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Eric Williams covers the NFL for Fox Sports, writing about NFC and AFC West teams including the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders. Williams writes the "West Coast Read" and "Overreaction Monday" columns, tackling playoff races, MVP contenders and weekly storylines across the league.
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Across 5 graded calls in 5 articles, Eric Williams scores 53.81% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of -73.66, which means their calls were worse 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 109 calls · one square per call
2hits40% of graded
1Close20%
2misses40%
104
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.
Eric Williams covers the NFL for Fox Sports, writing about NFC and AFC West teams including the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders. Williams writes the "West Coast Read" and "Overreaction Monday" columns, tackling playoff races, MVP contenders and weekly storylines across the league.
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 Eric Williams, 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.
Eric Williams isn’t ranked yet: a record is ranked from 10 graded articles, so a lucky first handful can’t top the table.
Los Angeles Chargers to beat Buffalo Bills
“get ready for the Chargers to do Chargers things on the road against the best team in the NFL in the Buffalo Bills, right? Nope, when everyone expects them to fall on their face, these are the moments the Chargers rise up and hit teams over their heads.”
Closing line (Sep 27): Bills by 7 · underdog pick, Chargers about 1 in 4 (27%).
Los Angeles Rams to beat New York Giants
“The Rams take on an upstart Giants team in Week 2, but evaluators believe Los Angeles should be able to win that game.”
Closing line (Sep 21): Rams by 6.5 · favorite pick, Rams 72%.
Los Angeles Rams to beat New York Giants
“McVay remains one of the best coaches in the league and has 11 days to prepare for a bounce-back performance against the Giants at SoFi Stadium. Expect the Rams to show up and show out against John Harbaugh's Giants.”
Closing line (Sep 21): Rams by 6.5 · favorite pick, Rams 72%.
Seattle Seahawks 28 — Chiefs 24
“Score prediction: Seahawks 28, Chiefs 24”
Camden Brown to land on the practice squad
“If he can figure out a way to contribute on special teams, Brown could have a chance to find his way on the back of the roster, or at least land on the practice squad.”