Pete Prisco#51 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 8, 2026
In their Week 1 NFL Power Rankings, Prisco puts the Rams and Seahawks at the top, the Jaguars third and the Cowboys fifth, and picks the Jaguars and Cowboys to meet in the Super Bowl.
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- Where it was published
- CBS Sports
- The piece
- Pete Prisco eyes Cowboys, Jaguars in season's first NFL Power Rankings; Aaron Judge returning for Yankees
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- 1Power Rankings“Pete has a pair of NFC West teams -- the Rams and the Seahawks -- at the top to begin the season... "The Jaguars are third in my rankings to open the season with the Cowboys fifth." ... 16. Patriots 17. Chargers 18. Vikings 19. Lions 20. Steelers”
- 2Dallas Cowboys to reach the Super Bowl“Pete has called his Super Bowl shot with the Jaguars and Cowboys, both of whom begin the season in the top five.”
- 3Jacksonville Jaguars to reach the Super Bowl“Pete has called his Super Bowl shot with the Jaguars and Cowboys, both of whom begin the season in the top five.”
- 4Season Win Totals“I just think the Jaguars, who won 13 games last year, will be a better team this time around.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Pete has a pair of NFC West teams -- the Rams and the Seahawks…”1 | Power Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| Dallas Cowboys to reach the Super Bowl2 | Conference Champions | — | — | — | — | |
| Jacksonville Jaguars to reach the Super Bowl3 | Conference Champions | — | — | — | — | |
| “I just think the Jaguars, who won 13 games last year, will be a…”4 | Season Win Totals | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 3 waiting · 1 too vague to check | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
4 claims — 2 conference champions, 1 power ranking and 1 season win total — the 3 we can check 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.
None of the 3 calls we can check have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
The other one was too vague to check, so it is not graded.
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.
“Pete has a pair of NFC West teams -- the Rams and the Seahawks -- at the top to begin the season... "The Jaguars are third in my rankings to open the season with the Cowboys fifth." ... 16. Patriots 17. Chargers 18. Vikings 19. Lions 20. Steelers”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Conference ChampionsDallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys to reach the Super Bowl
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Conference ChampionsJacksonville Jaguars
Jacksonville Jaguars to reach the Super Bowl
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Season Win TotalsJacksonville Jaguars
“I just think the Jaguars, who won 13 games last year, will be a better team this time around.”
VerdictToo vague to checkToo vague to check: we could not tell what would count as right, so it stays on the record without a score.
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