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Colin Cowherd is an American sports media personality who began his broadcasting career as a sports director at Las Vegas television station KVBC before moving through several other stations and joining ESPN in 2003. At ESPN, he hosted a radio show on the ESPN Radio network and became one of the original hosts of SportsNation, as well as Colin's New Football Show. He currently hosts The Herd with Colin Cowherd on Fox Sports Radio and Fox Sports 1. Cowherd covers the NFL with particular attention to franchises like the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, and Philadelphia Eagles. His predictions range from individual game outcomes to playoff berths, draft positioning, and season win totals — the full spectrum of NFL forecasting.
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Every take from Colin Cowherd, including the ones still waiting →
Is Colin Cowherd accurate? Across 445 graded calls in 72 articles, Colin Cowherd scores 55.35% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 9.13, which means their calls were better than a naive guess on the same claims. That is an established record: thirty or more graded articles.
96.36% of their claims were specific enough to check. Most of what they said committed to something.
Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below shows its own arithmetic.
4 of 79 graded articles on this page, newest first — page 6 of 14.
“the top ten NFL teams according to Colin... Colts at ten... Washington at nine... Niners at eight... Number seven, Tampa Bay... I'd put the Chargers [six]... Number five The Ravens... Number four the Bills... I have the Rams at three, number two Philadelphia... number one... green Bay... I have Kansas City at eleven. I have Denver troubling. They've been sloppy at twelve”
Baltimore Ravens to win the division
“You can just pencil them in to win their division.”
Buffalo Bills to beat Miami
“Thursday Night, Buffalo is gonna hammer Miami.”
Buffalo Bills to win the division
“like Brady in this division. They're going to win it as long as Josh Allen's in his prime.”
Indianapolis Colts to win the division
“Jones plays at this B to B plus level. They're gonna win this division.”
Kansas City Chiefs to make the playoffs
“Take the Chiefs out, They'll make the playoffs. They're going to be fine.”
Kansas City Chiefs 27 — Philly 24
“my game pick for Casey Philly is twenty seven to twenty four Kansas City... the Chiefs plus one in a game, I expect them to win, outright”
Atlanta Falcons to beat Minnesota
“It would not shock me at all if Atlanta wins this game... And so I like Atlanta in this spot indoors, short week”
New England Patriots to beat Miami
“I like New England getting the one point in Miami... I think this is an absolute, true must win for New England... and I will take New England plus a point.”
Jacksonville Jaguars 27 — Cincinnati 21
“I think Jacksonville wins this game outright... I think Jacksonville wins this game twenty seven, twenty one. I will take the Jags getting three points.”
Arizona Cardinals to beat Carolina
“I just I think Carolina is really, really bad... I will lay the six and a half with Arizona.”
CeeDee Lamb to finish top 6 at his position, by receiving yards
“I will defend the Cede Lamb contract. I think he's a top five or six receiver.”
Chicago Bears to finish with 8 wins
“I went through the schedule and it looks like eight and nine, nine and eight to me”
New York Jets 24 — Steelers 20
“I like the Jets here to win straight out twenty four to twenty”
Green Bay Packers 28 — Lions 24
“I like green Bay to win outright twenty eight to twenty four.”
C.J. Stroud to make Pro Bowl
“C J Stroud is a pro Bowl level”
Los Angeles Chargers to beat Kansas City
“You like Kansas City tonight. I like the Chargers.”
Minnesota Vikings to beat Bears
“At home Monday night play. I like Minnesota in the game close.”
Seattle Seahawks 24 — 49ers 23
“I liked the Seahawks and the points to win straight out twenty four to twenty three.”
Washington Commanders 27 — Giants 23
“I'll take Washington to win, but six and a half. I'm taking it with the Giants twenty seven to twenty three. Commanders close”
Kansas City Chiefs to make the playoffs
“So I think they're gonna be very good. I think they'll make the playoffs, but I think the division, Jay...”