Mike Renner#28 of 87 NFL pundits · Mar 18, 2026
Renner endorsed Acosta's ordering of the Ravens ahead of the Bills and Chiefs for 2026, and argued the Jets will be better than their 2025 record suggested while still falling short of the playoffs.
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What Mike Renner said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI think I'm in complete agreement with your rankings there.
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- 1New York Jets to beat expectations“But I think there's a world in where the jets are just a little bit better... I think there's a little bit more here than what their record suggested.”
- 2Power Rankings“Yeah. I I think I'm in complete agreement with your rankings there. I I think the Chiefs, especially without Patrick Mahomes, are gonna fall on hard times”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
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| New York Jets to beat expectations1 | Surprise Team Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| “Yeah. I I think I'm in complete agreement with your rankings…”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.
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1Surprise Team CallsNew York Jets
New York Jets to beat expectations
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“Yeah. I I think I'm in complete agreement with your rankings there. I I think the Chiefs, especially without Patrick Mahomes, are gonna fall on hard times”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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More power rankings
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Rich Eisen · Power Rankings · Close 50
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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.