Rich Eisen#38 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 21, 2026
Eisen argued that with JJ McCarthy installed as the Giants' starter, New York is better positioned than the Cowboys, Eagles or Commanders to win the NFC East, and they told a Vikings caller to expect a win over the Colts coming off the bye.
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What Rich Eisen said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromThe Giants are well positioned to win a division that everyone's wondering who wants to win.
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- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 1: JJ McCarthy Named Giants’ QB1, plus Josh Pate’s Dire Ohio State Prediction
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- SaidOct 21
- PlayedOct 25
- GradedOct 25
- 1Minnesota Vikings to beat Colts“This is a winnable game against the Colts big time. Take your Daniel Jones, revenge this week and be happy about it... So take your win against Daniel Jones, take a breath”
- 2New York Giants to win the division“Now he's the starter of the New York Giants against the Houston Texans, set up more than the Cowboys, Eagles and Commanders to win the NFC East for a head coach that is all in. The Giants are well positioned to win a division that everyone's wondering who wants to win.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings to beat Colts1 | Game Outcome Picks | Vikings 16–10 | 100 | 100 | 0 | |
| New York Giants to win the division2 | Division Winners | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 hit · 1 waiting | 100 | 100 | ||||
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How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 1 division winner and 1 game outcome pick — 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.
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 PicksMinnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings to beat Colts
What happenedVikings 16–10Colts at Vikings100Hit · naive 100100this call−100a naive guess=0better than naive×1.67difficulty=0skillClosing line (Oct 25): Vikings by 6.5 · favorite pick, Vikings about 3 in 4 (73%).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- MIN
- score:
- 10-16
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- MIN
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- MIN
- difficulty:
- 1.67
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 12
2Division WinnersNew York Giants
New York Giants to win the division
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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