Colin Cowherd· Dec 24, 2025
Cowherd picked the Giants to beat the Raiders in their upcoming game, and floated Ty Simpson going around the 20th pick to a team drafting a quarterback.
“Probably the Giants.”
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- Game Outcome PicksNew York GiantsDec 24, 2025
New York Giants to beat Raiders
“Who you got in this one? ... Probably the Giants.”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+111 skillHow this was scored
- won:
- NYG
- score:
- 34-10
- skill:
- 111
- they picked:
- NYG
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- the naive pick:
- LV
- difficulty:
- 1.11
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 2
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