Colin Cowherd· Aug 1, 2025
Cowherd says New England and Tennessee will obviously double their win totals this season, names New England (and Chicago) as his annual "double your win total" pick, and thinks the Bears can win ten or eleven games in a weaker-than-advertised NFC North.
“I think it's obvious New England and Tennessee are going to double their win total.”
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It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 4 have settled so far, averaging 80 out of 100, against 15 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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- Season Win TotalsChicago BearsAug 1, 2025
Chicago Bears to finish with 10 wins
“I think the Bears have an opportunity to win ten or eleven games. I don't think it's as good a division as people think.”
Hit · 80Scored 80a naive guess scored 15+130 skillHow this was scored
- team:
- CHI
- naive:
- 6.75
- skill:
- 130
- what happened:
- 11
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 5
- accuracy:
- 80
- baseline:
- 15
- predicted:
- 10
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Surprise Team CallsChicago BearsAug 1, 2025
Chicago Bears to beat expectations
“I've done four years in a row where I've picked the double your win team. It's going to be New England this year, and and Chicago”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
- Surprise Team CallsNew England PatriotsAug 1, 2025
New England Patriots to beat expectations
“I think it's obvious New England and Tennessee are going to double their win total... I've done four years in a row where I've picked the double your win team. It's going to be New England this year, and and Chicago”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
- Surprise Team CallsTennessee TitansAug 1, 2025
Tennessee Titans to beat expectations
“I think it's obvious New England and Tennessee are going to double their win total.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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- Shannon SharpeTrade and Signing Calls · A.J. BrownHit · 100Sharpe predicted that A.J. Brown will be playing for New England once June 1 arrives.
- Chad Ochocinco JohnsonTrade and Signing Calls · A.J. BrownHit · 100Ochocinco predicted George Pickens will be traded away from Dallas now that he has signed the franchise tag, naming the Browns, Raiders and possibly Buffalo as his three landing spots. He also called both No. 2 pick David Bailey and No. 3 pick Jeremiah Love immediate Day 1 starters, and said he has been saying for months that A.J. Brown will end up in New England.
More surprise team calls
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
- Gilberto ManzanoSurprise Team Calls · Las Vegas RaidersPendingManzano calls the 2-0 Raiders under first-time head coach Klint Kubiak one of the season's biggest surprise teams and a club now thinking playoffs, sees the 2-0 49ers headed for another winning season, and views New Orleans as the class of the NFC South with Tyler Shough playing well.
- John BreechSurprise Team Calls · New Orleans SaintsPendingGrading Week 2, Breech says the Saints — fresh off upsetting the Ravens in Baltimore — look like a club that could beat expectations this season.
- Nick WrightSurprise Team Calls · Atlanta FalconsPendingWright stuck by his preseason call of a 12-5 Bills team that wins its division, picked the Jaguars to beat Denver outright, leaned Texans over Cincinnati, still has Atlanta as his deep sleeper, counts New England among his 14 playoff teams, and recalled pegging Washington for a 5-12 or 6-11 year with a bottom-six defense.
- Pete PriscoSurprise Team Calls · Arizona CardinalsPendingA Week 2 NFL power rankings column places the Seahawks first and the Dolphins last, with the 49ers rising six spots after beating the Rams and the Cowboys falling 12 after losing to the Giants. It also suggests the Cardinals and Jets could be better than expected.
- Rich EisenSurprise Team Calls · New Orleans SaintsPendingEisen accepted that the Giants can be the best team in the NFC East (while pumping the brakes on NFC contender talk), restated his preseason Josh Allen MVP pick, insisted the Rams are too talented to miss the playoffs, and put his marker on the Saints as the NFC South team that can beat expectations.
- Steve HartmanSurprise Team Calls · Cincinnati BengalsPendingHartman picked the Rams and Bills to meet in the Super Bowl with the Rams winning, named the Bengals as his surprise team with Joe Burrow winning MVP and Cincinnati winning its division and reaching the AFC Championship Game against Buffalo.