# Zach Roberts — prediction record Zach Roberts covers the Carolina Panthers for Sports Illustrated, tracking roster decisions, depth chart shifts and trade scenarios. The work also touches the Bears and Packers, with game predictions mixed in alongside player movement calls. ## Is Zach Roberts accurate? Across 61 graded calls in 7 articles, Zach Roberts scores 75.92% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 57.92, 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. ## Record - **Accuracy:** 75.92% - **MissedTakes Score:** 57.92 - **Graded articles:** 7 - **Graded individual calls:** 61 - **Clarity:** 100% - **Hedged:** 58.41% of claims - **Right when hedging:** not enough data - **Right when committing:** not enough data PROVISIONAL: fewer than 10 graded articles. This number is not yet meaningful, and they are excluded from leaderboards. The MissedTakes Score is how much better than a naive baseline they did, not how often they were right. Zero means no better than a strategy requiring no knowledge. A record is counted in ARTICLES rather than individual calls, because thirty picks in one mock draft is one act of judgment rather than thirty. Full method: https://missedtakes.co/methodology ## Graded articles (7) ### Sep 7, 2026 — scored 100 across 1 call Roberts expects the Bears to beat the Panthers in Charlotte in Week 1, a narrow road win rather than a blowout, arguing Chicago holds the edge in every matchup on paper. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2489be28-f1ea-4a69-b6b4-36b44a4877bc ### Aug 28, 2026 — scored 85.71 across 7 calls Previewing the Panthers' preseason finale, Roberts predicts which receivers make the 53-man roster (McMillan, Coker, Legette and Tremayne easily; Metchie possibly cut), expects AJ Dillon to make the roster, doubts both Aaron Hall and Elijah Garcia stick, and suggests Ja'Tavion Sanders could be traded. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/8999e0c7-e291-428b-b3ff-c48fc25a653b ### Aug 20, 2026 — scored 0 across 1 call Roberts suggests that if Haynes King's hamstring injury keeps them from practicing or playing before cuts, the Panthers will likely leave them off the 53-man roster and place them on the practice squad, where another team would poach them. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/98984908-4fba-4e2f-8132-3f41cee82520 ### Aug 13, 2026 — scored 95.74 across 47 calls Roberts projects the Carolina Panthers' 53-man roster following the Hall of Fame Game, naming every player they expect to make the team at each position, and pegs AJ Dillon as the fourth running back on the depth chart. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/eef72be3-9114-401b-a6e8-2ffc335cc7fb ### Aug 7, 2026 — scored 50 across 2 calls After the Hall of Fame Game, Roberts wrote that Trevor Etienne has done enough to make the Panthers' roster, that Haynes King belongs on Carolina's roster, and that Kenny Pickett remains the backup quarterback ahead of King. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c5b4f8da-c458-404d-aafd-b06e894442b2 ### Aug 7, 2026 — scored 100 across 1 call Roberts argues Haynes King's Hall of Fame Game showing means Carolina can't risk exposing them to the practice squad, and says receiver Ja'Seem Reed looks poised to make the 53-man roster. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/3cc9a33c-6ce4-483f-a49d-72ba8a7d7c00 ### Aug 6, 2026 — scored 100 across 2 calls Previewing the Panthers' Hall of Fame Game, Roberts predicts Kenny Pickett starts but plays sparingly with Haynes King getting extensive work, and projects UDFA receiver Ja'Seem Reed and defensive lineman Aaron Hall to make the final 53-man roster. https://missedtakes.co/opinions/21b93a68-3735-496f-abf0-ed279bbc5c44 --- We grade claims about outcomes, never claims about people. If something here is wrong, tell us: https://missedtakes.co/corrections?pundit=zach-roberts