# Richard Sherman: Sherman ran through the entire Week 2 slate with winners and several exact final scores, picking Seattle, San Francisco, Buffalo, Houston, Chicago, New England, Jacksonville, Dallas, Kansas City, the Rams, Green Bay, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, Las Vegas and Carolina. He also called Fred Warner the league's best middle linebacker and floated Parker Washington as a top-five receiver. **Claimed:** Sep 17, 2026 **Pundit:** Richard Sherman — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/richard-sherman **Outlet:** The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast) — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/outlets/the-herd-with-colin-cowherd-podcast **How it reached us:** said on air or in an interview **Original:** https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/ff45d208-e4a7-42ba-a69c-af0000e830d1/7648ad7e-ff45-4648-a87b-b4c700e2181b/audio.mp3?in_playlist=bf391792-153e-41b3-9d3d-ae3300346ad8 18 checkable claims — 10 game outcome picks, 6 score predictions and 2 positional finishes — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet. It names 18 players and teams, each linked to their own record. 1 of 18 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess at the same calls. Of the 2 unsettled calls enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands above the room on 1 and below it on 1. > I got the Seahawks winning this game. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Buffalo Bills to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Buffalo Bills - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess - **Los Angeles Rams to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Los Angeles Rams - Verdict: not settled yet - **Baltimore Ravens to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Baltimore Ravens - Verdict: not settled yet - **Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Verdict: not settled yet - **Las Vegas Raiders to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Las Vegas Raiders - Verdict: not settled yet - **Fred Warner to finish top 1 at his position, by sacks** - Kind: Positional Finishes · About: Fred Warner, San Francisco 49ers - Verdict: too vague to check - **Seattle Seahawks 24 — Arizona Cardinals 13** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Seattle Seahawks - Verdict: not settled yet - **San Francisco 49ers 31 — Miami Dolphins 10** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: San Francisco 49ers - Verdict: not settled yet - **Houston Texans 24 — Cincinnati Bengals 17** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Houston Texans - Verdict: not settled yet - **Chicago Bears 32 — Minnesota Vikings 19** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Chicago Bears - Verdict: not settled yet - **New England Patriots to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: New England Patriots - Verdict: not settled yet - **Jacksonville Jaguars 24 — Denver Broncos 16** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Jacksonville Jaguars - Verdict: not settled yet - **Dallas Cowboys to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Dallas Cowboys - Verdict: not settled yet - **Kansas City Chiefs 28 — Indianapolis Colts 13** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Kansas City Chiefs - Verdict: not settled yet - **Green Bay Packers to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Green Bay Packers - Verdict: not settled yet - **Carolina Panthers to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Carolina Panthers - Verdict: not settled yet - **Parker Washington to finish top 5 at his position, by receiving yards** - Kind: Positional Finishes · About: Parker Washington, Jacksonville Jaguars - Verdict: too vague to check - **Philadelphia Eagles to win** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Philadelphia Eagles - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Buffalo Bills — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/bills - Los Angeles Rams — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/rams - Baltimore Ravens — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/ravens - Tampa Bay Buccaneers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/buccaneers - Las Vegas Raiders — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/raiders - Fred Warner — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/fred-warner - San Francisco 49ers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/49ers - Seattle Seahawks — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/seahawks - Houston Texans — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/texans - Chicago Bears — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/bears - New England Patriots — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/patriots - Jacksonville Jaguars — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/jaguars - Dallas Cowboys — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/cowboys - Kansas City Chiefs — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/chiefs - Green Bay Packers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/packers - Carolina Panthers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/panthers - Parker Washington — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/parker-washington - Philadelphia Eagles — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/eagles ## What others said about the same people - Tyler Sullivan on Buffalo Bills: Sullivan picks the Bills 31-27 over the Lions and the Eagles to beat the Titans 27-17. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/a81fc2f3-5937-4fe2-b19f-098cffc7a412 (scored 85.71) - Jordan Dajani on Buffalo Bills: Dajani picks the Bills 36-30 over the Lions and the Texans to beat the Bengals 27-23 in Houston. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/6937b9aa-572a-4449-821a-32af833332f6 (scored 90.48) - Jared Dubin on Buffalo Bills: Dubin picks the Bills to win a shootout over the Lions 35-32 and takes the Patriots to beat the Steelers 21-13. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/cd11d340-9a85-435f-ba75-832fd87185ab (scored 83.33) - John Breech on Buffalo Bills: Breech picks the Bills to beat the Lions 38-31 on Thursday night, floats the game as a Super Bowl preview, and takes the Cardinals to upset the Seahawks 20-17 in Week 2. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/f42c4080-99e0-449b-b2fa-05e18ce6f922 (scored 92.86) - Pete Prisco on Buffalo Bills: Prisco picks the Bills 36-30 over the Lions and has the Jaguars upsetting the Broncos 23-20 in Denver. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/41f7100c-a241-4e65-b1d3-78bdcbe1e16e (scored 90.48) - Jared Dubin on Buffalo Bills: Unsigned CBS Sports preview of Bills-Lions picks Buffalo to win a high-scoring Thursday night game 35-31, and expects Larry Borom to step in as Detroit's starting right tackle for the injured Blake Miller. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/ffa356f2-a1ca-4bd2-88cf-02bc5f2d829e (scored 85.71) ## More game outcome picks The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Tyler Sullivan on Detroit Lions: An unsigned CBS Sports column flags five Week 2 favorites on upset alert, effectively backing the underdogs — Lions at Bills, Bengals at Texans, Jets over Packers, Jaguars at Broncos and Saints at Ravens — to pull off wins. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/0ee2daf0-868b-4ffd-a252-f478174d97f6 (scored 0) - Colin Cowherd on Detroit Lions: The co-host (identified only as "Mitchell") gave his own Week 2 picks: Seattle, the Niners in dominant fashion, his Lions over Buffalo, Cincinnati 31-27 at Houston, Chicago, Pittsburgh 24-21 as a road upset, Jacksonville by at least a touchdown, Dallas 26-22, and Kansas City handily. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/5e7a2965-bd9c-4c78-81b8-cb9ff18f6520 (scored 0) - Kevin Wildes on Detroit Lions: Kevin picked every game and came out with the Bills missing the playoffs, the Texans as the AFC's No. 1 seed and the Seahawks as the NFC's, Dak Prescott as MVP, and the Patriots beating the Lions in the Super Bowl. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/989d3882-a69f-47c8-9295-1924f6ff4e6c (scored 0) - Danny Parkins on Denver Broncos: Parkins picked the Giants to upset Dallas, the Steelers to beat Atlanta by two scores, the Bears to beat Carolina, the Bills to beat Houston and Denver to beat Kansas City outright; he also said Justin Herbert will win an MVP and had the Bengals as AFC North champs. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/36c480cc-6b54-4cea-8204-3fc00ea6493c (scored 0) - Eric Mangini on Denver Broncos: Mangini's upset alert was Washington over Philadelphia; in the chips segment he backed Houston, Dallas and Denver; and his Monday headline was Cincinnati mauling Tampa Bay, with Joe Burrow as his MVP and the Bengals as AFC North champs. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e5bc3ec1-bf97-4273-a223-f5661d0cca8a (scored 0) - Shannon Sharpe on Denver Broncos: Sharpe predicted Matthew Stafford would throw four touchdowns in the Thursday night game against the 49ers, picked Tampa Bay to beat Cincinnati at home, took the Broncos over Kansas City on Monday night with Bonitto getting 2.5 sacks, and expects big fantasy value from kicker Brandon Aubrey. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/7f7bf5cf-1f4a-4432-beab-5ec7c9549fc7 (scored 0) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. 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