# Richard Sherman: Sherman picked winners and several exact scores across the Week 3 slate, favoring Seattle, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Detroit, Green Bay, Carolina, New Orleans, Baltimore, the Rams, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Kansas City, Minnesota, the Giants, Jacksonville and Houston, and named Kenneth Walker his MVP. **Claimed:** Sep 24, 2026 **Pundit:** Richard Sherman — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/pundits/richard-sherman **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://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/ff45d208-e4a7-42ba-a69c-af0000e830d1/dca853d3-2888-43ce-9c9f-b4ce0102892c/audio.mp3?in_playlist=bf391792-153e-41b3-9d3d-ae3300346ad8 17 checkable claims — 11 game outcome picks, 5 score predictions and 1 award pick — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet. It names 17 players and teams, each linked to their own record. 1 of 17 have settled so far, averaging 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess at the same calls. > I got the Detroit Lions winning this game 24 to 21. *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Green Bay Packers to beat Atlanta Falcons** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Green Bay Packers - Verdict: scored 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - **San Francisco 49ers 30 — Arizona Cardinals 17** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: San Francisco 49ers - Verdict: not settled yet - **Kenneth Walker III to win MVP** - Kind: Award Picks · About: Kenneth Walker III, Kansas City Chiefs - Verdict: not settled yet - **Carolina Panthers 28 — Cleveland Browns 24** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Carolina Panthers - Verdict: not settled yet - **Baltimore Ravens 30 — Dallas Cowboys 26** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Baltimore Ravens - Verdict: not settled yet - **Los Angeles Rams to beat Denver Broncos** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Los Angeles Rams - Verdict: not settled yet - **Philadelphia Eagles to beat Chicago Bears** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Philadelphia Eagles - Verdict: not settled yet - **Buffalo Bills to beat L.A. Chargers** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Buffalo Bills - Verdict: not settled yet - **Kansas City Chiefs to beat Miami Dolphins** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Kansas City Chiefs - Verdict: not settled yet - **New Orleans Saints to beat Las Vegas Raiders** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: New Orleans Saints - Verdict: not settled yet - **Jacksonville Jaguars to beat New England Patriots** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Jacksonville Jaguars - Verdict: not settled yet - **Houston Texans 17 — Indianapolis Colts 14** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Houston Texans - Verdict: not settled yet - **Cincinnati Bengals to beat Pittsburgh Steelers** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Cincinnati Bengals - Verdict: not settled yet - **Detroit Lions 24 — Jets 21** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Detroit Lions - Verdict: not settled yet - **Minnesota Vikings to beat Tampa Bay Bucs** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Minnesota Vikings - Verdict: not settled yet - **Seattle Seahawks to beat Washington Commanders** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: Seattle Seahawks - Verdict: not settled yet - **New York Giants to beat Tennessee Titans** - Kind: Game Outcome Picks · About: New York Giants - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Green Bay Packers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/packers - San Francisco 49ers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/49ers - Kenneth Walker III — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/players/kenneth-walker-iii - Kansas City Chiefs — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/chiefs - Carolina Panthers — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/panthers - Baltimore Ravens — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/ravens - Los Angeles Rams — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/rams - Philadelphia Eagles — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/eagles - Buffalo Bills — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/bills - New Orleans Saints — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/saints - Jacksonville Jaguars — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/jaguars - Houston Texans — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/texans - Cincinnati Bengals — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/bengals - Detroit Lions — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/lions - Minnesota Vikings — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/vikings - Seattle Seahawks — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/seahawks - New York Giants — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/nfl/teams/giants ## What others said about the same people - Mike Kadlick on Green Bay Packers: Kadlick expects an ugly, low-scoring Thursday night game at Lambeau Field, with Green Bay beating Atlanta 10–7 to move to 2–1 while the Falcons drop to 0–3 in Michael Penix Jr.'s return. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e80b2d86-5533-4a14-b40a-9de75d1883bc (scored 7.14) - Jared Dubin on Green Bay Packers: Dubin picks the Packers to beat the Falcons comfortably on Thursday Night Football, predicting a 23-13 Green Bay win. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/7d0957a4-4d45-4f24-b6f9-a848eb47a374 (scored 23.81) - Jordan Dajani on Green Bay Packers: Dajani gave final-score predictions for eight Week 3 games, picking the Packers, Bengals, Jaguars, Texans, Buccaneers (upset), Ravens, Broncos (upset) and Eagles to win. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/c96aaa6d-2d0c-41cc-a9f7-c21ac21886ac (scored 16.67) - Jared Dubin on Green Bay Packers: Dubin gave final-score predictions for the same eight Week 3 games, picking the Packers, Bengals, Jaguars, Texans, Vikings, Ravens, Rams and Eagles. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/fe04828a-d532-414c-a58a-54f6505f2263 (scored 23.81) - Tyler Sullivan on Green Bay Packers: Sullivan projects final scores for every Week 3 game, including a Bills blowout of the reeling Chargers, a Chiefs rout in Miami, a Seahawks win over a Mariota-led Washington, and the Saints beating the Raiders in their home opener. He also expects Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Jaxson Dart all to be sidelined in Week 3, with Marcus Mariota starting for Washington. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/e4b11b44-d359-4027-a72c-87833f5ff6e3 (scored 11.9) - Pete Prisco on Green Bay Packers: Prisco picks every Week 3 game with exact scores, highlighting upsets by Tampa Bay over Minnesota and Cleveland over Carolina, and expects the Giants to rally behind Jameis Winston. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/3eb02dfa-79dd-43a1-87d8-db7e5140af6c (scored 23.81) ## More game outcome picks The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Chris Broussard on Chicago Bears: Brew stood by the Lions as division winners and playoff team, picked the Texans over Cincinnati, the Bears over Minnesota, the Patriots to beat Pittsburgh with a solid Drake Maye game, flagged Jacksonville over Denver as his upset alert, and said he still feels good about the Ravens winning the AFC. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/a54915e0-49e6-427b-a7a5-4feb5d0f3cbb (scored 0) - Greg Jennings on Chicago Bears: Jennings put the Cardinals up as his upset alert over Seattle, backed the Texans over Cincinnati and the Bears over Minnesota with chips, put two chips on Denver beating Jacksonville, and wrote a headline of the Packers beating the Jets; he also called the Bengals a playoff team and the Chiefs winners over Indianapolis. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/420d3e29-6224-43a2-8d68-b15c864838cd (scored 0) - Danny Parkins on Chicago Bears: Parkins picked the Giants to beat the Rams outright, backed Jacksonville over Denver, Cincinnati over Houston and Chicago over Minnesota in the chips segment, endorsed Buffalo as the AFC's Super Bowl representative, and predicted Deshaun Watson has started his last NFL game. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/36d4ede8-3066-4102-abbc-cb08e4544c92 (scored 0) - Kevin Wildes on New York Jets: Wildes made the Jets beating the Packers his upset alert pick, arguing Green Bay's road losing streak and Jordan Love's recent interceptions will catch up with them. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/c804159d-ac3e-4af6-aab2-d709eed07b30 (scored 0) - Rich Eisen on New York Jets: Eisen picked Josh Allen to lead the NFL in total touchdowns over any QB-WR or QB-RB combo, flipped from the Lions to the Bears as NFC North winner, and made several Week 2 game calls, including the Patriots at home, the Jets over Green Bay, and both LA teams winning. He also picked a Jaguars-Broncos AFC title game. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/76dcca59-cf3e-4bfd-a7c6-66574a348a51 (scored 0) - Connor "Boston Connor" Campbell on New England Patriots: Connor predicted the Patriots would rout the Steelers at home in Week 2, expecting a heavy run game in bad weather. — https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/312d03b3-fae7-4f2c-8c89-a0b9978b6b39 (scored 100) --- 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=richard-sherman