Rich Eisen#38 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 14, 2026
Eisen delivered their Week 6 NFL power rankings, topping the list with the 5-0 49ers, followed by the Chiefs and Vikings, and holding the Jaguars at seven while dropping the Seahawks to six. They also figured the Patriots would handle the Jets regardless of New York's personnel.
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What Rich Eisen said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromTwo with no change, stays like before the Chiefs coming off the buy. Yep. And then one is the forty niners, no change.
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- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 2: NFL Week 6 Power Rankings, plus WWE Superstar The Miz Talks Browns & Guardians
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- SaidOct 14
- PlayedOct 18
- GradedOct 18
- 1New England Patriots to beat Jets“The Jets all time team could play this week, and it's not gonna matter.”
- 2Power Rankings“My week six power rankings brought to you by SoFi... Number 10 on my power rankings list are the two and three rounds [Rams]... I'm putting the Broncos here at nine. Back on the list at eight are your patriots... Number seven... I keep the Jacksonville Jaguars right here... Number six, this is where I'm putting the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks... Up one spot and putting the Bills right here... one spot I'm putting the Ravens... Putting the Vikings here... at three... Two with no change... the Chiefs... And then one is the forty niners”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots to beat Jets1 | Game Outcome Picks | Patriots 26–19 | 100 | 100 | 0 | |
| “My week six power rankings brought to you by SoFi... Number 10…”2 | Power Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 hit · 1 waiting | 100 | 100 | ||||
Game calls show that game’s closing betting line under their grade: a dated fact from nflverse, for context and never part of a grade. MissedTakes takes no bets and earns nothing from any sportsbook.
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 1 game outcome pick and 1 power ranking — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 100 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.
1Game Outcome PicksNew England Patriots
New England Patriots to beat Jets
What happenedPatriots 26–19Jets at Patriots100Hit · naive 100100this call−100a naive guess=0better than naive×1.72difficulty=0skillClosing line (Oct 18): Patriots by 7.5 · favorite pick, Patriots about 3 in 4 (74%).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- NE
- score:
- 19-26
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- NE
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- NE
- difficulty:
- 1.72
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 13
“My week six power rankings brought to you by SoFi... Number 10 on my power rankings list are the two and three rounds [Rams]... I'm putting the Broncos here at nine. Back on the list at eight are your patriots... Number seven... I keep the Jacksonville Jaguars right here... Number six, this is where I'm putting the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks... Up one spot and putting the Bills right here... one spot I'm putting the Ravens... Putting the Vikings here... at three... Two with no change... the Chiefs... And then one is the forty niners”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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