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Nick Wright· Feb 7, 2026

Wright picks Seattle to beat New England in the Super Bowl by a 27-17 final score, describing a semi-comfortable win, and names Sam Darnold as his Super Bowl MVP pick.

“I believe this is a twenty seven seventeen Seahawks victory.”

said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast) · read the original →

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2 checkable claims — 1 award pick and 1 score prediction — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet.

It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.

All 2 have settled, averaging 42.9 out of 100, against 8.4 for a naive guess at the same calls.

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2 checkable claims in this take

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  • Sam Darnold to win Super Bowl MVP

    “My Super Bowl MVP pick is gonna be darnald. But that's such a boring one. It's plus one twenty five... but that that is my pick”

    Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
    How 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:
    no
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    0
    difficulty:
    1
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    0

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  • Seattle Seahawks 27 — New England 17

    “I believe this is a twenty seven seventeen Seahawks victory. Not a comfortable, not an easy win, but semi comfortable where Seattle has maybe a twenty four fourteen lead going into the fourth quarter and hangs on for a twenty seven seventeen win.”

    Hit · 86Scored 85.71a naive guess scored 16.73+68.98 skill
    How this was scored
    score:
    29-13
    skill:
    68.98
    they picked:
    SEA
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    85.71
    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:
    10

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