Rich Eisen#38 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 12, 2025
Eisen predicts the Cowboys will be picking around No. 32 in next year's draft, i.e. Green Bay's first-rounder will be near the end of the round.
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What Rich Eisen said
When we get the thirty second pick in the draft next year?
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- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
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- Hour 3: NFL Week 2’s Top 5 Games, plus Actor Michael Chiklis In-Studio
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- SaidSep 12, 2025
- GradedAug 13, 2026
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a naive guessbetter than naiveOne checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.
The call scored 42 out of 100, against 28.5 for a naive guess at the same calls.
The 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 call; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
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overall pickTheir call against what actually happened.
Team Draft Slot CallsGreen Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers to pick at number 32
What happenedPicked at 52called 3242.04Close · naive 28.4742.04this call−28.47a naive guess=13.57better than naive×1.94difficulty=+26.34skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- team:
- GB
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- they picked 23 the year before
- skill:
- 26.34
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 42.04
- baseline:
- 28.47
- actual pick:
- 52
- difficulty:
- 1.94
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted pick:
- 32
- weeks left when called:
- 17
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