Posts — page 8
Sep 13 – Sep 22, 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 · Game digest · Week 2 ·
Seahawks 31, Cardinals 7: John Breech Picked Arizona Four Times. All Four Missed.
Seattle's 31-7 win at Arizona settled 13 graded calls. The field leaned the right way 8-5 — but one pundit alone made up four of the five misses.
NFL · Punditry Check ·
Jaguars: A Near-Unanimous Field Called Denver Wrong, and Only a Few Voices Have Earned Trust on This Team
Jacksonville's Week 2 loss to Denver exposed a field-wide consensus miss. Here's what the graded record says about who to trust on the Jaguars.
NFL · Pundit of the Week · Sep 14–Sep 20 ·
Two Pundits Cash In on the Same Aaron Rodgers Call
Kyle Brandt and Tom Pelissero split Pundit of the Week for 2026-W38 — and both wins lean on the same old Aaron Rodgers-to-Pittsburgh call.
NFL · Punditry Check ·
Lions: 0-for-20 on Detroit in the NFC, and the Field Is Back at 11-12 Wins
Detroit is pundits' favorite NFC pick and has gone 0-for-20 on conference-champion calls. What the graded record says about Lions takes.
NFL · Game digest · Week 2 ·
Bills 41, Lions 31: The Field Took Buffalo 16-4 in a Predictable Shootout
Twenty graded calls on Bills-Lions in Week 2. Sixteen took Buffalo. Who nailed the margin, who missed, and what it did to their records?
NFL · Punditry Check ·
Broncos: 31 of 45 Calls Took Denver at Arrowhead, and the Field Is Still Selling 12 Wins
Almost everyone picked Denver to win in Kansas City. It lost 31-10. What the graded record says about who to believe on the Broncos.
NFL · Game digests · Sep 15–Sep 17 · 14 posts
Week 1 game digests
- Chiefs 31, Broncos 10
- Ravens 41, Colts 23
- Lions 31, Saints 30
- Vikings 39, Packers 22
- Jets 23, Titans 10
- Steelers 20, Falcons 13
- Raiders 27, Dolphins 13
- Bears 59, Panthers 37
- Bills 36, Texans 31
- Jaguars 34, Browns 10
- Bengals 33, Buccaneers 27
- Cardinals 26, Chargers 14
- Eagles 24, Commanders 22
- Giants 28, Cowboys 20
NFL · Punditry Check ·
Cowboys: 27 of 34 Missed the Giants Game, and a Win-Total Field Spread From 6 to 14
Dallas punditry, graded: 27 of 34 Week 1 calls took the Cowboys and lost, the Parsons consensus whiffed, and the win-total field ranges 6 to 14.
NFL · Punditry Check ·
Bengals: The Field Is Buying Cincinnati Again, and Its Last Bet Went 1-for-15
Pundits are back on Cincinnati for division, playoffs and a Burrow MVP. Their graded record on those exact calls: near zero. Plus the league day in brief.
NFL · Pundit of the Week · Sep 7–Sep 13 ·
John Middlekauff Wins Both Weekly Awards on Three Calls — One of Them Carried It
Middlekauff went 3-for-3 in Week 37 and took both weekly awards. Only his 49ers upset pick actually beat the baseline. Plus the week's 96 graded calls.
NFL · Punditry Check ·
Browns: Everyone Has Shedeur Sanders Starting by Week 3, and the Win-Total Field Has Quietly Split
Cleveland's punditry graded: the near-unanimous Shedeur Sanders takeover call, a split win-total field, and nine straight missed Browns sleeper calls.
NFL · Punditry Check ·
Bears: Everyone Was Wrong About Caleb Williams, and the Field Has Settled on 10 Wins
Graded Bears takes: the Caleb Williams calls that failed at both extremes, a win-total field stuck at ten, and which pundits Chicago coverage can trust.