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Jason McIntyre is the full-time co-host and analyst on The Herd with Colin Cowherd on FS1 and Fox Sports Radio, where he debates hot topics with Cowherd and occasionally fills in as the main host. He founded the sports and media blog The Big Lead in 2006 before it was sold to USA Today, and joined Fox Sports around 2015–2016, working across various FS1 shows before landing the permanent co-host seat. He also hosts the Straight Fire podcast and holds minority ownership stakes in sports ventures, including Liga MX's Necaxa. McIntyre covers a wide swath of NFL terrain—game outcomes, division winners, playoff berths, season win totals, conference champions, player movement, draft positioning, and awards. His predictions span teams like the Bills, Eagles, Texans, and Chargers, with player-level calls on names ranging from Lamar Jackson to Travis Hunter. He brings the confident, rapid-fire take style the show is built around to every topic he touches.
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Across 98 graded calls in 39 articles, Jason McIntyre scores 64.93% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 18.7, which means their calls were better than a naive guess on the same claims.
That is an established record: thirty or more graded articles. That ranks #46 of 87 ranked NFL pundits on the MissedTakes leaderboard. Their strongest kind of call is Game Outcome Picks (71% accuracy across 49 graded calls); their weakest is Division Winners (41.67% across 10 graded calls).
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Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below opens to its own arithmetic.
All 197 calls · one square per call
54hits55% of graded
5Close5%
39misses40%
How much better than a naive guess on the same claims. This is the ranking.
Jason McIntyre is the full-time co-host and analyst on The Herd with Colin Cowherd on FS1 and Fox Sports Radio, where he debates hot topics with Cowherd and occasionally fills in as the main host. He founded the sports and media blog The Big Lead in 2006 before it was sold to USA Today, and joined Fox Sports around 2015–2016, working across various FS1 shows before landing the permanent co-host seat. He also hosts the Straight Fire podcast and holds minority ownership stakes in sports ventures, including Liga MX's Necaxa. McIntyre covers a wide swath of NFL terrain—game outcomes, division winners, playoff berths, season win totals, conference champions, player movement, draft positioning, and awards. His predictions span teams like the Bills, Eagles, Texans, and Chargers, with player-level calls on names ranging from Lamar Jackson to Travis Hunter. He brings the confident, rapid-fire take style the show is built around to every topic he touches.
A longer profile is written once a record reaches 30 graded articles, and published only after a person reviews it.
98 graded calls in 39 articles, newest first — page 1 of 4. Every take from Jason McIntyre, 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.
99waitingnot graded yet
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 Jason McIntyre would be #36; the Score measures the lift over a naive guess on the same calls, and that puts this record at #46.
| # | Pundit | Score | Accuracy | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Bobby Kownack | 19.38 | 46.43% | 39 |
| 45 | Cynthia Frelund | 18.73 | 60.25% | 100 |
| 46 | Jason McIntyre | 18.7 | 64.93% | 98 |
| 47 | Kevin Wildes | 18.47 | 41.89% | 32 |
| 48 | John Middlekauff | 18.21 | 65.48% | 124 |
Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Browns
“So I would think it's slam dunk for the Steelers here. Browns on the road are not as good.”
Closing line (Nov 1): Steelers by 3.5 · favorite pick, Steelers 64%.
Dallas Cowboys to beat Bucs
“I don't think the Bucs are taking down the Cowboys.”
Closing line (Oct 8): Cowboys by 9.5 · favorite pick, Cowboys about 4 in 5 (81%).
Jacksonville Jaguars to beat Browns
“How about this will not shock you. The Jags are beating the Browns.”
Closing line (Sep 13): Jaguars by 8.5 · favorite pick, Jaguars about 4 in 5 (79%).
Cincinnati Bengals to beat Tampa Bay
“Bucks, Bengals... I'll give the Bengals a win, but I'm going with a three and a half for Tampa Bay.”
Minnesota Vikings to beat Green Bay Packers
“Minnesota Vikings. Minus one and a half against the reeling Green Bay Packers... I believe they take down the Packers in an impressive win”
Philadelphia Eagles 27 — Commanders 10
“Next up, Commanders Eagles... I like Philly here in, you know, a 27-10 Eagles role.”
Los Angeles Chargers to beat Arizona Cardinals
“Give me the Arizona Cardinals getting 10 and a half against the Chargers. I like the Chargers to win, but are they going to win by more than 10 and a half?”
Chicago Bears to beat Panthers
“So under three, I'm going to go with the Bears here reluctantly... I'll go Bears favored by two and a half.”
Tennessee Titans to beat Jets
“Sala gets revenge and Titans beat my Jets... I'll take the Titans.”
Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Falcons
“falcon steelers i went chalky here i went pittsburgh favor by three... I'll take the Steelers and Aaron Rodgers.”
Houston Texans to beat Bills
“Then the real good game, Bill's Texans... I've got the Texans winning this game.”
Los Angeles Rams to beat Niners
“Next up, Niners Rams. This is next Thursday in Australia... I'm going with the Rams here. Favorite by three and a half”
Detroit Lions to beat Saints
“I'll take the Lions favored by six and a half.”
Dallas Cowboys to beat New York Giants
“How are you going to feel at 0-2 after they lose to the Cowboys and the Rams?”
Los Angeles Rams to beat New York Giants
“How are you going to feel at 0-2 after they lose to the Cowboys and the Rams?”