Gregg Rosenthal#39 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 27, 2025
Three weeks into the season, Rosenthal ranked all 32 teams 1-32 based on how likely they think they are to make the playoffs, with the Packers on top and the Titans last. They also said Green Bay will have the best defense in the league.
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What Gregg Rosenthal said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromSo dead last in the NFL, I would put the Titans that's thirty two.
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- Ranking Title Contenders, Playoff Bubble Teams and Football in Ireland with Michael McQuaid
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- SaidSep 27, 2025
- GradedAug 7, 2026
- 1Power Rankings“I've divided the entire league into different groups... dead last in the NFL, I would put the Titans that's thirty two. Saints would be next, Dolphins at thirty... the Carolina Panthers... The Jets above them... The Raider, the Giants, and then at the very top of this list, the Browns... this is the number twenty one team overall, the Bears. Then the Bengals have the Patriots at twenty three and the Cowboys at twenty four... I'm putting the Vikings at the top of that list. The Jaguars are next... Stealers. Below them right in the middle of the NFL at sixteen, The Broncos at seventeen... The Texans... The Cardinals and the Falcons... number ten... The Seahawks... The Colts at eleven... The Commander's at twelve and then the forty nine ers... I'm putting the Packers... number one, the Lions and Eagles right behind them... So they're there at four, Bills at five, Ravens at six, and then the Rams, the Bucks, and... the Kansas City Chiefs”
- 2Position Group Rankings“They still have Matt Lafleur, a quarterback I believe in, and what I think is going to be the best defense in the league.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “I've divided the entire league into different groups... dead…”1 | Power Rankings | — | 77.53 | 66.37 | +20.43 | |
| “They still have Matt Lafleur, a quarterback I believe in, and…”2 | Position Group Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 close call · 1 waiting | 77.5 | 66.4 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 1 position group ranking 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 77.5 out of 100, against 66.4 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.
“I've divided the entire league into different groups... dead last in the NFL, I would put the Titans that's thirty two. Saints would be next, Dolphins at thirty... the Carolina Panthers... The Jets above them... The Raider, the Giants, and then at the very top of this list, the Browns... this is the number twenty one team overall, the Bears. Then the Bengals have the Patriots at twenty three and the Cowboys at twenty four... I'm putting the Vikings at the top of that list. The Jaguars are next... Stealers. Below them right in the middle of the NFL at sixteen, The Broncos at seventeen... The Texans... The Cardinals and the Falcons... number ten... The Seahawks... The Colts at eleven... The Commander's at twelve and then the forty nine ers... I'm putting the Packers... number one, the Lions and Eagles right behind them... So they're there at four, Bills at five, Ravens at six, and then the Rams, the Bucks, and... the Kansas City Chiefs”
VerdictClose77.53Close · naive 66.3777.53this call−66.37a naive guess=11.16better than naive×1.83difficulty=+20.43skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 20.43
- method:
- spearman
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 77.53
- baseline:
- 66.37
- difficulty:
- 1.83
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- teams ranked:
- 32
- weeks left when called:
- 15
2Position Group RankingsGreen Bay Packers
“They still have Matt Lafleur, a quarterback I believe in, and what I think is going to be the best defense in the league.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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