# Patricia Traina: Traina picks the Cardinals to beat the Giants 23-17, citing New York's red-zone drought and the loss of the RPO game with Jameis Winston replacing the injured Jaxson Dart.

**Claimed:** Oct 4, 2026
**Pundit:** Patricia Traina — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/patricia-traina
**Outlet:** Sports Illustrated — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/sports-illustrated
**How it reached us:** published in writing
**Original:** https://www.si.com/nfl/giants/onsi/why-the-giants-will-beat-cardinals-prediction-01m3zqpd8gns

One checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.

The call scored 35.7 out of 100, against 73.8 for a naive guess at the same calls.

> Cardinals 23, Giants 17

*(their words, quoted for attribution)*

## The claims

- **Arizona Cardinals 23 — Giants 17**
  - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Arizona Cardinals
  - Verdict: scored 35.71 out of 100, against 73.81 for a naive guess

## Who this take is about

- Arizona Cardinals — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/cardinals

## What others said about the same people

- Bobby Kownack on Arizona Cardinals: Picked winners and exact scores for every Week 4 game, including upsets by the Jets in Chicago and the Buccaneers over the Packers, plus the Jaguars at Cincinnati. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ab70bbf8-6373-48ac-af86-ce8d9da4da35 (scored 35.71)
- Dan Parr on Arizona Cardinals: Picked winners and exact scores for every Week 4 game, taking the 49ers to move to 4-0 over Denver, the Saints at home on Monday night and the Steelers in Cleveland. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/816599d6-f95e-4821-addf-bfd5466835e9 (scored 26.19)
- Jeremy Pargo on Arizona Cardinals: Picked winners and exact scores for every Week 4 game, including an upset of the Colts by Washington in London and a Buccaneers win over the Packers. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/3c480715-cdf3-4092-ac36-f7a4e338e2eb (scored 35.71)
- Brooke Cersosimo on Arizona Cardinals: Picked winners and exact scores for every Week 4 game, including the Bears over the Jets, the Cowboys in the Battle for Texas and an upset of the Chiefs by the undefeated Raiders. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7717b6ff-86ce-4cda-b192-202b3b80c3c7 (scored 33.33)
- Gennaro Filice on Arizona Cardinals: Picked winners and exact scores for every Week 4 game, including the Bills over a struggling Patriots offense, the Eagles over the Rams and the only Browns pick of the panel. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/6e4ccf4a-3c43-43c3-9669-50148f4e5452 (scored 38.1)
- Seth Walder on Arizona Cardinals: Walder made a 'bold prediction' for each Week 4 game — including receiving and rushing yardage marks, sacks, an interception and a Dolphins upset — and picked final scores for all 15 games on the slate. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2136c2b6-89e5-4f73-ad78-28d4de9bb6be (scored 23.81)

## More score predictions

The same kind of call, about other players and teams.

- Mike Kadlick on Detroit Lions: Kadlick predicts a Sunday night shootout in Charlotte, with Detroit beating Carolina 41–38 after four fourth-quarter lead changes to move to 3–1 while the Panthers fall to 1–3. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/66dba55e-f278-46d0-8fd6-5cf3f07598dc (scored 42.86)
- Jacob Westendorf on Green Bay Packers: Westendorf expects the Packers to narrowly beat the Buccaneers, reasoning that Tampa Bay can't generate enough offense with an undrafted rookie making his first start. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5c8b61fd-faa7-4db1-9541-7147c7cdff52 (scored 95.24)
- Bill Huber on Green Bay Packers: Huber picks Green Bay to beat Tampa Bay in a low-scoring game, arguing the Buccaneers' offensive limitations behind undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels will be the difference and the Packers will move to 2-2. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/22076058-dd44-4a45-b4ff-aa6a903feed7 (scored 83.33)
- Pete Martuneac on Chicago Bears: Martuneac predicts the Bears beat the Jets 30-17 in Week 4, moving to 3-1, with Tyson Bagent starting and the offense scoring early and often. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5a95bb35-3841-4363-b87f-e31b9abbd966 (scored 95.24)
- Brandon Knapp on Detroit Lions: Predicts a lopsided Lions win over Carolina, 42-20. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/71beeed9-9bab-4a44-8456-33f4db941b73 (scored 11.9)
- Zac Snyder on Detroit Lions: Takes Detroit 31-26 over the Panthers. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/dc7c0c31-fcdf-409f-9ad9-9bb8650c4bdb (scored 47.62)

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