Ralph VacchianoOct 5, 2026
Vacchiano declares the 4-0 49ers the best team in the NFL and the league's team to beat, while arguing the Jaguars — behind Trevor Lawrence and a top-notch defense — deserve to be treated as a genuine Super Bowl contender.
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What Ralph Vacchiano said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromIn fact, the 4-0 49ers are looking down at everyone. They're the best team in the league.
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- 1Jacksonville Jaguars to beat expectations“Don't Sleep On The Jaguars ... More importantly, it's why the Jaguars need to be taken seriously as a Super Bowl contender.”
- 2Power Rankings“In fact, the 4-0 49ers are looking down at everyone. They're the best team in the league.”
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HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
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| Jacksonville Jaguars to beat expectations1 | Surprise Team Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “In fact, the 4-0 49ers are looking down at everyone. They're…”2 | Power Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
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2 checkable claims — 1 power ranking and 1 surprise team call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
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.
1Surprise Team CallsJacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars to beat expectations
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“In fact, the 4-0 49ers are looking down at everyone. They're the best team in the league.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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Connor believed Baltimore would keep it close but still said Jacksonville wins the game outright.Nick Wright · Game Outcome Picks · Jacksonville Jaguars · Hit 100
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Rogers agreed the Bears have the NFL's best offense, picked Minnesota as the league's best total defense, and picked Jacksonville to beat Baltimore on Thursday night.Chris Simms · Score Predictions · Jacksonville Jaguars · Hit 83
Simms named the Bears the NFL's best overall offense and best rushing offense, the Bengals the best passing offense, Seattle the best total defense, Minnesota the best pass defense and Tampa Bay the best run defense; they also called Tristan Wirfs the league's best offensive lineman, projected Miami's Malachi Toney as a top-15 pick, and predicted a 30-14 Jaguars win in Baltimore.Mark Morales-Smith · Game Outcome Picks · Jacksonville Jaguars · Hit 100
Within a Week 9 fantasy sleeper column, they state that Jacksonville is almost certain to blow out Baltimore, with the Jaguars running the ball through the second half and fourth quarter.
More power rankings
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
Rich Eisen · Power Rankings · Close 50
Eisen endorsed the Eagles' defense carrying them to the NFC championship and the Rams being the NFL's best team, but predicted the NFC North sends only Green Bay and Detroit to the playoffs, that Kansas City wins five of its last seven, that the 49ers make the playoffs, that Baltimore wins the AFC North, and that Tampa Bay wins the NFC South with both the Bucs and Panthers losing their upcoming NFC West road games.Chris Brockman · Power Rankings · Close 50
Brockman argued the Eagles' defense is the NFL's best and will drag a mediocre offense to the NFC championship, that the NFC North sends only two teams to the playoffs with the Bears among them, that the Rams are the league's best team, that a healthy Brock Purdy makes the 49ers an NFC threat who will beat the Saints and Falcons, and that the Panthers win the NFC South.Nick Wright · Power Rankings · Miss 0
The host's five Week 9 NFL picks: Detroit over Minnesota, Pittsburgh +3 vs. Indianapolis, San Francisco over the Giants, Kansas City over Buffalo at Buffalo, and Seattle over Washington. They also call the Chiefs the best team in the league and Jonathan Taylor the NFL's best running back this year.