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John Maakaron covers the Detroit Lions for Sports Illustrated, tracking roster moves, depth charts, player contracts and weekly power rankings. The coverage extends at times to the Seahawks and Panthers, and the graded predictions here touch on Sam LaPorta, Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph.
Across 3 graded calls in 2 articles, John Maakaron scores 72.62% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 60.79, 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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Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below opens to its own arithmetic.
All 37 calls · one square per call
2hits67% of graded
1Close33%
34waitingnot graded yet
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.
John Maakaron covers the Detroit Lions for Sports Illustrated, tracking roster moves, depth charts, player contracts and weekly power rankings. The coverage extends at times to the Seahawks and Panthers, and the graded predictions here touch on Sam LaPorta, Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph.
A longer profile is written once a record reaches 30 graded articles, and published only after a person reviews it.
3 graded calls in 2 articles, newest first. Every take from John Maakaron, 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.
John Maakaron isn’t ranked yet: a record is ranked from 10 graded articles, so a lucky first handful can’t top the table.
Detroit Lions 27 — Panthers 23
“Lions 27, Panthers 23”
Closing line (Oct 4): Lions by 4.5, total 52.5 · this 27–23 calls a closer game (Lions by 4) and fewer points (50).
Joe Bachie to move to Detroit Lions
“A few players that could find landing spots elsewhere include lineback Joe Bachie, defensive lineman Ben Stille, defensive lineman Chris Smith and running back Sione Vaki.”
Chris Smith to move to Detroit Lions
“A few players that could find landing spots elsewhere include lineback Joe Bachie, defensive lineman Ben Stille, defensive lineman Chris Smith and running back Sione Vaki.”