# Patriots: Every Pundit Who Picked New England in Chicago Was Wrong | MissedTakes Daily

*Published 2026-11-01 — MissedTakes*

*Drafted by a language model from MissedTakes' graded data, then reviewed and approved by Ben Garves before publishing.*

## Who picked the Patriots to beat the Bears, and how did it go?

Six of the 16 pundits we tracked on the Patriots' Week 7 trip to Chicago picked New England to win, and the Bears beat all six of them, 30-24. Pete Prisco called it twice (Patriots 28-27), grading 38.1 accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of -80.62 on each. Chris Simms took the Patriots 24-21 and scored 42.86 accuracy; Mitchell Eisenstein took them 24-20 and scored 45.24. Two straight-up winner picks on New England, from Anthony "Tone Digz" DiGuilio and AJ Hawk, both graded 0 accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of -167, since a correct pick of the home Bears would have scored 100 without any work at all.

![Pundits split for Chicago before the Bears won by 6](/posts/visuals/213d5817-170f-460f-9d77-2a84e9172207.png)

The pundits who took Chicago fared better without doing much work: John Breech and Richard Sherman each called Bears 27-20, missing the final margin by one point. Bears backers made up most of the 23 graded calls on that game, which combined for an average accuracy of 72.

![Patriots backers missed the final margin by more than Bears backers](/posts/visuals/79f7617a-f7ac-4d10-9f51-c7e00ec22e24.png)

## How accurate has Patriots coverage been across the season?

Roster calls on New England grade the best of any call type the club draws: 59 graded Roster Spot Calls average 94.9 accuracy, well above the 82.9 for the 107 graded Game Outcome Picks and the 59.7 for the 56 graded Score Predictions. The weak spot is season win totals: of 51 Season Win Total calls made on the Patriots, only 14 have been graded, and they average just 11.4 accuracy, the lowest of any call type on the club. That tracks with the field's own 2025 consensus, which missed New England's actual win total by 5 wins, one of the larger collective misses in the league that season; the calls we logged for that year clustered at 9 or 10 wins while New England finished with 14.

Among the pundits with at least 5 graded Patriots calls, [Ethan Hurwitz](/pundits/ethan-hurwitz) has the most volume by far, 52 graded, running 96.2 accuracy with a MissedTakes Score of 19.44. The rest of the field with real sample sizes:

| Pundit | Graded Patriots calls | Accuracy | Avg. MissedTakes Score |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [Ethan Hurwitz](/pundits/ethan-hurwitz) | 52 | 96.2 | 19.44 |
| Colin Cowherd | 21 | 71.2 | 65.94 |
| [Rich Eisen](/pundits/rich-eisen) | 18 | 86.8 | 56.84 |
| [Gregg Rosenthal](/pundits/gregg-rosenthal) | 15 | 61.3 | 35.44 |
| [Chris Brockman](/pundits/chris-brockman) | 14 | 38.6 | 61.31 |
| [Nick Wright](/pundits/nick-wright) | 12 | 77.2 | 66.87 |
| [Pat Fitzmaurice](/pundits/pat-fitzmaurice) | 12 | 62.3 | 93.98 |
| Kevin Wildes | 11 | 76.4 | 87.19 |

Chris Brockman sits at the bottom of that group on accuracy (38.6) despite a positive MissedTakes Score (61.31), which means his calls that did hit tended to carry real difficulty, not margin calls that only matched picking the home team.

## What are pundits saying about Drake Maye and the receivers?

Wide receiver calls are the single most common subject on the Patriots, 145 takes with 38 graded, averaging 81.9 accuracy. Quarterback calls, almost all about Drake Maye, run lower: 69 takes, 38 graded, 51.8 accuracy, though an average MissedTakes Score of 56.96 shows that when a Maye call does hit, it tends to beat picking the home team by more than most calls manage. Offensive line calls, 20 graded, grade the highest of the positions with real volume at 85.2 accuracy.

## What's the latest from pundits on New England?

Going into the Week 8 trip to Miami, the pundits we tracked swung back toward New England: Connor Rogers, Shanna McCarriston, Pardon My Take, Bill Simmons, Nate Tice, Sam Monson, Tyler Sullivan, John Breech and Pete Prisco all picked the Patriots to beat the winless Dolphins, several with scores in the high 20s and low 30s (Pete Prisco: "New England wins it. Pick: Pats 28, Dolphins 14," Oct. 28).

## Whose game-by-game calls on the Cowboys scored best this week?

Michael Irvin's game-by-game run through the Dallas Cowboys' 2026 schedule produced the week's top graded calls anywhere in the league: two separate 13-4 season predictions, each graded 100 accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 200. Jeff Cavanaugh matched that mark after revising his own call from 13-4 to 12-5. Those three sit well clear of everyone on this week's [leaderboard](/nfl/leaderboard), which Bryan DeArdo currently tops with an 86.15 MissedTakes Score from 22 graded calls, the best mark of anyone with a recorded sample this season.