Richard Sherman · Jan 23, 2026
Sherman picks the Seahawks to beat the Rams comfortably at home, 27-17, with a defensive score, and says the winner of that NFC Championship game will win the Super Bowl. He also picks the Patriots to win comfortably in Denver, 21-15, and assumes Matthew Stafford will be named league MVP.
“I got Settle winning twenty seven to seventeen in this ball game”
said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast) · read the original →
6 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 PredictionsJan 23, 2026
“I got the New England Patriots winning this game twenty one to fifteen.”
Scored 92.86a naive guess scored 47.69+45.17 skillHow this was scored
- score:
- 10-7
- skill:
- 45.17
- they picked:
- NE
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 92.86
- 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:
- 6
- Super Bowl PicksJan 23, 2026
“Obviously they get this win. I think the winner of this game wins the Super Bowl.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+100 skillHow this was scored
- skill:
- 100
- they picked:
- SEA
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- champion:
- SEA
- runner up:
- NE
- naive pick:
- PHI
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Award PicksJan 23, 2026
“Matthew Stafford the MVP of the league this year is what I'm assuming he's gonna be named at some point.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+100 skillHow this was scored
- award:
- mvp
- naive:
- the naive pick was Josh Allen, who won it the year before
- skill:
- 100
- player:
- Matthew Stafford
- season:
- 2025
- winner:
- Matthew Stafford
- correct:
- true
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Conference ChampionsJan 23, 2026
“I got the New England Patriots coming into Denver and winning comfortably.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Conference ChampionsJan 23, 2026
“that's a big reason why I feel like the Seattle Seahawks are gonna pull this one off in a comfortable fashion”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Score PredictionsJan 23, 2026
“I got Settle winning twenty seven to seventeen in this ball game, scoring, and they'll get a defensive score somewhere in there”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.