Colin Cowherd · Oct 24, 2025

Cowherd's weekly "Blazing Five" slate: he picks the Ravens (his favorite play) to beat the Bears, the Patriots to beat the Browns by ten, a high-scoring Falcons win over Miami, the Texans over the 49ers, and the Broncos over the Cowboys at home. He also says he bet Baltimore to make the playoffs and believes they will.

“Lamar Jackson's gonna eat favorite pick of the weekend Ravens minus six. They win twenty eight to twenty one, and it won't feel that close.”

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 Predictions Baltimore RavensOct 24, 2025
“Lamar Jackson's gonna eat favorite pick of the weekend Ravens minus six. They win twenty eight to twenty one, and it won't feel that close.”
Scored 83.33a naive guess scored 71.5+19.06 skill
How this was scored
score:
16-30
skill:
19.06
they picked:
BAL
season:
2025
accuracy:
83.33
baseline:
71.5
difficulty:
1.61
weeks in the season:
18
actual margin:
14
weeks left when called:
11
naive home margin:
2.03
predicted margin:
7
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Score Predictions Denver BroncosOct 24, 2025
“So I like Denver to win, and I like Denver to cover the spread. Twenty eight twenty four Broncos win.”
Scored 61.9a naive guess scored 57.21+7.56 skill
How this was scored
score:
24-44
skill:
7.56
they picked:
DEN
season:
2025
accuracy:
61.9
baseline:
57.21
difficulty:
1.61
weeks in the season:
18
actual margin:
20
weeks left when called:
11
naive home margin:
2.03
predicted margin:
4
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Score Predictions Houston TexansOct 24, 2025
“I think it's a choppie game. I'm gonna take the Texans twenty seven to twenty three.”
Scored 83.33a naive guess scored 78.64+7.56 skill
How this was scored
score:
15-26
skill:
7.56
they picked:
HOU
season:
2025
accuracy:
83.33
baseline:
78.64
difficulty:
1.61
weeks in the season:
18
actual margin:
11
weeks left when called:
11
naive home margin:
2.03
predicted margin:
4
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Score Predictions New England PatriotsOct 24, 2025
“I like the Patriots to win by ten, twenty eight to seventeen.”
Scored 80.95a naive guess scored 59.59+34.39 skill
How this was scored
score:
13-32
skill:
34.39
they picked:
NE
season:
2025
accuracy:
80.95
baseline:
59.59
difficulty:
1.61
weeks in the season:
18
actual margin:
19
weeks left when called:
11
naive home margin:
2.03
predicted margin:
11
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Score Predictions Atlanta FalconsOct 24, 2025
“Atlanta's offense at home very good. Take the over forty four and a half points, twenty eight, twenty one thirty twenty four. My bad of Falcons win”
Scored 7.14a naive guess scored 0+11.5 skill
How this was scored
score:
34-10
skill:
11.5
they picked:
ATL
season:
2025
accuracy:
7.14
baseline:
0
difficulty:
1.61
weeks in the season:
18
actual margin:
24
weeks left when called:
11
naive home margin:
2.03
predicted margin:
6
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Playoff Picks Baltimore RavensOct 24, 2025
“You could get Baltimore plus one ten to make the playoffs plus money. / I did take that. I think they're going to the playoffs.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
How this was scored
team:
BAL
skill:
0
season:
2025
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
naive said:
true
difficulty:
1.61
weeks in the season:
18
made playoffs:
false
weeks left when called:
11
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