Bucky Brooks· Sep 9, 2026
Brooks picks the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl 31-24 over the Texans, with Dak Prescott winning regular-season MVP.
“Dak Prescott caps off his MVP regular season with a spectacular performance that helps America's Team secure the world title.”
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5 checkable claims — 2 conference champions, 1 award pick, 1 score prediction and 1 super bowl pick — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
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- Cowboys at Texans 8 calls
5 checkable claims in this take
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 PredictionsDallas CowboysSep 9, 2026
Dallas Cowboys 31 — Texans 24
“Score prediction: Cowboys 31, Texans 24”
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- Super Bowl PicksDallas CowboysSep 9, 2026
Dallas Cowboys to win the Super Bowl
“Bucky Brooks: Cowboys Defeat Texans”
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- Award PicksDak PrescottDallas CowboysSep 9, 2026
Dak Prescott to win MVP
“Dak Prescott caps off his MVP regular season with a spectacular performance”
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- Conference ChampionsDallas CowboysSep 9, 2026
Dallas Cowboys to reach the Super Bowl
“Bucky Brooks: Cowboys Defeat Texans”
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- Conference ChampionsHouston TexansSep 9, 2026
Houston Texans to reach the Super Bowl
“Bucky Brooks: Cowboys Defeat Texans”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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More conference champions
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
- Chris BrockmanConference Champions · Seattle SeahawksHit · 100Brockman argues the Seahawks are at the start of a dynasty, predicting they will win multiple Super Bowls over the next five years, and that they are set up to return to the Super Bowl the following season in Los Angeles.
- Damonza ByrdConference Champions · Seattle SeahawksHit · 100The co-host picks the Seahawks to beat the Rams in the NFC Championship game, and says he believes New England will win in Denver even though he is taking the Broncos with the points.
- Nick WrightConference Champions · New England PatriotsHit · 100The host picks the Rams to beat the Seahawks in the NFC Championship game and believes the winner of that game wins the Super Bowl, i.e. that this is the Rams' year; he also picks New England to win in Denver despite taking the Broncos with the points, and says Stafford is winning MVP. He calls Sean McVay the second-best coach in the NFL.
- Nick WrightConference Champions · Denver BroncosClose · 50Wright picked the Broncos to beat the Patriots in a low-scoring AFC Championship game (17-16), said Sean Payton would coach Denver to the Super Bowl, picked the Rams to win outright in Seattle 31-20, believes the winner of the NFC game wins the Super Bowl with the Rams the better team, and expects Matt Stafford to be named league MVP.
- AJ HawkConference Champions · Los Angeles RamsClose · 50Hawk picked the Patriots to win in Denver despite liking Stidham and the Broncos defense, and in the NFC he stuck with the Rams, saying Stafford gets to the Super Bowl.
- Derek MurphyConference Champions · Seattle SeahawksHit · 100Bone said after watching film that Seattle will handle the Rams in the NFC Championship Game, and that the Seahawks are going to the Super Bowl.