# Rich Eisen: Eisen gave their Week 13 power rankings, with the Rams first, Patriots second and the Cowboys entering at No. 10, and also named New England and Philadelphia as the first teams to clinch playoff spots, picked Seattle to beat Minnesota, and tabbed Drake Maye as an MVP finalist and Mike Vrabel as Coach of the Year. **Claimed:** Nov 26, 2025 **Pundit:** Rich Eisen — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/rich-eisen **Outlet:** The Rich Eisen Show (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/the-rich-eisen-show-podcast **How it reached us:** said on air, transcribed by us **Original:** https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP8427129871.mp3?updated=1764186004 7 checkable claims — 2 award picks, 2 playoff picks, 1 coach award pick, 1 game outcome pick and 1 power ranking — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call. It names 5 players and teams, each linked to their own record. 6 of 7 have settled so far, averaging 98.3 out of 100, against 40.9 for a naive guess at the same calls. > The Rams have led my power rankings, and there's no reason to think anything else right now. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - “Power rankings presented by Sonos week 13... Number 10 on my power rankings list... the Dallas Cowboys... Number nine on the list... I'm putting the Lions here... They're eighth on the list... The Ravens are seven... Bears are six. Seahawks, no change... Number four on the list... the Eagles... Number three, no change coming off a bye because the Broncos... up two spots are your patriots... And number one, the Rams are staying” - Kind: Power Rankings - Verdict: scored 89.7 out of 100, against 45.45 for a naive guess - **New England Patriots to make the playoffs** - Kind: Playoff Picks · About: New England Patriots - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - **Philadelphia Eagles to make the playoffs** - Kind: Playoff Picks · About: Philadelphia Eagles - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess - **Seattle Seahawks to beat Vikings** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Seattle Seahawks - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess - Line: Closing line (Nov 30, 2025): Seahawks by 12.5 · favorite pick, Seahawks about 6 in 7 (86%). Source: nflverse; context only, never part of the grade. - **Mike Vrabel to win Coach of the Year** - Kind: Coach Award Picks - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - **Jaxon Smith-Njigba to win Offensive Player of the Year** - Kind: Award Picks · About: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seattle Seahawks - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - **Drake Maye to win MVP finalist** - Kind: Award Picks · About: Drake Maye, New England Patriots - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - New England Patriots — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/patriots - Philadelphia Eagles — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/eagles - Seattle Seahawks — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/seahawks - Jaxon Smith-Njigba — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/jaxon-smith-njigba - Drake Maye — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/drake-maye ## What others said about the same people - Jeremy Brener on Drew Lock: Brener picked the Seahawks to beat the Cardinals in Week 9 by a multi-score margin, giving a final score of 27-13, and expressed confidence Seattle would be fine with Drew Lock starting at quarterback. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7eb2d245-63d0-4be0-80ba-3f60197e2b16 (scored 100) - Albert Breer on Seattle Seahawks: Breer picks the Seahawks to beat the Cardinals in their Week 9 NFC West matchup. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4d67a8a5-0c05-4abe-b2ca-f0cef8390b1d (scored 100) - Tyler Sullivan on Seattle Seahawks: Sullivan picks the Seahawks to win in Week 9. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/dfca04b3-5c80-4a2e-b0de-8ac3a25f225b (scored 100) - Dave Richard on Seattle Seahawks: Richard picks the Seahawks over the Cardinals. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/d3db433e-52c6-42d1-a3b0-6b342aac8a9e (scored 100) - John Pluym on Seattle Seahawks: Pluym picks the Seahawks over the Cardinals. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e3897747-c55f-4340-9e82-03f9730f87ba (scored 100) - Pamela Maldonado on Seattle Seahawks: Maldonado picks the Seahawks in Week 9. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/38b2ad8f-9672-44e8-b3c2-b8ad3b004c09 (scored 100) ## More award picks The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - 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. They 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. They also picked the Eagles to win tonight's opener... actually their in-game score pick was the Bills-Eagles Super Bowl. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/85afad87-40da-4940-81e6-70e2b0aad37d (scored 0) - TJ Jefferson on Marquise Brown: Jefferson picked the Chiefs to beat the Eagles 34-32 on a late Mahomes touchdown drive, and named Hollywood Brown as Super Bowl MVP. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c34465d3-3fba-4a2b-856c-baee9aa389d1 (scored 0) - Marvin Prince on Patrick Mahomes: Picked the Chiefs to win 31-27 with Mahomes as MVP. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/06dd11ee-313a-4371-93ff-535de62f0dca (scored 0) - Todd Fritz on Patrick Mahomes: Picked the Chiefs to beat the Eagles 29-26 in the Super Bowl with Patrick Mahomes winning MVP. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8e8fcdd4-0cd6-4899-b189-0cdb5ef4ab97 (scored 0) - Dan Patrick on Patrick Mahomes: Picked the Chiefs to complete the three-peat, beating the Eagles 31-30, with Patrick Mahomes as MVP. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5c9f6d2c-e29b-4203-b65a-24ce323dd0ae (scored 0) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. 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