# Brendon Nelson — prediction record

Brendon Nelson covers the Seattle Seahawks for Sports Illustrated, tracking everything from roster moves and depth chart shuffles to draft positioning and playoff prospects. His work spans player health updates, trade analysis, and mock drafts—the full spectrum of what it takes to follow an NFL franchise through a season.

## Record

- **Accuracy:** 75%
- **MissedTakes Score:** 100
- **Graded articles:** 2
- **Graded individual calls:** 3
- **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.

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## Graded articles (2)

### Sep 12, 2026 — scored 50 across 2 calls

Nelson expects Sam Darnold to miss the Cardinals game and likely the Commanders game, with Drew Lock starting in his place, and believes Seattle is good enough to beat both Arizona and Washington with Lock under center.

https://missedtakes.co/opinions/469dc3bd-6091-4348-b19f-be27fb086457

### Aug 9, 2026 — scored 100 across 1 call

Recapping the Seahawks' mock game, Nelson suggests receiver Montorie Foster Jr shouldn't be counted out of the 53-man roster battle, and predicts rookie Rylie Mills will be a third game-wrecking interior defensive lineman for Seattle.

https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8b659235-87b4-4475-87ca-16000d16e20a


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