Richard Sherman · Feb 3, 2026
Sherman picks the Seahawks to beat the Patriots 24-10 in the Super Bowl, with Sam Darnold winning game MVP, and he also expects Matthew Stafford to be named league MVP and Jaxon Smith-Njigba to win Offensive Player of the Year.
“the Seattle Seahawks walk away with a decisive victory twenty four to ten over the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl”
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5 checkable claims from this
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- Award PicksMatthew StaffordLos Angeles RamsFeb 3, 2026
“the fact that he had to go against the MVP of the league this year, which I'm assuming in Matthew Stafford”
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
“He's been fantastic. He's probably Offensive Player of the Year.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+100 skillHow this was scored
- award:
- offensive_player_of_the_year
- naive:
- the naive pick was Saquon Barkley, who won it the year before
- skill:
- 100
- player:
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba
- season:
- 2025
- winner:
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba
- correct:
- true
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- Score PredictionsSeattle SeahawksFeb 3, 2026
“the Seattle Seahawks walk away with a decisive victory twenty four to ten over the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl”
Scored 95.24a naive guess scored 16.73+78.5 skillHow this was scored
- score:
- 29-13
- skill:
- 78.5
- they picked:
- SEA
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 95.24
- baseline:
- 16.73
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 16
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- naive home margin:
- 2.03
- predicted margin:
- 14
- Super Bowl PicksSeattle SeahawksFeb 3, 2026
“I got the Seahawks winning this game... I expect them to win this game.”
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 PicksSam DarnoldSeattle SeahawksFeb 3, 2026
“MVP of this game... No, it's gonna go to Sam Donald Mentell, Sam Darnald the guy”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skillHow this was scored
- award:
- mvp
- naive:
- the naive pick was Josh Allen, who won it the year before
- skill:
- 0
- player:
- Sam Darnold
- season:
- 2025
- winner:
- Matthew Stafford
- correct:
- false
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0