# Alain Poupart — prediction record Alain Poupart covers the Miami Dolphins for Sports Illustrated, where he digs into roster decisions, rookie rankings, and the weekly power rankings ritual. His work tracks the full arc of roster construction—from camp battles to final cuts to the fate of waived players around the league. ## Record - **Accuracy:** 82.21% - **MissedTakes Score:** 32.68 - **Graded articles:** 8 - **Graded individual calls:** 87 - **Clarity:** 100% PROVISIONAL: fewer than 10 graded articles. This number is not yet meaningful, and they are excluded from leaderboards. The MissedTakes Score is how much better than a naive baseline they did, not how often they were right. Zero means no better than a strategy requiring no knowledge. A record is counted in ARTICLES rather than individual calls, because thirty picks in one mock draft is one act of judgment rather than thirty. Full method: https://missedtakes.co/methodology ## Graded articles (8) ### Sep 26, 2026 — scored 73.81 across 1 call Previewing the Week 3 home opener, he predicted the Chiefs would comfortably beat the Dolphins, saying Miami's defense couldn't contain Kansas City and its offense wasn't ready for a shootout. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e3d70a16-8870-4e5e-80d7-047e5e6206bf ### Sep 19, 2026 — scored 71.43 across 1 call Poupart predicts the 49ers beat the Dolphins 27-17 at Levi's Stadium in Week 2, though he expects the game to be closer than the spread suggests. He also anticipates a larger role for De'Von Achane and a big passing day from Brock Purdy. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/70e53b3b-fd72-43e7-a99b-655f41a11160 ### Sep 18, 2026 — scored 100 across 1 call Answering a mailbag ahead of the Dolphins-49ers game, Poupart says logic points to Miami losing because San Francisco is the far better team, while allowing that upsets happen. He also lays out what would have to happen for a Dolphins win (Achane running wild or the defense intercepting Brock Purdy). https://missedtakes.co/opinions/99ecba7f-1162-43c1-9990-e5868a5b4c85 ### Sep 18, 2026 — scored 100 across 1 call Poupart, while arguing the Dolphins have upset history as big underdogs, ultimately leans toward San Francisco beating Miami in their Week 2 matchup, saying it's too much to predict a Dolphins upset. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/92666fd1-265d-4ba3-874b-65af7c66fd79 ### Sep 12, 2026 — scored 23.81 across 1 call Poupart predicts the Dolphins upset the Raiders in Week 1 in Las Vegas, 27-24, and also expects Miami to win few games overall in 2026. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/6dfbbc26-d75a-4671-8e05-5595ae2a2bee ### Aug 28, 2026 — scored 100 across 6 calls Previewing the Dolphins' preseason finale and roster cutdown, Poupart states Malik Willis is locked in as the starting quarterback, Mark Gronowski is effectively gone, and identifies Greg Dulcich and Will Kacmarek as the only certainties at tight end while treating several receivers as settled roster locks. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ea9d4107-0a88-42a5-8300-186c4a38bef3 ### Aug 21, 2026 — scored 100 across 32 calls Poupart sorts the Dolphins roster into tiers ahead of the 53-man cutdown, naming 28 players as locks to make the roster and eight more as borderline locks who more than likely make it. He also expects Quinn Ewers to be the No. 2 quarterback behind Malik Willis, and says Darrell Baker Jr. and Storm Duck will start the season on PUP. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8d4c251a-feb0-423c-ab57-3c49236782c0 ### Aug 9, 2026 — scored 88.64 across 44 calls Poupart's third 53-man roster projection of 2026 for the Dolphins names which players make the roster and which are cut at each position group. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/af1013eb-d6fa-476c-b1d9-bc977dff22a5 --- We grade claims about outcomes, never claims about people. If something here is wrong, tell us: https://missedtakes.co/corrections?pundit=alain-poupart