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Adam Carlson covers the Minnesota Vikings for Sports Illustrated. His work tends toward roster construction and depth-chart questions, from punter competitions to the QB2 debate, with occasional game-day previews.
Across 5 graded calls in 5 articles, Adam Carlson scores 60% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 75.6, which means their calls were better than a naive guess on the same claims.
That is a provisional record, fewer than ten graded articles, so the numbers are not yet meaningful and they are not ranked on the leaderboard.
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Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below opens to its own arithmetic.
All 42 calls · one square per call
3hits60% of graded
2misses40%
37waitingnot graded yet
How much better than a naive guess on the same claims. This is the ranking.
No kind has five graded calls yet, so none is rated.
Adam Carlson covers the Minnesota Vikings for Sports Illustrated. His work tends toward roster construction and depth-chart questions, from punter competitions to the QB2 debate, with occasional game-day previews.
A longer profile is written once a record reaches 30 graded articles, and published only after a person reviews it.
5 graded calls in 5 articles, newest first. Every take from Adam Carlson, including the ones still waiting →
Game calls show that game’s closing betting line under their grade: a dated fact from nflverse, for context and never part of a grade. MissedTakes takes no bets and earns nothing from any sportsbook.
The same 87, by how often their calls landed, with no credit for difficulty.
Adam Carlson isn’t ranked yet: a record is ranked from 10 graded articles, so a lucky first handful can’t top the table.
Demond Claiborne to be cut
“After the Purple and Gold signed him to the 53-man roster, another player needs to be released, with one name standing out above the rest in Week 9: rookie RB Demond Claiborne.”
Minnesota Vikings to beat New Orleans Saints
“Minnesota has some clear advantages over New Orleans that should make the difference in this weekend's game. If the Vikings can make the most of those opportunities, they should get a big road win to take them into the bye week with an undefeated record.”
Closing line (Oct 11): Vikings by 2.5 · favorite pick, Vikings 56%.
J.J. McCarthy to move to Minnesota Vikings
“By now, it feels like a parting of J.J. McCarthy and the Vikings is inevitable. ... Minnesota will have to shop him around the league to see if there are any interested franchises”
Max Brosmer to land on the practice squad
“As it stands, Brosmer should be among the Vikings' roster cuts, and the team should evaluate whether to put him on the practice squad.”
Demond Claiborne to make the roster
“he will all but ensure himself a Vikings roster spot and a key offensive role during the 2026 NFL season”