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Colin Cowherd · Apr 30, 2025

Cowherd called the Lions to win the NFC North with the Bears grabbing a wild-card spot, said Minnesota could win about eight games with JJ McCarthy, and picked the Lakers to win that night's playoff game against Minnesota.

I'm all in on the Lions winning it and the Bears going to a wildcard spot.

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4 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.

  • Season Win TotalsApr 30, 2025

    Minnesota could win eight games with JJ and be a really good team to help it.

    Scored 80a naive guess scored 55+50 skill
    How this was scored
    team:
    MIN
    naive:
    11.25
    skill:
    50
    what happened:
    9
    season:
    2025
    zero at:
    5
    accuracy:
    80
    baseline:
    55
    predicted:
    8
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    18

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  • Playoff PicksApr 30, 2025

    I'm all in on the Lions winning it and the Bears going to a wildcard spot.

    Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+200 skill
    How this was scored
    team:
    CHI
    skill:
    200
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    0
    naive said:
    false
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    made playoffs:
    true
    weeks left when called:
    18

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  • Division WinnersApr 30, 2025

    I'm all in on the Lions winning it and the Bears going to a wildcard spot.

    Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.

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  • Game Outcome PicksApr 30, 2025

    Do you think the Wolves closed it out tonight at Crypto? / I don't. I think the Lakers survive.

    Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.

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