What's Wright with Nick Wright · Jan 17, 2026
Nick Wright picked the Bills to beat the Broncos comfortably in Denver, 27-13, called it his favorite pick of the weekend, and also picked Seattle to beat San Francisco, New England to beat Houston, the Rams to blow out the Bears 42-27, and Miami to win the national championship game outright over Indiana.
“Bills win this game twenty seven to thirteen, and it's not some close classic.”
said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast) · read the original →
5 checkable claims from this
Each one is scored on its own against the published methodology. A pundit naming several outcomes is graded on each, not on all-or-nothing.
- Score PredictionsBuffalo BillsJan 17, 2026
“This is my favorite pick of the weekend is the Bills plus one in Denver. Bills win this game twenty seven to thirteen, and it's not some close classic... That's my official prediction for how the Broncos season ends.”
Scored 23.81a naive guess scored 97.69-73.88 skillHow this was scored
- score:
- 30-33
- skill:
- -73.88
- they picked:
- BUF
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 23.81
- baseline:
- 97.69
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 3
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- naive home margin:
- 2.03
- predicted margin:
- 14
- Game Outcome PicksNew England PatriotsJan 17, 2026
“I'll say twenty four twenty or twenty four to seventeen that range for New England... So I'll lay the three points with the Pats.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skillHow this was scored
- won:
- NE
- score:
- 16-28
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- NE
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 100
- naive pick:
- NE
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Score PredictionsLos Angeles RamsJan 17, 2026
“But I think it ends for the Bears this weekend. And I think this is forty two to twenty seven Rams”
Scored 71.43a naive guess scored 47.69+23.74 skillHow this was scored
- score:
- 20-17
- skill:
- 23.74
- they picked:
- LAR
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 71.43
- baseline:
- 47.69
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 3
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- naive home margin:
- 2.03
- predicted margin:
- 15
- Game Outcome PicksSeattle SeahawksJan 17, 2026
“And then I am taking the the Niners plus seven at Seattle. I also expect Seattle to win.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Game Outcome PicksMiami DolphinsJan 17, 2026
“So I will take Miami plus the eight and a half and Miami on the money line.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.