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Steven Ruiz covers the NFL for Fox Sports and appears on Football 301 with Nate Tice and The Herd with Colin Cowherd. Quarterback evaluations, Super Bowl predictions, and game-level analysis show up regularly, with recurring attention to Caleb Williams, Lamar Jackson, Sam Darnold, and the Bears, Ravens, and Bills.
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Across 9 graded calls in 3 articles, Steven Ruiz scores 26.19% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of -24.25, which means their calls were worse 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 55 calls · one square per call
5hits56% of graded
4misses44%
46waitingnot graded yet
How much better than a naive guess on the same claims. This is the ranking.
Steven Ruiz covers the NFL for Fox Sports and appears on Football 301 with Nate Tice and The Herd with Colin Cowherd. Quarterback evaluations, Super Bowl predictions, and game-level analysis show up regularly, with recurring attention to Caleb Williams, Lamar Jackson, Sam Darnold, and the Bears, Ravens, and Bills.
A longer profile is written once a record reaches 30 graded articles, and published only after a person reviews it.
9 graded calls in 3 articles, newest first. Every take from Steven Ruiz, including the ones still waiting →
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The same 87, by how often their calls landed, with no credit for difficulty.
Steven Ruiz isn’t ranked yet: a record is ranked from 10 graded articles, so a lucky first handful can’t top the table.
Houston Texans to beat Colts
“I'm going with the Texans win by two touchdowns... So I I see this being a dominant dominant win for the Texans.”
Closing line (Sep 27): Texans by 1.5 · a toss-up, Texans 53%, Colts 47%.
Las Vegas Raiders to beat Saints
“I'm gonna go I'm gonna go Raiders. I think the offense continues to do what they're doing.”
Closing line (Sep 27): Saints by 3.5 · underdog pick, Raiders 37%.
Denver Broncos to beat Rams
“I'm actually gonna go with the Broncos on this one... I I I think the Broncos take this one.”
Closing line (Sep 27): Broncos by 1.5 · a toss-up, Rams 50%, Broncos 50%.
Philadelphia Eagles to beat Bears
“I gotta go with the Eagles just because the quarterback situation, but I I do think the Bears keep it closer than maybe you would expect”
Closing line (Sep 28): Eagles by 3.5 · favorite pick, Eagles 64%.
Jacksonville Jaguars to beat Patriots
“I'm gonna lean Jaguars even I I think they win by, like, a field goal, but I do think it's competitive game. And I think it's a low scoring game”
Closing line (Sep 27): Jaguars by 3 · favorite pick, Jaguars 59%.
Detroit Lions to beat Jets
“I'll go with the Lions. I I I think the defense plays a little bit better, but, like, I think this is an offensive driven game for them, and they scored, like, 35 points.”
Closing line (Sep 27): Lions by 7 · favorite pick, Lions about 3 in 4 (73%).
Baltimore Ravens to beat Cowboys
“I think the Ravens take this one by I I think it's a comfortable win, but it is competitive up until the fourth quarter”
Closing line (Sep 27): Ravens by 3 · favorite pick, Ravens 60%.
Los Angeles Rams 38 — Bills 17
“Score prediction: Rams 38, Bills 17”
Michael Penix Jr. to be 1st on the depth chart
“just ask Falcons fans how excited they are by the prospect of Michael Penix Jr. starting in Week 1 and then remind yourself that Cousins couldn't beat him out a year ago”