# Grant Gordon: Predicts Tyler Shough throws for 400 yards and the Saints beat the Falcons on Monday night, with a blocked punt recovered for a touchdown.

**Claimed:** Oct 4, 2026
**Pundit:** Grant Gordon — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/grant-gordon
**How it reached us:** published in writing
**Original:** https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-week-4-bold-predictions-brock-bowers-cooks-chiefs-zay-flowers-leads-all-fantasy-scorers

One checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.

The call scored 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess at the same calls.

> Tyler Shough will throw for 400 yards and, in a storybook moment ... a New Orleans player will block a punt that a teammate will recover for a touchdown.

*(their words, quoted for attribution)*

## The claims

- **New Orleans Saints to beat Atlanta**
  - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: New Orleans Saints
  - Verdict: scored 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess

## Who this take is about

- New Orleans Saints — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/saints

## What others said about the same people

- Jared Dubin on New Orleans Saints: Dubin picked the Saints to beat the Falcons 28-20 on Monday night. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/95a815f1-2b07-45e9-bc0e-62ef4ea57b60 (scored 19.05)
- Jordan Dajani on New Orleans Saints: Dajani picked the Saints to edge the Falcons 23-20. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f7851ea7-0138-44f9-acf0-84e2a99fb6db (scored 7.14)
- Jared Dubin on New Orleans Saints: Dubin predicts the Saints beat the Falcons in a close Monday night game, 23-20, if New Orleans can avoid turnovers. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8801de90-3252-4723-825f-ce9ff20bec18 (scored 7.14)
- Jerry Jones on New Orleans Saints: Expects a shootout decided on the last possession, with the Saints beating the Falcons 31-27. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4aac81fb-1250-4d5a-a29f-d74d4b2fac61 (scored 9.52)
- Bobby Kownack on New Orleans Saints: Predicts the Saints beat the Falcons on Monday night, sealing it with a blocked punt returned for a touchdown in the game's final minutes. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/3968042b-9201-4bce-9a85-8f52359556cb (scored 0)
- Dan Parr on New Orleans Saints: 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 7.14)

## More game outcome picks

The same kind of call, about other players and teams.

- Richard Sherman on Atlanta Falcons: Sherman gave his own top five entering Week 4 with the 49ers first, then made picks in every Week 4 game, including upset calls for Carolina over Detroit (with a 36-31 scoreline), Tampa Bay over Green Bay, Washington over Indianapolis and Jacksonville over Cincinnati. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/955fb34c-41a3-4e87-817d-b29d2c000272 (scored 100)
- Pete Martuneac on Chicago Bears: Martuneac expects the Bears to beat the Jets comfortably in Week 4, with Tyson Bagent playing efficiently, Dillon Thieneman picking off Geno Smith twice, and Colston Loveland breaking out as a two-touchdown receiver. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/9c04a22d-7a98-4ddc-bee0-22cdacb738e1 (scored 100)
- 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)
- Joshua Schulman on Las Vegas Raiders: Schulman picks Las Vegas to hand Kansas City its first loss, expecting Brock Bowers and Ashton Jeanty to exploit a Chiefs defense he believes will be exposed. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/924a6708-33e0-4e60-97a3-4fb98ce00f1d (scored 0)

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