# Sam Monson: Monson walked through the Raiders' remaining schedule game by game, projecting losses to San Francisco, Seattle, Denver (twice) and Kansas City with wins over the Chargers, Titans and Cardinals for five to seven wins; he also said the Chiefs beat the Jets, picked the Giants to win at Philadelphia, expects the 49ers to release Brandon Aiyuk, and expects Carson Wentz to start for Minnesota. **Claimed:** Nov 5, 2026 **Pundit:** Sam Monson — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/sam-monson **Outlet:** Check the Mic (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/check-the-mic-podcast **How it reached us:** said on air, transcribed by us **Original:** https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/256/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/RSV9189038050.mp3 13 checkable claims — 10 game outcome picks, 1 availability call, 1 season win total and 1 trade and signing call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call. It names 9 players and teams, each linked to their own record. 3 of 13 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 66.7 for a naive guess at the same calls. > They're about to go o and three because they face San Francisco, Seattle, Denver. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **San Francisco 49ers to beat Raiders** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: San Francisco 49ers - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess - Line: Closing line (Nov 8, 2026): 49ers by 8.5 · favorite pick, 49ers about 3 in 4 (77%). Source: nflverse; context only, never part of the grade. - **New York Giants to beat Eagles** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: New York Giants - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - Line: Closing line (Nov 8, 2026): Giants by 3 · favorite pick, Giants 59%. Graded on who won, not on the spread. Source: nflverse; context only, never part of the grade. - **Kansas City Chiefs to beat Jets** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Kansas City Chiefs - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess - Line: Closing line (Nov 8, 2026): Chiefs by 9.5 · favorite pick, Chiefs about 4 in 5 (80%). Source: nflverse; context only, never part of the grade. - **Kansas City Chiefs to beat Raiders** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Kansas City Chiefs - Verdict: not settled yet - **Las Vegas Raiders to finish with ? wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Las Vegas Raiders - Verdict: too vague to check - **Las Vegas Raiders to beat Tennessee** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Las Vegas Raiders - Verdict: not settled yet - **Seattle Seahawks to beat Raiders** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Seattle Seahawks - Verdict: not settled yet - **Las Vegas Raiders to beat Arizona** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Las Vegas Raiders - Verdict: not settled yet - **Brandon Aiyuk to move — “gets cut”** - Kind: Trade and Signing Calls · About: Brandon Aiyuk - Verdict: not settled yet - **for this game you really think we're going to see Wentz... Nope. I think we're going to get Wentz. (Week 9 vs. Buffalo)** - Kind: Availability Calls · About: Carson Wentz, Minnesota Vikings - Verdict: not settled yet - **Las Vegas Raiders to beat Chargers** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Las Vegas Raiders - Verdict: not settled yet - **Denver Broncos to beat Raiders** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Denver Broncos - Verdict: not settled yet - **Denver Broncos to beat Raiders** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Denver Broncos - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - San Francisco 49ers — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/49ers - New York Giants — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/giants - Kansas City Chiefs — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/chiefs - Las Vegas Raiders — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/raiders - Seattle Seahawks — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/seahawks - Brandon Aiyuk — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/brandon-aiyuk - Carson Wentz — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/carson-wentz - Minnesota Vikings — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/vikings - Denver Broncos — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/broncos ## What others said about the same people - Jeremy Brener on Seattle Seahawks: 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 game outcome picks The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Bill Huber on Green Bay Packers: Huber argues Green Bay has no excuses left and will beat New England in Foxborough, and expects Christian Watson to play despite his rib injury. He also sketches the projected interior offensive line, with John Williams at center and Laken Tomlinson at right guard. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5ab5fa3a-4526-46a4-b11b-a2bc99820cb8 (scored 100) - Jared Koch on Houston Texans: Koch predicts the Texans will beat the winless Chargers on the road in Week 9 by at least 10 points, with Houston's defense forcing a couple of turnovers to set up a multiple-score win. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e2861ce9-d1de-4f34-b001-83e64c3f5770 (scored 100) - Derek Brown on Green Bay Packers: Brown picked the Bengals to beat the Falcons in Madrid, the Packers to win outright in New England and the Bills to beat the Vikings on Monday night. He was bullish on Jonah Coleman's rest-of-season value, expected Jonathan Taylor to play for the Colts, floated a Breece Hall trade, and did not expect DJ Reed to play in Week 9. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/b4014405-6764-427e-9708-679baf6b06de (scored 100) - Danny Parkins on Green Bay Packers: Parkins named the seven AFC teams he believes are already set as the playoff field, expects Chicago, Buffalo and Kansas City to win this week, took Green Bay over New England and Atlanta over Cincinnati outright, and kept Bills–Bears as his Super Bowl matchup with the Giants still winning the NFC East. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/272d1f8a-06f7-4b8b-8480-94d370ae5e6f (scored 100) - Kevin Wildes on New England Patriots: Wildes took Minnesota over Buffalo, predicted a comfortable roughly 10-point New England win over Green Bay, and switched his Super Bowl matchup to Jaguars–Bears. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f31ce48f-df1b-41cf-9d17-ec463ba972d4 (scored 0) - Nick Wright on New England Patriots: Wright argued the Jaguars are the AFC's most complete team, calling them the considerable favorite for the No. 1 seed and the only club essentially locked into the playoffs. He also picked Tampa Bay to upset Chicago, had Kansas City sweeping its next three games, liked New England over Green Bay by about a field goal, and updated his Super Bowl matchup to Chiefs–49ers. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/878403ae-b780-41f0-b38a-200b1a3e36ff (scored 0) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. The naive guess is what a strategy requiring no knowledge would have scored on the same call — the difference is the skill, and it is what the MissedTakes Score averages. Full method: https://missedtakes.co/methodology We summarize what a pundit said and quote a short span for attribution; we never republish their article. If this is wrong, tell us: https://missedtakes.co/corrections?pundit=sam-monson