Posts — page 13
Aug 14 – Aug 30, 2026
Our writing from the graded record on the NFL, US elections, and the economy: Punditry Checks, Election Briefs, game digests, pundit awards and essays.
NFL · MissedTakes Daily ·
Zero Takes Graded This Week, 1,612 Roster Calls Waiting on Cutdown Day, and the Field's Six-Win Miss on Kansas City
Nothing graded in seven days, 412 new takes filed, 1,612 pending roster-spot calls, and the 2025 win-total consensus that missed Kansas City by 6.3.
NFL · MissedTakes Daily ·
Nothing Graded in Seven Days, 414 New Camp Calls, and a Pro Bowl Record of 0-for-65
No takes graded in the past week, but 414 new ones landed — mostly cutdown-day roster calls, the category our data likes least.
NFL · MissedTakes Daily ·
Cutdown Week Floods the Queue, Nothing Grades, and the Win-Total Field's One-Way Misses
432 new takes in seven days, zero graded. Roster and depth-chart calls dominate — the two types that score highest and mean least.
NFL · MissedTakes Daily ·
Division Picks Land at 27% and Andrew Erickson Owns Both Ends of the Week
A 2,534-take grading run settled the site's entire division-winner and conference-champion pools at 27.4% and 25.1% accuracy.
NFL · Fantasy previews · Aug 25–Aug 30 · 7 posts
2026 fantasy draft previews
NFL · MissedTakes Daily ·
A Week With Nothing Graded, 448 Cut-Day Calls Filed, and Kansas City Still the Field's Worst Miss
No takes were graded in the last seven days, but 448 new ones landed — mostly roster and depth-chart calls, the two types with the least skill on record.
NFL · Pundit of the Week · Aug 17–Aug 23 ·
Jamie Erdahl's 87.46 Week, Built on Jaguars and Broncos
Pundit of the Week for 2026-W34: Jamie Erdahl posts an 87.46 MissedTakes Score on 23 takes; Bucky Brooks wins accuracy at 81.05 on seven.
NFL · MissedTakes Daily ·
Trade Calls Grade Out Below Baseline, Five Categories Clear at Once, and Nobody Saw 14 Wins in New England
1,030 takes graded in seven days. Trade and signing calls finished below the naive baseline, and the win-total field missed all three 14-win teams.
NFL · MissedTakes Daily ·
Rich Eisen's Chiefs Arc and More
A 2,123-take grading week hit the season-forecast categories hardest: division winners at 27.4 accuracy, and the field's Chiefs win total off by 6.3.
NFL · Pundit of the Week · Aug 10–Aug 16 ·
David Harrison's 52.02 Week, Built Almost Entirely on the 2026 Draft
Pundit of the Week for 2026-W33: David Harrison at 52.02 MissedTakes Score, Gregg Rosenthal at 93.1 accuracy on eight calls. Plus 4,044 graded takes.
NFL · MissedTakes Daily ·
Mock Drafts Eat the Week, Chris Brockman Lands at Both Ends, and the Chiefs Consensus Misses by Six
2,574 takes graded in seven days, 1,610 of them mock-draft picks. Plus, the Chiefs win-total wipeout and a take that managed to score 100 aaaand 0.
NFL · Essay ·
The 2026 Mock Draft Cycle, Graded: The Field Nailed the Top, Missed the Fallers, and Never Got Sharper
We graded 1,413 mock-draft calls on the 2026 NFL draft: who was accurate, who wasn't, and why publishing later barely helped.
NFL · Essay ·
Four Players the Talk Shows Over-Covered, and What It Cost Them
Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, Baker Mayfield and Jonathan Taylor drew 46 graded calls last season and returned 25.4 accuracy. Who paid for it, and how much.
NFL · MissedTakes Daily ·
MVP Consensus *Was* Stafford and a Jets Take Graded Both Ways
2,386 takes graded in seven days: the MVP consensus hit on Matthew Stafford, and win-total misses run deep.