Rich Eisen#38 of 87 NFL pundits · Dec 10, 2025
Rich Eisen gave their Week 15 top-10 power rankings, installing the Rams at No. 1 as the best team in football, adding the Jaguars and keeping the Bears despite their loss, while dropping the Cowboys and Eagles off the list. They also projected 10-win seasons for both Chicago and Jacksonville and said the Jaguars would handle the Jets at home.
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What Rich Eisen said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI'm putting the Rams as the best team in football because I think they would pretty much beat everybody else from here on out.
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- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 3: NFL Power Rankings for Week 15, plus ‘Anaconda’ Star Paul Rudd In-Studio
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- SaidDec 10, 2025
- GradedAug 13, 2026
- 1Chicago Bears to finish with 10 wins“they do have the Cleveland Browns at home next. I think they're gonna be a 10 win team welcoming the Packers into their house”
- 2Power Rankings“These are my week 15 power rankings presented by Sonos... Number 10 on the list... I still don't put the Chicago Bears at ten... I'm putting the Jacksonville Jaguars on this list at nine... So they're eighth on this list [Texans]... I'm popping the Niners up two spots to seven... I'm putting the Bills right here [six]... I have the Packers at five... the Seattle Seahawks are there at four... I'm putting the Denver Broncos at three... The Patriots are two... I'm putting the Rams as the best team in football”
- 3Jacksonville Jaguars to finish with 10 wins“they're gonna be a 10 win team, the Jacksonville Jaguars, after they take care of the jets at home... this could be an 11 win team easily, and maybe a 12 win team”
- 4Jacksonville Jaguars to beat jets“after they take care of the jets at home before they go to Denver”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears to finish with 10 wins1 | Season Win Totals | 11 | 80 | 15 | +79.3 | |
| “These are my week 15 power rankings presented by Sonos...…”2 | Power Rankings | — | 76.36 | 41.21 | +42.88 | |
| Jacksonville Jaguars to finish with 10 wins3 | Season Win Totals | 13 | 40 | 0 | +48.8 | |
| Jacksonville Jaguars to beat jets4 | Game Outcome Picks | — | 100 | 100 | 0 | |
| 4 calls · 2 hits · 2 close calls · all settled | 74.1 | 39.1 | ||||
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How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive4 checkable claims — 2 season win totals, 1 game outcome pick and 1 power ranking — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
All 4 have settled, averaging 74.1 out of 100, against 39.1 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.
Their call against what happened
winsTheir call against what actually happened.
1Season Win TotalsChicago Bears
Chicago Bears to finish with 10 wins
What happened11called 1080Hit · naive 1580this call−15a naive guess=65better than naive×1.22difficulty=+79.3skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- team:
- CHI
- naive:
- 6.75
- skill:
- 79.3
- what happened:
- 11
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 5
- accuracy:
- 80
- baseline:
- 15
- they said:
- 10
- difficulty:
- 1.22
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 4
“These are my week 15 power rankings presented by Sonos... Number 10 on the list... I still don't put the Chicago Bears at ten... I'm putting the Jacksonville Jaguars on this list at nine... So they're eighth on this list [Texans]... I'm popping the Niners up two spots to seven... I'm putting the Bills right here [six]... I have the Packers at five... the Seattle Seahawks are there at four... I'm putting the Denver Broncos at three... The Patriots are two... I'm putting the Rams as the best team in football”
VerdictClose76.36Close · naive 41.2176.36this call−41.21a naive guess=35.15better than naive×1.22difficulty=+42.88skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 42.88
- method:
- spearman
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 76.36
- baseline:
- 41.21
- difficulty:
- 1.22
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- teams ranked:
- 10
- weeks left when called:
- 4
3Season Win TotalsJacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars to finish with 10 wins
What happened13called 1040Close · naive 040this call−0a naive guess=40better than naive×1.22difficulty=+48.8skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- team:
- JAX
- naive:
- 6.25
- skill:
- 48.8
- what happened:
- 13
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 5
- accuracy:
- 40
- baseline:
- 0
- they said:
- 10
- difficulty:
- 1.22
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 4
4Game Outcome PicksJacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars to beat jets
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 100100this call−100a naive guess=0better than naive×1.22difficulty=0skillClosing line (Dec 14): Jaguars by 13.5 · favorite pick, Jaguars about 7 in 8 (88%).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- JAX
- score:
- 20-48
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- JAX
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- JAX
- difficulty:
- 1.22
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 4
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 4 settled calls, each counted once
74.1naive 39.1
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