# Brandon Sneide: Snyder picks the Seahawks to beat the Patriots 31-23 in Super Bowl 60, believing Seattle pulls away late, and says Drake Maye will finish second in MVP voting behind Matthew Stafford. **Claimed:** Feb 6, 2026 **Pundit:** Brandon Sneide — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/brandon-sneide **Outlet:** Locked On Packers (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/locked-on-packers-podcast **How it reached us:** said on air, transcribed by us **Original:** https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdrl.fm/5b095f/lockedon.simplecastaudio.com/fffb8e40-f0de-47f1-97e3-cf2e2fd0ffe9/episodes/d67c3a92-299d-4882-bce7-6de8adae7243/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=fffb8e40-f0de-47f1-97e3-cf2e2fd0ffe9&awEpisodeId=d67c3a92-299d-4882-bce7-6de8adae7243&feed=FkBDUQLt 4 checkable claims — 2 award picks, 1 score prediction and 1 super bowl pick — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call. It names 4 players and teams, each linked to their own record. 3 of 4 have settled so far, averaging 93.6 out of 100, against 5.6 for a naive guess at the same calls. > I think it's thirty one twenty three type game *(their words, quoted for attribution)* ## The claims - **Seattle Seahawks to win the Super Bowl** - Kind: Super Bowl Picks · About: Seattle Seahawks - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - **Seattle Seahawks 31 — New England Patriots 23** - Kind: Score Predictions · About: Seattle Seahawks - Verdict: scored 80.95 out of 100, against 16.73 for a naive guess - Line: Closing line (Feb 8, 2026): Seahawks by 4.5, total 45.5 · this 31–23 calls a bigger Seahawks win (by 8) and more points (54). Source: nflverse; context only, never part of the grade. - **Matthew Stafford to win MVP** - Kind: Award Picks · About: Matthew Stafford - Verdict: scored 100 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess - **Drake Maye — second in MVP balloting: place 2** - Kind: Award Picks · About: Drake Maye, New England Patriots - Verdict: not settled yet ## Who this take is about - Seattle Seahawks — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/seahawks - Matthew Stafford — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/matthew-stafford - Drake Maye — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/players/drake-maye - New England Patriots — https://missedtakes.co/nfl/teams/patriots ## What others said about the same people - Jeremy Brener on Drew Lock: Brener picked the Seahawks to beat the Cardinals in Week 9 by a multi-score margin, giving a final score of 27-13, and expressed confidence Seattle would be fine with Drew Lock starting at quarterback. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/7eb2d245-63d0-4be0-80ba-3f60197e2b16 (scored 100) - Colin Cowherd on Matthew Stafford: Cowherd predicts Matt Stafford stays with the Rams rather than moving on, and says Travis Hunter may underachieve because they're being asked to play both ways — Cowherd doubts they're a No. 1 receiver and would slot them as a No. 2 receiver while being a No. 1 corner. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/005e6ad1-bc95-49da-9db2-3a9da2d5041d (scored 100) - Colin Cowherd on Matthew Stafford: Cowherd believes Matt Stafford's public negotiation posturing means he ultimately stays in Los Angeles, and he flags Travis Hunter as a high draft pick who could underachieve because trying to play both cornerback and receiver full-time will hurt him. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2c1faeb3-7adb-456d-bd42-275be95269e8 (scored 100) - Albert Breer on Seattle Seahawks: Breer picks the Seahawks to beat the Cardinals in their Week 9 NFC West matchup. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4d67a8a5-0c05-4abe-b2ca-f0cef8390b1d (scored 100) - Tyler Sullivan on Seattle Seahawks: Sullivan picks the Seahawks to win in Week 9. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/dfca04b3-5c80-4a2e-b0de-8ac3a25f225b (scored 100) - Dave Richard on Seattle Seahawks: Richard picks the Seahawks over the Cardinals. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/d3db433e-52c6-42d1-a3b0-6b342aac8a9e (scored 100) ## More award picks The same kind of call, about other players and teams. - Manti Te'o on Lamar Jackson: Picked a Rams–Ravens Super Bowl with Baltimore winning, and Lamar Jackson taking both season MVP and Super Bowl MVP. They also picked Jalen Carter as Defensive Player of the Year. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/51e93aac-f0be-4bce-98a7-5f7449f3edf2 (scored 0) - Kyle Brandt on James Cook: Predicted the Bills make the playoffs and beat the Steelers, Chiefs and Ravens en route to a 20-19 Super Bowl win over the Eagles on a last-second 47-yard field goal, with James Cook as Super Bowl MVP. They also picked the Eagles to win tonight's opener... actually their in-game score pick was the Bills-Eagles Super Bowl. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/85afad87-40da-4940-81e6-70e2b0aad37d (scored 0) - Chris Brockman on Saquon Barkley: Brockman picked the Eagles to beat the Chiefs 31-23 with Saquon Barkley as Super Bowl MVP, and said Barkley has a chance to reach 3,000 total yards of offense. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/cd1faf91-f6b5-4e48-b8c8-608235188d87 (scored 0) - TJ Jefferson on Marquise Brown: Jefferson picked the Chiefs to beat the Eagles 34-32 on a late Mahomes touchdown drive, and named Hollywood Brown as Super Bowl MVP. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c34465d3-3fba-4a2b-856c-baee9aa389d1 (scored 0) - Rich Eisen on Patrick Mahomes: Eisen stuck with their preseason call of a Chiefs three-peat, predicting a 32-26 Kansas City win with Patrick Mahomes as Super Bowl MVP. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/22a3fcb8-2dbe-494e-b765-7190f1d97bcd (scored 0) - Marvin Prince on Patrick Mahomes: Picked the Chiefs to win 31-27 with Mahomes as MVP. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/06dd11ee-313a-4371-93ff-535de62f0dca (scored 0) --- Accuracy is 0-100 against what actually happened. 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