Colin Cowherd · Jan 5, 2026

Cowherd picked through the NFL wild-card round, taking New England over the Chargers in a low-scoring game, Jacksonville over Buffalo by a touchdown, Baltimore in a close game, the Rams over Carolina, Philadelphia over San Francisco and Chicago over Green Bay, and said if he had to pick a Super Bowl winner today it would be Seattle. He also picked Miami and Indiana in the college semifinals.

“IF i had to pick a team to win The Super bowl, today it would Be Seattle”

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Game Outcome PicksJan 5, 2026
“I think I would take New England in a very low scoring game.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skill
How this was scored
won:
NE
score:
3-16
skill:
0
they picked:
NE
season:
2025
accuracy:
100
baseline:
100
naive pick:
NE
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
0
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Game Outcome PicksJan 5, 2026
“I think I would take Jacksonville by a touchdown, what say you?”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
How this was scored
won:
BUF
score:
27-24
skill:
0
they picked:
JAX
season:
2025
accuracy:
0
baseline:
0
naive pick:
JAX
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
0
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Super Bowl PicksJan 5, 2026
“IF i had to pick a team to win The Super bowl, today it would Be Seattle”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+100 skill
How this was scored
skill:
100
they picked:
SEA
season:
2025
accuracy:
100
baseline:
0
champion:
SEA
runner up:
NE
naive pick:
PHI
difficulty:
1
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
0
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Score PredictionsJan 5, 2026
“I think Miami's gonna win the game, but I don't think it's high scoring... I think it's, you know, twenty four twenty three ish... But I like Miami.”
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Game Outcome PicksJan 5, 2026
“I'm gonna take Indiana to win and cover.”
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Game Outcome PicksJan 5, 2026
“When he's healthy, I would take Philadelphia to win.”
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Game Outcome PicksJan 5, 2026
“So I like Chicago in this spot... I think they're both going to win their opening games.”
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Game Outcome PicksJan 5, 2026
“I like the Ravens tonight close. Where are you on that?”
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Game Outcome PicksJan 5, 2026
“I think the Rams win this game.”
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