Jason McIntyre · Mar 13, 2025
McIntyre pushed back on Cowherd, guaranteeing the 49ers finish at least two wins ahead of Seattle (roughly ten to eight), and predicted the Rams defense would be a top-15/16 unit rather than elite.
“I guarantee you the Niners have at least two more wins on the win total than Seattle. It'll be like ten versus eight at least.”
said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast) · read the original →
3 checkable claims from this
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- Season Win TotalsSeattle SeahawksMar 13, 2025
“It'll be like ten versus eight at least.”
Scored 0a naive guess scored 5-10 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- SEA
- naive:
- 9.25
- skill:
- -10
- what happened:
- 14
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 5
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 5
- predicted:
- 8
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Season Win TotalsSan Francisco 49ersMar 13, 2025
“guarantee you the Niners have at least two more wins on the win total than Seattle. It'll be like ten versus eight at least.”
Scored 60a naive guess scored 5+110 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- SF
- naive:
- 7.25
- skill:
- 110
- what happened:
- 12
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 5
- accuracy:
- 60
- baseline:
- 5
- predicted:
- 10
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Position Group RankingsMar 13, 2025
“It'll probably be a top half of the league's top fifteen to sixteen defense.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.