# Danny Parkins: Filling in for Colin Cowherd, Parkins gave over/under picks for all 32 NFL teams for the 2025 season, plus specific win-total projections for several clubs. **Claimed:** Jul 30, 2025 **Pundit:** Danny Parkins — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/danny-parkins **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://omny.fm/shows/the-herd-with-colin-cowherd/hour-2-nfl-predictions-6 23 checkable claims — 18 season win totals, 1 division winner, 1 player season number, 1 seeding, byes and home field, 1 surprise team call and 1 trade and signing call — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet. It names 20 players and teams, each linked to their own record. 20 of 23 have settled so far, averaging 52 out of 100, against 54.5 for a naive guess at the same calls. > The Eagles are the best team in football. The Eagles aren't over team. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Alvin Kamara to move** - Kind: Trade and Signing Calls · About: Alvin Kamara - Verdict: scored 0 out of 100, against 100 for a naive guess - **Buffalo Bills to win the division** - Kind: Division Winners · About: Buffalo Bills - Verdict: scored 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - **Buffalo Bills to take the top seed** - Kind: Seeding, Byes and Home Field · About: Buffalo Bills - Verdict: scored 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - **Detroit Lions to finish with 11 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Detroit Lions - Verdict: scored 60 out of 100, against 45 for a naive guess - **Tampa Bay Buccaneers to finish with 10 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Verdict: scored 60 out of 100, against 75 for a naive guess - **Minnesota Vikings to finish with 7 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Minnesota Vikings - Verdict: scored 60 out of 100, against 55 for a naive guess - **Green Bay Packers to finish with 8 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Green Bay Packers - Verdict: scored 80 out of 100, against 85 for a naive guess - **Las Vegas Raiders to finish with 7 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Las Vegas Raiders - Verdict: scored 20 out of 100, against 35 for a naive guess - **Carolina Panthers to finish with 7 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Carolina Panthers - Verdict: scored 80 out of 100, against 75 for a naive guess - **Kansas City Chiefs to finish with 13 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Kansas City Chiefs - Verdict: scored 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - **Los Angeles Rams to finish with 11 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Los Angeles Rams - Verdict: scored 80 out of 100, against 45 for a naive guess - **Baltimore Ravens to finish with 10 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Baltimore Ravens - Verdict: scored 60 out of 100, against 55 for a naive guess - **Chicago Bears to finish with 9 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Chicago Bears - Verdict: scored 60 out of 100, against 15 for a naive guess - **Philadelphia Eagles to finish with 12 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Philadelphia Eagles - Verdict: scored 80 out of 100, against 95 for a naive guess - **Atlanta Falcons to finish with 8 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Atlanta Falcons - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 95 for a naive guess - **Buffalo Bills to finish with 12 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Buffalo Bills - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 75 for a naive guess - **New York Giants to finish with 6 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: New York Giants - Verdict: scored 60 out of 100, against 65 for a naive guess - **Cincinnati Bengals to finish with 10 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Cincinnati Bengals - Verdict: scored 20 out of 100, against 45 for a naive guess - **Pittsburgh Steelers to finish with 9 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Pittsburgh Steelers - Verdict: scored 80 out of 100, against 85 for a naive guess - **Tennessee Titans to finish with 6 wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Tennessee Titans - Verdict: scored 40 out of 100, against 45 for a naive guess - **Bryce Young to record ? an unstated measure** - Kind: Player Season Numbers · About: Bryce Young, Carolina Panthers - Verdict: too vague to check - **Los Angeles Chargers to finish with ? wins** - Kind: Season Win Totals · About: Los Angeles Chargers - Verdict: too vague to check - **Chicago Bears to beat expectations** - Kind: Surprise Team Calls · About: Chicago Bears - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Alvin Kamara — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/alvin-kamara - Buffalo Bills — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/bills - Detroit Lions — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/lions - Tampa Bay Buccaneers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/buccaneers - Minnesota Vikings — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/vikings - Green Bay Packers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/packers - Las Vegas Raiders — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/raiders - Carolina Panthers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/panthers - Kansas City Chiefs — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/chiefs - Los Angeles Rams — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/rams - Baltimore Ravens — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/ravens - Chicago Bears — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/bears - Philadelphia Eagles — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/eagles - Atlanta Falcons — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/falcons - New York Giants — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/giants - Cincinnati Bengals — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/bengals - Pittsburgh Steelers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/steelers - Tennessee Titans — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/titans - Bryce Young — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/bryce-young - Los Angeles Chargers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/chargers ## What others said about the same people - Trevor Ripley on Dillon Bell: Ripley expects Max Brosmer to return to the Vikings on the practice squad after being waived, and thinks Dillon Bell may draw waiver interest but is also a practice squad candidate for Minnesota. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/529718b4-3310-4bc4-949a-09c9600f3c48 (scored 0) - Bucky Brooks on Josh Johnson: Brooks predicted J.J. McCarthy won't be on the Vikings' roster (traded or released), said Kyler Murray wins the Vikings' QB competition, made a series of 2025 award picks, made 2026 Heisman/draft projections including Arch Manning as the front-runner for the No. 1 overall pick, and said none of Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen or Joe Burrow win a championship this season. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/10c3797b-f9e0-41ca-a2a3-5d765a242a79 (scored 0) - Jeff Kerr on Maximus Pulley: Kerr ranks the Eagles' eight undrafted free agents by their chances of making the initial 53-man roster, with Kapena Gushiken the most likely and predicts at least one UDFA makes the 53. He also forecasts practice squad spots for Zion Wilson, Deontae Lawson and Maximus Pulley, and a release for long snapper Rocco Underwood. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/6ec1d507-c7b6-4873-a0a2-76817706e297 (scored 0) - Jason La Canfora on Gerad Lichtenhan: La Canfora predicts the Ravens will keep several young players on their practice squad — DL Kaimon Rucker, LB Dominic DeLuca, LB Ethan Burke, CB Amani Oruwariye, OT Gerad Lichtenhan and QB Joe Fagnano — and expects the team to make at least one trade from its surplus of cornerbacks. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/6d42cee5-8b2d-4c78-a41b-ed2daab90019 (scored 0) - Nick Wright on Buffalo Bills: Nick Wright expects the Bills to beat the Lions comfortably in the Thursday night home opener, with Josh Allen shredding a depleted Detroit secondary, and he also picks a workmanlike Chiefs win over the Colts on Sunday night. He further predicts Tyreek Hill will end up on the Chiefs by around Halloween. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/00ed9114-0e69-4e26-9fb2-4e5e3893c56e (scored 100) - Joel Corry on Baker Mayfield: The unsigned CBS Sports analysis lays out the contract it believes Tampa Bay will have to give Mayfield at minimum: a two-year extension averaging $50 million per year with $110 million in guarantees and a no-trade clause. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/8a840ff4-f1e5-48ca-bec6-ba41e9ef2396 (scored 0) ## More season win totals The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Colin Cowherd on Dallas Cowboys: Cowherd projects the NFC East with the Giants winning the division ahead of Philadelphia, Washington and Dallas, pegging the Cowboys as a six- or seven-win team. He also expects Malik Willis to land a big free-agent deal, Kayvon Thibodeaux to be moved, and Baltimore to lose Isaiah Likely, and he floats the Rams reaching on Ty Simpson late in round one. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/cd243624-9451-4824-a8a4-7b468d681c8f (scored 100) - Richard Sherman on Washington Commanders: Sherman previewed every division: he picked Seattle to win the NFC West on a tiebreaker over San Francisco (both 11-11 wins), the Lions over the Packers in the North, the Eagles to run away with the East, Tampa Bay in the South, and Kansas City, Buffalo and the Ravens' division rivals in the AFC. He picked an Eagles–Chiefs Super Bowl with Philadelphia repeating, Joe Burrow for MVP, and gave a top-five power ranking. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/ec43b02b-8e3a-4b2e-8c36-1839c9c52e3c (scored 20) - Nick Wright on New England Patriots: Nick Wright walked through the Browns' quarterback situation and then gave leans and bets on every AFC team's win total, offering concrete win-count expectations for several clubs plus a call on Brock Bowers. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/1e745abb-ae8f-4f8c-893e-bfb5d53589b1 (scored 20) - John Middlekauff on San Francisco 49ers: Middlekauff says Denver's floor is ten wins, predicts Miami implodes to four or five wins and a top-three-or-four draft slot with Tyreek Hill traded, thinks the 49ers beat expectations with nine or ten wins, sees the Patriots at eight or nine wins, calls the Chargers over 9.5 a lock, expects Jared Goff to make five or six Pro Bowls, and says the Packers are flying under the radar. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/af06c2e6-9beb-4a7e-b444-620680dbccd1 (scored 60) - Colin Cowherd on New England Patriots: Cowherd takes the Titans over their five-and-a-half win total on the strength of Cam Ward and Brian Callahan, calls New England an eight-to-nine win team, picks Green Bay to win the NFC North, expects the Giants to lose all four games to Washington and Philadelphia, and sketches a quarterback ranking with C.J. Stroud around 10th and Baker Mayfield 11th. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e32a708a-5651-4292-b71b-672f2216a48e (scored 0) - Nick Wright on Denver Broncos: Nick Wright gave his early AFC win-total leans: overs on the Jets, Ravens, Jaguars, Chiefs and Raiders, plus projected win ranges for the Dolphins, Texans, Chargers and Broncos, and predicted the Raiders take Ashton Jeanty at No. 6. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/cc9d1905-c3e9-4d7f-8dbb-0f840dbb7535 (scored 20) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. The naive guess is what a strategy requiring no knowledge would have scored on the same call — the difference is the skill, and it is what the MissedTakes Score averages. Full method: https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/methodology We summarize what a pundit said and quote a short span for attribution; we never republish their article. If this is wrong, tell us: https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/corrections?pundit=danny-parkins