Pete Prisco#51 of 87 NFL pundits · Nov 12, 2026
Prisco picks the Giants to beat the Commanders 23-14 on Thursday night and the Lions to beat the Patriots 30-24 in Munich.
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What Pete Prisco said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromlook for the Lions to win it with a strong offensive showing
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- CBS Sports
- The piece
- Pick Six: What to know about the NFL after the trade deadline, ahead of Week 10
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- SaidNov 12
- PlayedNov 12
- GradedNov 13
- 1New York Giants 23 — Commanders 14“Prisco's pick: Giants 23-14 over Commanders”
- 2Detroit Lions 30 — Patriots 24“Pete Prisco — Lions (-2.5) 30-24 over Patriots in Munich.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants 23 — Commanders 141 | Score Predictions | Commanders 24–21 | 35.71 | 42.81 | −10.64 | |
| Detroit Lions 30 — Patriots 242 | Score Predictions | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 miss · 1 waiting | 35.7 | 42.8 | ||||
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How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive2 checkable claims — 2 score predictions — 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 35.7 out of 100, against 42.8 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.
1Score PredictionsNew York Giants
New York Giants 23 — Commanders 14
What happenedCommanders 24–21called Giants by 9 · lost by 335.71Miss · naive 42.8135.71this call−42.81a naive guess=−7.1worse than naive×1.5difficulty=−10.64skillClosing line (Nov 12): Giants by 1.5, total 40.5 · this 23–14 calls a bigger Giants win (by 9) and fewer points (37).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- score:
- 24-21
- skill:
- −10.64
- they picked:
- NYG
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 35.71
- baseline:
- 42.81
- difficulty:
- 1.5
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 3
- weeks left when called:
- 9
- naive home margin:
- −0.02
- predicted margin:
- 9
2Score PredictionsDetroit Lions
Detroit Lions 30 — Patriots 24
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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