Jason McIntyre#46 of 87 NFL pundits · Nov 19, 2025
McIntyre predicted the Lions would blow out the Giants, said the Cowboys will still finish behind the Eagles in the NFC East next season, and disputed Cowherd's bracket by saying New England gets the No. 1 seed and Denver will be one and done.
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What Jason McIntyre said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI'm telling you they're going to destroy the Giants and Lions fans are gonna get all wacky.
- Where it was said
- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)
- The episode
- THE HERD - Hour 2 - NFL Playoff Predictions, Joel Klatt Discusses Controversial College Football Playoff Rankings
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- SaidNov 19, 2025
- GradedAug 7–17, 2026
- 1Denver Broncos to take the top seed“So Denver is gonna probably be the two”
- 2New England Patriots to take the top seed“The New Engld Patriots, schedule wise, are going to get the number one.”
- 3Detroit Lions to beat Giants“I'm telling you they're going to destroy the Giants”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos to take the top seed1 | Seeding, Byes and Home Field | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots to take the top seed2 | Seeding, Byes and Home Field | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions to beat Giants3 | Game Outcome Picks | — | 100 | 100 | 0 | |
| 3 calls · 1 hit · 2 misses · all settled | 33.3 | 33.3 | ||||
Game calls show that game’s closing betting line under their grade: a dated fact from nflverse, for context and never part of a grade. MissedTakes takes no bets and earns nothing from any sportsbook.
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive3 checkable claims — 2 seeding, byes and home field and 1 game outcome pick — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
All 3 have settled, averaging 33.3 out of 100, against 33.3 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.
1Seeding, Byes and Home FieldDenver Broncos
Denver Broncos to take the top seed
VerdictMiss0Miss · naive 00this call−0a naive guess=0better than naive×1.39difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- DEN
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- checked as:
- seeds 2–4 host a wild-card game — the bracket cannot separate them further
- actual tier:
- bye
- difficulty:
- 1.39
- the naive guess:
- where they finished last season (visitor)
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- claimed seed:
- 2
- claimed tier:
- host
- weeks left when called:
- 7
2Seeding, Byes and Home FieldNew England Patriots
New England Patriots to take the top seed
VerdictMiss0Miss · naive 00this call−0a naive guess=0better than naive×1.39difficulty=0skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- NE
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- checked as:
- the number one seed is the bye, which the bracket names exactly
- actual tier:
- host
- difficulty:
- 1.39
- the naive guess:
- where they finished last season (missed the playoffs)
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- claimed seed:
- 1
- claimed tier:
- bye
- weeks left when called:
- 7
3Game Outcome PicksDetroit Lions
Detroit Lions to beat Giants
VerdictHit100Hit · naive 100100this call−100a naive guess=0better than naive×1.39difficulty=0skillClosing line (Nov 23): Lions by 14 · favorite pick, Lions about 7 in 8 (88%).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- DET
- score:
- 27-34
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- DET
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- the naive pick:
- DET
- difficulty:
- 1.39
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 7
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 3 settled calls, each counted once
33.3naive 33.3
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More seeding, byes and home field
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
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