# Randy Gurzi: Predicted Seattle would survive a slow start and pull away in the second half for a two-touchdown road win over Washington, 27-13.

**Claimed:** Sep 25, 2026
**Pundit:** Randy Gurzi — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/randy-gurzi
**Outlet:** Sports Illustrated — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/outlets/sports-illustrated
**How it reached us:** published in writing
**Original:** https://www.si.com/nfl/seahawks/onsi/seahawks-vs-commanders-predictions-week-3-expert-roundup-could-be-kiss-of-death

One checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.

The call scored 21.4 out of 100, against 96.4 for a naive guess at the same calls.

> Final score: Seahawks 27, Commanders 13

*(their words, quoted for attribution)*

## The claims

- **Seattle Seahawks 27 — Commanders 13**
  - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Seattle Seahawks
  - Verdict: scored 21.43 out of 100, against 96.35 for a naive guess

## Who this take is about

- Seattle Seahawks — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/seahawks

## What others said about the same people

- John Middlekauff on Seattle Seahawks: Middlekauff expects blowout wins for Seattle over Washington and Kansas City over Miami in Week 3, picks Cincinnati to beat Pittsburgh in the AFC North matchup, and takes Tennessee over the Giants if Jameis Winston is taking snaps. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/8115d255-82e3-442e-aeef-c3eaa3587603 (scored 0)
- Nick Wright on Seattle Seahawks: On his Week 3 pick show, Nick Wright gave straight-up final-score predictions for five games, calling blowouts by Seattle over Washington and Kansas City over Miami, a Jacksonville home win over New England, a narrow New Orleans win over the Raiders and a low-scoring Baltimore win over Dallas in Brazil. He also called Seattle the best team in the NFL with the league's best defense. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/afa6070a-4229-4b28-a922-31d609ad1adf (scored 4.76)
- John Pluym on Seattle Seahawks: Picked the Seahawks to beat the Commanders in Week 3. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/ee15fd9e-ce6d-4573-8444-8778b46e2997 (scored 0)
- Bobby Kownack on Seattle Seahawks: Picked the Seahawks to beat the Commanders in Week 3. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/8cc271bf-7de5-4dd3-bfb4-b8d9fe034f8a (scored 0)
- Matt Bowen on Seattle Seahawks: Picked the Seahawks to beat the Commanders in Week 3. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/a133b606-c98a-4a84-a367-fc2555f534db (scored 0)
- Ryan Wilson on Seattle Seahawks: Picked the Seahawks to beat the Commanders in Week 3. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/17f73ff5-6d8b-46a1-9d90-69ba1b38d70d (scored 0)

## More score predictions

The same kind of call, about other players and teams.

- Richie Bradshaw on San Francisco 49ers: Bradshaw picks the 49ers to beat the Cardinals in their Week 3 matchup, predicting a final score of 27-14 in San Francisco's favor. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/56e0c2a3-ddff-46f8-8359-2a546546a29c (scored 83.33)
- Pat Fitzmaurice on Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Fitzmaurice gave rest-of-season positional rankings for several Chiefs and other skill players, including Mahomes as his QB10, Kenneth Walker as RB4 behind Gibbs, Bijan and McCaffrey, Kelce at TE8 and Worthy down at WR50, and he picked Tampa Bay to beat Minnesota 21-20. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/31b15133-9938-492f-a5a8-48d1dd02b911 (scored 35.71)
- Derek Brown on Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Brown laid out aggressive rest-of-season positional rankings — Mahomes QB8, Kenneth Walker RB3, Kelce up to TE7, Rashee Rice all the way down at WR31 and Worthy at WR42 — called Drake London a WR1 with Penix back, and picked Tampa Bay 21-18 over Minnesota while declaring Zay Flowers will not play in Brazil. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/889acfb2-8238-4174-89cb-a194ff0948ff (scored 40.48)
- Bryan DeArdo on Cincinnati Bengals: He picks the Bengals to beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh in a low-scoring, defensive game, arguing Pittsburgh's struggling offense can't break through against Cincinnati's strong defense. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/105a1dc7-6107-450a-bc8d-a65798ee0257 (scored 50)
- Alain Poupart on Kansas City Chiefs: Previewing the Week 3 home opener, he predicted the Chiefs would comfortably beat the Dolphins, saying Miami's defense couldn't contain Kansas City and its offense wasn't ready for a shootout. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e3d70a16-8870-4e5e-80d7-047e5e6206bf (scored 73.81)
- Nick Wright on New Orleans Saints: On his Week 3 pick show, Nick Wright gave straight-up final-score predictions for five games, calling blowouts by Seattle over Washington and Kansas City over Miami, a Jacksonville home win over New England, a narrow New Orleans win over the Raiders and a low-scoring Baltimore win over Dallas in Brazil. He also called Seattle the best team in the NFL with the league's best defense. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/afa6070a-4229-4b28-a922-31d609ad1adf (scored 33.33)

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