Bill Bender

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Is Bill Bender accurate?

Across 1 graded call in 1 article, Bill Bender scores 92.86% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 20.8, 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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92.86%

Accuracy

How often they were right.

20.8

MissedTakes Score

Versus a naive guess. 0 means no better.

1

Graded calls

across 1 article.

Fewer than 10 graded articles. Treat this as provisional.

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Graded calls · 1

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Bender picked the Packers to win 27-22 over the Panthers.Oct 28, 2026
- Green Bay Packers 27 — Panthers 22
  “Sporting News' Bill Bender is taking the Packers, 27-22.”
  Hit · 93Scored 92.86a naive guess scored 79.94+20.8 skill
  How this was scored
  score:
  19-27
  skill:
  20.8
  they picked:
  GB
  season:
  2026
  accuracy:
  92.86
  baseline:
  79.94
  difficulty:
  1.61
  weeks in the season:
  18
  actual margin:
  8

weeks left when called:

11

naive home margin:

−0.43

predicted margin:

5

Closing line (Oct 29): Packers by 3.5, total 47.5 · this 27–22 calls a bigger Packers win (by 5) and more points (49).

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