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Nick Shook covers the NFL across multiple platforms, appearing on the Around the NFL and Move the Sticks podcasts. His work spans draft analysis, offensive line breakdowns, and weekly power rankings, with a particular eye for position battles and combine evaluations.
Writes at Move the Sticks (podcast)
Every take from Nick Shook, including the ones still waiting →
Is Nick Shook accurate? Across 70 graded calls in 15 articles, Nick Shook scores 65.37% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 0.33, 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.
A limited sample — under 30 graded articles.
97.83% of their claims were specific enough to check. Most of what they said committed to something.
Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below shows its own arithmetic.
Teams and players where Nick Shook keeps landing outside the room: at least twice, their call sat beyond every other pundit who made a comparable one — higher or lower than all of them, in a room of at least five voices. The bar is their standing lean (+100 would be the most bullish voice in every room), and the accuracy covers just those out-on-a-limb calls, once they settle. Computed, never chosen.
Outside the room in 2 of 2 articles — always lower · the strays aren’t settled yet
Outside the room in 2 of 2 articles — always lower · the strays aren’t settled yet
3 of 15 graded articles on this page, newest first — page 1 of 3.
Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Patriots
“I would take the Steelers straight up. The line doesn't even matter to me in this game, just because of how well their defense performed in week one.”
Outside the room in 2 of 2 articles — always lower · the strays aren’t settled yet
Outside the room in 2 of 2 articles — always lower · the strays aren’t settled yet
Los Angeles Chargers to beat Raiders
“It still feels to me like it's a game that the Chargers win.”
Baltimore Ravens to beat Saints
“I really worry about that defense stopping the run... that's what's gonna tip that game into a double-digit win for the ravens I think.”
Jacksonville Jaguars to beat Broncos
“I think that they have the formula to beat this team... I would probably take them straight up, even though they're going to mile high.”
Houston Texans to beat Buffalo Bills
“that was the fourth pick I had stashed away was Texans one and a half... I very much feel confident in the Texans winning this game at home to start the season.”
Dallas Cowboys to beat New York Giants
“I'm going Cowboys minus two and a half over the Giants... I picked them to win by 15”
Jacksonville Jaguars 30 — Cleveland Browns 9
“It's Jaguars minus eight and a half over the Browns... 30-9, that's what I went with.”
Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Atlanta Falcons
“my first winner is going to be the Pittsburgh Steelers facing, looking at minus three and a half over the Atlanta Falcons... I think it's Probably a 7 to 10 point victory in this game.”
Aaron Donald to make the roster
“But I fully anticipate that he's gonna be on the roster.”