Rich Eisen#38 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 28, 2026
Eisen unveiled their Week 8 NFL power rankings top 10, with the Bills at No. 1, the 49ers second and the Seahawks jumping back onto the list at third. They also reiterated their pick of the Bengals to win the AFC North and floated Jaxon Smith-Njigba as a repeat Offensive Player of the Year.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromAnd up two spots, they're on a bye week and they got up two spots and they're number one. Buffalo Bills, I'm circling the wagons.
- Where it was said
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 2: Week 8 NFL Power Rankings, Ian Rapoport Talks Trade Deadline, plus World Series Reactions
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- 1Jaxon Smith-Njigba to win Offensive Player of the Year“number 11, Jackson Smith and Jigba could win offensive player of the year again easily”
- 2Cincinnati Bengals to win the division“I said the Bengals win this division. I got some grief from some dear friends in Baltimore over that.”
- 3Power Rankings“Week eight power rankings brought to you by SoFi... Number 10 on my power rankings list... Big win on the road for the Denver Broncos... Number nine back on the list... The Bengals are back... Number eight... the Jaguars... Number seven, down two spots are your patriots... I'm downgrading the Chiefs to here... And I'll put the Vikings at five... Number four on the list, the bears are up two spots... Number three, back on the list... The Seahawks... Number two, I'm putting the Niners above them... and they're number one. Buffalo Bills”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaxon Smith-Njigba to win Offensive Player of the Year1 | Award Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Cincinnati Bengals to win the division2 | Division Winners | — | — | — | — | |
| “Week eight power rankings brought to you by SoFi... Number 10…”3 | Power Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 1 award pick, 1 division winner and 1 power ranking — 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.
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.
1Award PicksJaxon Smith-NjigbaSeattle Seahawks
Jaxon Smith-Njigba to win Offensive Player of the Year
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Division WinnersCincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals to win the division
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“Week eight power rankings brought to you by SoFi... Number 10 on my power rankings list... Big win on the road for the Denver Broncos... Number nine back on the list... The Bengals are back... Number eight... the Jaguars... Number seven, down two spots are your patriots... I'm downgrading the Chiefs to here... And I'll put the Vikings at five... Number four on the list, the bears are up two spots... Number three, back on the list... The Seahawks... Number two, I'm putting the Niners above them... and they're number one. Buffalo Bills”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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More division winners
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
Daniel DiBerardinis · Division Winners · Atlanta Falcons · Miss 0
Danny D predicts Sonny Styles goes in the top ten (maybe top five), doesn't think Ty Simpson goes before late first round, says Kenyon Sadiq lands with the Rams at 13, and picks the Falcons to win the NFC South while naming the Bengals an AFC bounce-back team. They also give a Final Four of Michigan, Florida, Purdue and Arizona with Michigan winning.Colin Cowherd · Division Winners · New York Giants · Miss 0
Cowherd projects the NFC East with the Giants winning the division ahead of Philadelphia, Washington and Dallas, pegging the Cowboys as a six- or seven-win team. They also expect Malik Willis to land a big free-agent deal, Kayvon Thibodeaux to be moved, and Baltimore to lose Isaiah Likely, and they float the Rams reaching on Ty Simpson late in round one.Colin Cowherd · Division Winners · Los Angeles Chargers · Miss 0
Cowherd unveiled their top 10 NFL teams entering next season, with Seattle first, the Rams second and the Chiefs tenth, and separately picked the Chargers to win the AFC West.Colin Cowherd · Division Winners · Baltimore Ravens · Miss 0
Cowherd likes Jacksonville, Chicago and Pittsburgh (with DK Metcalf back) in the wild-card round, ranks the league's head coaches with McVay first and Ben Johnson seventh, and predicts Lamar Jackson has about two strong years left. They also name the Rams as a possible team to draft a receiver and floats next year's draft having seven first-round quarterbacks.Cynthia Frelund · Division Winners · Houston Texans · Miss 0
Freeland's model has the Chargers winning straight up in Dallas, the Texans winning big over the Raiders and going on to win the AFC South, the Lions beating the Steelers by six, the Saints beating the Jets, and the Packers beating the Bears; they also see the AFC's Super Bowl representative being either Denver or Houston.