read it from
Mine will be Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Baltimore.
Gregg Rosenthal, the lead quote · each call’s own words are below
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Week 7 Picks Against the Spread
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  1. SaidOct 24
  2. PlayedOct 25
  3. GradedOct 25–26
  1. 1Seattle Seahawks to beat Chiefs“I like the Seahawks winning Monday night.”
  2. 2Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Saints“I will take the Steelers minus three and a half. I think they could boat race the Saints in this game... And I think it could be a blowout.”
  3. 3Houston Texans to win the Super Bowl“We've kind of been walking around sheepishly knowing that we predicted the Texans to win the Super Bowl... I believe I had them winning it.”
  4. 4Availability Calls“we feel pretty good as of this taping that Lamar Jackson is going to start”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting
VerdictCallKindWhat happenedScoreNaiveSkill
Seattle Seahawks to beat Chiefs1Game Outcome PicksSeahawks 20–31001000
Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Saints2Game Outcome PicksSteelers 16–101000+167
Houston Texans to win the Super Bowl3Super Bowl Picks————
“we feel pretty good as of this taping that Lamar Jackson is…”4Availability Calls————
4 calls · 2 hits · 2 waiting10050

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How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naive

4 checkable claims — 2 game outcome picks, 1 availability call and 1 super bowl pick — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.

It names 5 players and teams, each linked to their own record.

2 of 4 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 50 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. 1Game Outcome PicksSeattle Seahawks

    Seattle Seahawks to beat Chiefs

    What happenedSeahawks 20–3Chiefs at Seahawks
    100Hit · naive 100
    100this call100a naive guess0better than naive1.67difficulty0skill

    Closing line (Oct 25): Seahawks by 3 · favorite pick, Seahawks 59%.

    How this was scored
    won:
    SEA
    score:
    3-20
    skill:
    0
    they picked:
    SEA
    season:
    2026
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    100
    the naive pick:
    SEA
    difficulty:
    1.67
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    12
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  2. 2Game Outcome PicksPittsburgh Steelers

    Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Saints

    What happenedSteelers 16–10Steelers at Saints
    100Hit · naive 0
    100this call0a naive guess100better than naive1.67difficulty+167skill

    Closing line (Oct 25): Steelers by 3 · favorite pick, Steelers 59%. Graded on who won, not on the spread.

    How this was scored
    won:
    PIT
    score:
    16-10
    skill:
    167
    they picked:
    PIT
    season:
    2026
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    0
    the naive pick:
    NO
    difficulty:
    1.67
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    12
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  3. 3Super Bowl PicksHouston Texans

    Houston Texans to win the Super Bowl

    VerdictWaiting

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

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  4. 4Availability CallsLamar JacksonBaltimore Ravens

    “we feel pretty good as of this taping that Lamar Jackson is going to start”

    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

    100naive 50

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