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Rich Davis · Jan 17, 2026

Rich picked all four road underdogs: Bills 34-17 over Denver, the Niners at Seattle, the Texans in New England and the Bears to beat the Rams outright.

I have the Bills, Niners, Texans Bears.

said on air or in an interview · The Dan Patrick Show (podcast) · read the original →

4 checkable claims from this

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  • I'm loving the Bears here. I'm going Bears. I think not only they cover, I think they win the game.

    Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
    How this was scored
    won:
    LAR
    score:
    20-17
    skill:
    0
    they picked:
    CHI
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    0
    naive pick:
    CHI
    difficulty:
    1
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    0

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  • I am going road dog style. I think the Texans win eleven in a row. I like Houston.

    Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-100 skill
    How this was scored
    won:
    NE
    score:
    16-28
    skill:
    -100
    they picked:
    HOU
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    100
    naive pick:
    NE
    difficulty:
    1
    weeks in the season:
    18
    weeks left when called:
    0

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  • I like Buffalo. I think Josh Allen's a man on a mission... I think Josh Allen thirty four seventeen.

    Scored 16.67a naive guess scored 97.69-81.02 skill
    How this was scored
    score:
    30-33
    skill:
    -81.02
    they picked:
    BUF
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    16.67
    baseline:
    97.69
    difficulty:
    1
    weeks in the season:
    18
    actual margin:
    3
    weeks left when called:
    0
    naive home margin:
    2.03
    predicted margin:
    17

    Think this is wrong?

  • But you know where I'm going. I'm going forty nine ers... I'm going with my heart on this one.

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

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