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Covino and Rich · Jan 18, 2025

In the show's divisional-round picks segment, Covino took the Chiefs over the Texans, the Lions 30-20 over the Commanders, the Rams over the Eagles and the Bills over the Ravens.

They got something to prove, Andy Reid. This is the playoffs.

said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast) · read the original →

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  • it sounds and feels foolish to say that the Lions are gonna cover, but I think they will because they're at home, and I think their defense is strong enough to contain him. Thirty twenty covers

    Scored 40.48a naive guess scored 22.09+18.39 skill
    How this was scored
    score:
    45-31
    skill:
    18.39
    they picked:
    DET
    season:
    2024
    accuracy:
    40.48
    baseline:
    22.09
    difficulty:
    1
    weeks in the season:
    18
    actual margin:
    14
    weeks left when called:
    0
    naive home margin:
    2.28
    predicted margin:
    10

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  • I'm going Bills. I'm going with my heart ... But Josh Allen's gonna have a magical game. That's my vibe.

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  • you go with the hot hand. I'm going Rams on this. They're gonna have in. Yeah, they're clicking at the right time.

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  • Steve Cavino, I'm going Chiefs on this well when they oh, hey, chief to five the odds and this is when they play big and they score a lot of points and put the Texans in their place.

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

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