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Ralph Vacchiano covers the NFL for Fox Sports and has appeared on Sports Illustrated and The Dan Patrick Show. His work spans power rankings, game predictions, depth charts and player stat projections across a roster of teams including the Giants, Jets, Eagles and Bills.
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Across 13 graded calls in 5 articles, Ralph Vacchiano scores 51.4% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 18.08, 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 142 calls · one square per call
7hits54% of graded
1Close8%
5misses38%
129
How much better than a naive guess on the same claims. This is the ranking.
Teams and players where Ralph Vacchiano 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.
Outside the room in 2 of 9 articles — always lower · the strays aren’t settled yet
Ralph Vacchiano covers the NFL for Fox Sports and has appeared on Sports Illustrated and The Dan Patrick Show. His work spans power rankings, game predictions, depth charts and player stat projections across a roster of teams including the Giants, Jets, Eagles and Bills.
A longer profile is written once a record reaches 30 graded articles, and published only after a person reviews it.
13 graded calls in 5 articles, newest first. Every take from Ralph Vacchiano, 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.
Ralph Vacchiano isn’t ranked yet: a record is ranked from 10 graded articles, so a lucky first handful can’t top the table.
Outside the room in 2 of 8 articles — always lower · when they strayed: 67.0 accuracy (1 settled)
Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Saints
“Now they'll all head to Paris for a game against the Steelers ... A win there would give them a nice boost heading into their bye week. But the way their defense nearly threw away the game against the Giants, I wouldn't count on that.”
Closing line (Oct 25): Steelers by 3 · favorite pick, Steelers 59%.
San Francisco 49ers to beat Atlanta Falcons
“The Falcons' hopes will probably get dashed next Sunday at home against the 49ers ... So let that be a small consolation when Sunday comes and they fall to 2-5.”
Closing line (Oct 25): 49ers by 2.5 · favorite pick, 49ers 58%.
Denver Broncos to beat Chargers
“Jim Harbaugh's squad is already 0-4 and facing a very difficult schedule. With the Broncos, Chiefs, Rams and Texans up next, when the deadline hits, they really might be 0-8.”
Closing line (Oct 11): Broncos by 3.5 · favorite pick, Broncos 63%.
Kansas City Chiefs to beat Chargers
“With the Broncos, Chiefs, Rams and Texans up next, when the deadline hits, they really might be 0-8.”
Los Angeles Rams to beat Chargers
“With the Broncos, Chiefs, Rams and Texans up next, when the deadline hits, they really might be 0-8.”
Houston Texans to beat Chargers
“With the Broncos, Chiefs, Rams and Texans up next, when the deadline hits, they really might be 0-8.”
New York Jets to beat New England
“they've got a very winnable stretch — vs. Cleveland, at New England, vs. Miami, vs. Las Vegas — coming up.”
New York Jets to beat Miami
“they've got a very winnable stretch — vs. Cleveland, at New England, vs. Miami, vs. Las Vegas — coming up.”
New York Jets to beat Las Vegas
“they've got a very winnable stretch — vs. Cleveland, at New England, vs. Miami, vs. Las Vegas — coming up.”
New York Jets to beat Cleveland
“they've got a very winnable stretch — vs. Cleveland, at New England, vs. Miami, vs. Las Vegas — coming up.”
Kansas City Chiefs to beat Raiders
“With the Raiders up next, they're looking at 4-0 heading into their bye.”
Closing line (Oct 4): Chiefs by 4.5 · favorite pick, Chiefs about 2 in 3 (66%).
Tua Tagovailoa to be 1st on the depth chart
“Tua got the Week 1 nod”
“This says the twenty twenty five NFL Power Rankings, according to NFL. On Fox... One of their lead NFL guys, Ralph Facciano. He compiled this... Broncos at sixteen, Bears at seventeen, Niners at eighteen... nineteen Cowboys, twenty, Jags, Seahawks, twenty one, Patriots, Raiders, Dolphins, Falcons, Giants, Jets, Panthers, Cults, Titans, Saints, and Browns in last place at thirty two.”