# Rich Eisen: Rich Eisen unveiled their Week 7 NFL power rankings top 10, putting the Buccaneers at No. 1 for the first time this season, with the Patriots newly added at No. 10 and the Jaguars and 49ers dropped off the list.

**Claimed:** Oct 16, 2025
**Pundit:** Rich Eisen — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/rich-eisen
**Outlet:** The Rich Eisen Show (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/the-rich-eisen-show-podcast
**How it reached us:** said on air, transcribed by us
**Original:** https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP9352909526.mp3?updated=1760642524

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

The call scored 7.3 out of 100, against 34.6 for a naive guess at the same calls.

> So they're number one, lines two, Colts three, Packers four, Eagles five, Bills six, Broncos seven.

*(their words, quoted for attribution)*

## The claims

- “So they're number one, lines two, Colts three, Packers four, Eagles five, Bills six, Broncos seven. I'm sorry, Denver. ... Rams, Steelers, and Patriots are finishing up. I took the Jaguars off the list and the same thing with the 40 niners.”
  - Kind: Power Rankings
  - Verdict: scored 7.27 out of 100, against 34.55 for a naive guess

## More power rankings

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

- Chris Brockman: Brockman argued the Broncos are headed to the AFC Championship Game, that the Cowboys will win the NFC East, that Green Bay is the NFC's best team, and that the Bears will finish no worse than the No. 2 seed in the NFC. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/285842c7-abd9-43fa-a0c0-e8138a392658 (scored 0)
- Chris Brockman: 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. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/58252eec-2c8f-4cfe-b95e-247dd9ce8f0e (scored 50)
- Nick Wright: 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. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2fd2d221-42c7-422d-bd99-8a7e8e6dd1df (scored 0)
- Chris Brockman: Brockman argued the Broncos win the AFC West and a playoff game, that either the Colts or Patriots will be the AFC's No. 1 seed, that the Chiefs are the best team in the NFL, that the Bears win the NFC North, and that the Panthers make the playoffs. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/59c50f45-6af8-4502-91e3-07583d6c5a65 (scored 0)
- Chris Brockman: Brockman argued only about five teams can realistically win the Super Bowl, naming the Bills, Eagles, Ravens and Chargers among them; they also picked Justin Herbert as MVP through three weeks, called the Colts a top-five team with Daniel Jones as an MVP finalist, said the Bears will finish top two in the NFC North, said the Bengals' season is cooked and they'll pick in the top 10, said the Rams are the only NFC threat to the Eagles, and said the Bucs have a team-of-destiny feel. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/9a980b3d-dd79-4893-80c6-4ee9d9dcd028 (scored 0)
- Nick Wright: Damonza Byrd called the Ravens the best team in the NFL right now while hedging that they are at worst top two or three. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c043b5e8-50cd-4263-9f39-b9cdb94a066c (scored 0)

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