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Rich Eisen hosts The Rich Eisen Show and the Overreaction Monday podcast, where predictions range from game outcomes and playoff berths to power rankings and player awards. The calls touch teams including the Chiefs, Lions, Bills and Eagles, along with players such as Josh Allen, Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders.
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Across 491 graded calls in 140 articles, Rich Eisen scores 61.89% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 21.49, 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 #38 of 87 ranked NFL pundits on the MissedTakes leaderboard. Their strongest kind of call is Depth Chart Calls (97.65% accuracy across 43 graded calls); their weakest is Conference Champions (6.35% across 26 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 863 calls · one square per 5 calls
287hits58% of graded
30Close6%
174misses35%
How much better than a naive guess on the same claims. This is the ranking.
Teams and players where Rich Eisen 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 9 of 28 articles (1 higher, 8 lower) · when they strayed: 56.0 accuracy (9 settled)
Rich Eisen hosts The Rich Eisen Show and the Overreaction Monday podcast, where predictions range from game outcomes and playoff berths to power rankings and player awards. The calls touch teams including the Chiefs, Lions, Bills and Eagles, along with players such as Josh Allen, Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders.
A longer profile is written once a record reaches 30 graded articles, and published only after a person reviews it.
491 graded calls in 141 articles, newest first — page 1 of 15. Every take from Rich Eisen, 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.
372waitingnot 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 Rich Eisen would be #44; the Score measures the lift over a naive guess on the same calls, and that puts this record at #38.
| # | Pundit | Score | Accuracy | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Chris Brockman | 23 | 59.62% | 286 |
| 37 | Brooke Cersosimo | 22.73 | 51.89% | 38 |
| 38 | Rich Eisen | 21.49 | 61.89% | 491 |
| 39 | Gregg Rosenthal | 21.48 | 63.14% | 319 |
| 40 | JP Acosta | 21.48 | 59.01% | 142 |
Outside the room in 5 of 16 articles — always lower · when they strayed: 73.0 accuracy (5 settled)
Outside the room in 5 of 40 articles — always lower · when they strayed: 61.6 accuracy (5 settled)
Outside the room in 3 of 35 articles (2 higher, 1 lower) · when they strayed: 13.8 accuracy (3 settled)
Outside the room in 2 of 18 articles (1 higher, 1 lower) · when they strayed: 52.1 accuracy (2 settled)
Outside the room in 2 of 29 articles — always lower · when they strayed: 61.2 accuracy (2 settled)
Cincinnati Bengals to beat Falcons
“Bengals Falcons from Madrid... The Falcons need a w, man. They'll fall behind by two scores, and Joe Burrow will lead the back.”
Closing line (Nov 8): Bengals by 3 · favorite pick, Bengals 62%.
Kansas City Chiefs to beat Jets
“Now they've got the Jets. That's a w.”
Closing line (Nov 8): Chiefs by 9.5 · favorite pick, Chiefs about 4 in 5 (80%).
Detroit Lions to beat Miami
“The lines next visit Miami, which is Dan Campbell's old haunting spot. You can make that a green rectangle on our screen here.”
Closing line (Nov 8): Lions by 6.5 · favorite pick, Lions 72%.
Cincinnati Bengals to beat Titans
“They're four and two taking on a Titans team that does not have Jeffrey Simmons, and they're looking at a five and two start right in the face.”
Closing line (Nov 1): Bengals by 13.5 · favorite pick, Bengals about 6 in 7 (86%).
Los Angeles Rams to beat Los Angeles Chargers
“They're taking on the Los Angeles Chargers this week. So they can get back to 500... I think they're gonna get back to 500 with all due respect to the... Our neighbors across the way.”
Closing line (Nov 1): Rams by 6.5 · favorite pick, Rams 71%.
Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Saints
“this is a big game for the Steelers in Paris. This is winnable. They should they should beat the Saint...”
Closing line (Oct 25): Steelers by 3 · favorite pick, Steelers 59%.
Minnesota Vikings to beat Colts
“It's the Vikings, Chris. Okay. The Vikings are at home... against the Colts team that just fired their general manager”
Closing line (Oct 25): Vikings by 6.5 · favorite pick, Vikings about 3 in 4 (73%).
Minnesota Vikings to beat Colts
“This is a winnable game against the Colts big time. Take your Daniel Jones, revenge this week and be happy about it... So take your win against Daniel Jones, take a breath”
Closing line (Oct 25): Vikings by 6.5 · favorite pick, Vikings about 3 in 4 (73%).
New England Patriots to beat Jets
“The Jets all time team could play this week, and it's not gonna matter.”
Closing line (Oct 18): Patriots by 7.5 · favorite pick, Patriots about 3 in 4 (74%).
Dallas Cowboys to beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers
“Defensively, they've got a backup quarterback in their house. And a team that hasn't won yet, they should destroy Tampa with all due respect to the Bucks”
Closing line (Oct 8): Cowboys by 9.5 · favorite pick, Cowboys about 4 in 5 (81%).