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Damonza Byrd is a contributor to What's Wright? with Nick Wright, the podcast where the host's NFL opinions get sharpened and stress-tested by guests and co-hosts. Byrd appears in weekly picks episodes and preseason prediction shows, weighing in on everything from Super Bowl matchups to depth-chart battles.
More about Damonza Byrd ↓Writes at What's Wright? with Nick Wright (podcast)
Across 14 graded calls in 10 articles, Damonza Byrd scores 58% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 65.8, which means their calls were better than a naive guess on the same claims.
That is a limited sample, under thirty graded articles, so treat it with caution. That ranks #3 of 87 ranked NFL pundits on the MissedTakes leaderboard.
How accurate are NFL experts overall? →
Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below opens to its own arithmetic.
All 21 calls · one square per call
8hits57% of graded
2Close14%
4misses29%
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How much better than a naive guess on the same claims. This is the ranking.
Damonza Byrd is a contributor to What's Wright? with Nick Wright, the podcast where the host's NFL opinions get sharpened and stress-tested by guests and co-hosts. Byrd appears in weekly picks episodes and preseason prediction shows, weighing in on everything from Super Bowl matchups to depth-chart battles.
A longer profile is written once a record reaches 30 graded articles, and published only after a person reviews it.
14 graded calls in 10 articles, newest first — page 1 of 2. Every take from Damonza Byrd, 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.
Why the ranks differ: a naive guess scores very differently depending on which calls were made, from 15.25% on the hardest record here to 85.71% on the easiest. Accuracy alone flatters easy calls, so by accuracy Damonza Byrd would be #54; the Score measures the lift over a naive guess on the same calls, and that puts this record at #3.
| # | Pundit | Score | Accuracy | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jared Koch | 81.18 | 73.61% | 19 |
| 2 | Joe Marino | 74.94 | 80.17% | 181 |
| 3 | Damonza Byrd | 65.8 | 58% | 14 |
| 4 | Bryan DeArdo | 64.4 | 84.97% | 25 |
| 5 | Tom Pelissero | 60.08 | 82.13% | 38 |
Seattle Seahawks to beat New England
“I think Seattle is gonna jump on them early, but at the end of the game, I think it's gonna be pretty close... But I do think the Patriots we'll lose.”
Closing line (Feb 8): Seahawks by 4.5 · favorite pick, Seahawks about 2 in 3 (68%).
Seattle Seahawks to beat Rams
“I'm on Seahawks minus the points... I just I think it will be tightly contested. Seahawks will be able to pull it off.”
Closing line (Jan 25): Seahawks by 2.5 · favorite pick, Seahawks 56%.
New England Patriots to beat Broncos
“Like I think, even if the Patriots were to lose the game, I still think it'd be a close game, and I believe New England will win it.”
Closing line (Jan 25): Patriots by 3.5 · favorite pick, Patriots about 2 in 3 (64%).
Seattle Seahawks to reach the Super Bowl
“I'm on Seahawks minus the points... Seahawks will be able to pull it off.”
Baltimore Ravens to reach the Super Bowl
“the super Bowl take that I had was if the Ravens managed to blow this for me and the Cincinnati doesn't cover ten and a half, we're Super Bowl A bound”
Denver Broncos to beat Dallas
“I'm not sure I'm riding with you on the pick, but I think Denver might be able to win in a shootout.”
Closing line (Oct 26): Broncos by 3.5 · favorite pick, Broncos 63%.
Bijan Robinson to finish top 1 at his position, by rushing tds
“I'm telling he's my most rushing touchdown, most rushing. / Oh yeah, you're before the year.”
Pittsburgh Steelers to win the division
“I do like the Steelers being the top dogs right now, though, because I have no faith in Ar.”
New England Patriots to beat Pittsburgh
“So Demonsay's on the record he likes New England to win out right there... I think the team with Aaron Rodgers' comments... in New England, like they're showing some continuity.”
Closing line (Sep 21): Steelers by 1.5 · a toss-up, Steelers 52%, Patriots 48%.
Baltimore Ravens to reach the Super Bowl
“I gotta say that this My super Bowl pick on the the AFC is the Ravens... you picked the Ravens to win the super Bowl and to win the AFC obviously”