# Ryan Wormeli: Warmly predicted the Bills would beat the Rams on Monday night by at least 10 points and said he does not expect Lamar Jackson to play in Week 5. **Claimed:** Oct 9, 2026 **Pundit:** Ryan Wormeli — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/ryan-wormeli **Outlet:** FantasyPros Fantasy Football Podcast (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/fantasypros-fantasy-football-podcast-podcast **How it reached us:** said on air or in an interview **Original:** https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/arttrk.com/p/D5CA5/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/a425ba31-4316-4647-847e-b0030136e912/9f049aa4-09bc-474c-beef-b4de0129e9ae/audio.mp3?in_playlist=0afc299b-d04e-4bd7-91a8-b0030136e938 2 checkable claims — 1 availability call and 1 game outcome pick — 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. None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in. > I think the Bills not only win, I think they win by double digits. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Buffalo Bills to beat Rams** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Buffalo Bills - Verdict: not settled yet - **I don't think he's going to play this Sunday, even though the Ravens haven't yet ruled him out as of the time of this recording.** - Kind: Availability Calls · About: Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Buffalo Bills — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/bills - Lamar Jackson — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/lamar-jackson - Baltimore Ravens — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/ravens ## What others said about the same people - Nick Wright on Baltimore Ravens: Nick Wright predicts Shedeur Sanders stays behind Dylan Gabriel on the Browns depth chart, forecasts a season where Flacco is benched a third of the way in, Gabriel then fails, Shedeur then fails, and Cleveland drafts a quarterback next year. He also makes a long list of win-total, playoff and division calls across the AFC North and beyond. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4e17eca2-e154-41f3-b116-389f8335f9c8 (scored 0) - Gregg Rosenthal on Baltimore Ravens: Rosenthal's under picks and a few freebie leans: Colts under 7.5 (possibly the worst team), Commanders under 9.5, Saints under 5.5 (possibly 2-15), Bears under 8.5, plus stated likes on Dolphins under 8.5, Giants over 5.5 and Ravens over 11.5. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/3f529d87-3976-4268-b793-c31075d71d04 (scored 0) - Kyle Crabbs on Tyler Batty: Crabbs projects all seven rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft, starting with Cam Ward going No. 1 overall to Tennessee, Travis Hunter second to Cleveland and Abdul Carter third to the Giants. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e8a40874-e85c-44ec-a4c8-b6f0edbd22d2 (scored 0) - Evan Silva on Baltimore Ravens: In his 2020 fantasy defense/special teams rankings, Silva puts the Steelers first, the 49ers second and the Ravens third, citing pass rush, favorable early schedules and game scripts. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/180b1036-60e5-494b-9b4d-90b5dc3d6528 (scored 83.33) - Manti Te'o on Lamar Jackson: Picked a Rams–Ravens Super Bowl with Baltimore winning, and Lamar Jackson taking both season MVP and Super Bowl MVP. He also picked Jalen Carter as Defensive Player of the Year. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/51e93aac-f0be-4bce-98a7-5f7449f3edf2 (scored 0) - Kyle Brandt on James Cook: Predicted the Bills make the playoffs and beat the Steelers, Chiefs and Ravens en route to a 20-19 Super Bowl win over the Eagles on a last-second 47-yard field goal, with James Cook as Super Bowl MVP. He also picked the Eagles to win tonight's opener... actually his in-game score pick was the Bills-Eagles Super Bowl. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/85afad87-40da-4940-81e6-70e2b0aad37d (scored 0) ## More game outcome picks The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Derek Brown on New Orleans Saints: Brown forecast a Jaguars shootout win in Cincinnati, took the Saints to beat the Falcons on Monday night, ranked Jeremiah Love as an RB15 rest-of-season (while saying he'd move up), and expected Jacoby Brissett to remain Arizona's quarterback for the year and Jalen Wright to be back in Miami's backfield. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8ca3ccbb-227a-427f-9908-8f76be9e6b83 (scored 0) - Pat Fitzmaurice on New Orleans Saints: Fitzmaurice picked Jacksonville to edge Cincinnati in a one-point nail-biter, took the Saints over the Falcons on Monday night, pegged Jeremiah Love as an RB11 for the rest of the season, and expected several banged-up players to sit out Week 4. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4e77c5e9-11e7-4be0-a350-19fa7d3b1165 (scored 0) - Colin Cowherd on Dallas Cowboys: Cowherd praised Dak Prescott as the stabilizing force of the Cowboys and picked Dallas to beat Tampa Bay in their Week 5 matchup, while calling the Dallas coaching staff average. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ece798a4-5146-4cf5-a99a-af7c0ab17119 (scored 0) - Mike Kadlick on Dallas Cowboys: Previewing Week 5 of the 2026 season, Kadlick picks the Bengals to blow out the Dolphins, the Cowboys to beat the Buccaneers comfortably, and the Chargers to finally win at home against the Broncos. He also expects Jayden Daniels back for Washington, Michael Pittman Jr. possibly out for Pittsburgh, and names the Week 5 starting quarterbacks for Tampa Bay, Chicago and New York. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/844b4070-91ae-4d59-acda-dd3bcef13c1c (scored 0) - Caleb Skinner on Dallas Cowboys: Skinner expects the winless Buccaneers to lose their Thursday night road game against the Cowboys, citing Tampa Bay's 0-4 start and a depleted secondary. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7b99fe46-c845-42da-a237-cf74e42331b6 (scored 0) - Mitchell Eisenstein on Dallas Cowboys: The co-host (identified only as Mitchell) picked the 49ers to win in Seattle, made Week 5 picks across several games, ranked San Francisco first in his power rankings, took Dallas to win the NFC East and said Chicago wins the NFC North. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8371ccc7-743b-4e3e-9110-79c54cc913ac (scored 0) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. 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