Eric WilliamsSep 9, 2026
Williams has the Seahawks repeating as champions with a 28-24 win over a Chiefs team that rebounds to reach the Super Bowl.
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What Eric Williams said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromthe Seahawks use that disrespect as motivation to repeat as champions
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- 2026 Super Bowl Predictions: Battle Of L.A.? Cowboys Win It All? Our Super Bowl LXI Picks
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- SaidSep 9
- PlayedOct 25
- GradedOct 26
- 1Seattle Seahawks 28 — Chiefs 24“Score prediction: Seahawks 28, Chiefs 24”
- 2Seattle Seahawks to win the Super Bowl“Eric D. Williams: Seahawks Defeat Chiefs”
- 3Kansas City Chiefs to reach the Super Bowl“Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid rebound from a disappointing season last year to reach the Super Bowl together for the sixth time”
- 4Seattle Seahawks to reach the Super Bowl“Eric D. Williams: Seahawks Defeat Chiefs”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks 28 — Chiefs 241 | Score Predictions | Seahawks 20–3 | 69.05 | 58.69 | +20.71 | |
| Seattle Seahawks to win the Super Bowl2 | Super Bowl Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Kansas City Chiefs to reach the Super Bowl3 | Conference Champions | — | — | — | — | |
| Seattle Seahawks to reach the Super Bowl4 | Conference Champions | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 1 close call · 3 waiting | 69.1 | 58.7 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive4 checkable claims — 2 conference champions, 1 score prediction and 1 super bowl pick — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 4 have settled so far, averaging 69.1 out of 100, against 58.7 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
1Score PredictionsSeattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks 28 — Chiefs 24
What happenedSeahawks 20–3called Seahawks by 4 · won by 1769.05Close · naive 58.6969.05this call−58.69a naive guess=10.36better than naive×2difficulty=+20.71skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- score:
- 3-20
- skill:
- 20.71
- they picked:
- SEA
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 69.05
- baseline:
- 58.69
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 17
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- naive home margin:
- −0.35
- predicted margin:
- 4
2Super Bowl PicksSeattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks to win the Super Bowl
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Conference ChampionsKansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs to reach the Super Bowl
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Conference ChampionsSeattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks to reach the Super Bowl
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
The game in this take
every pundit’s pick on eachWho this take is about
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More conference champions
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
Nick Wright · Conference Champions · New England Patriots · Hit 100
The host picks the Rams to beat the Seahawks in the NFC Championship game and believes the winner of that game wins the Super Bowl, i.e. that this is the Rams' year; they also pick New England to win in Denver despite taking the Broncos with the points, and says Stafford is winning MVP. They call Sean McVay the second-best coach in the NFL.Nick Wright · Conference Champions · Denver Broncos · Close 50
Wright picked the Broncos to beat the Patriots in a low-scoring AFC Championship game (17-16), said Sean Payton would coach Denver to the Super Bowl, picked the Rams to win outright in Seattle 31-20, believes the winner of the NFC game wins the Super Bowl with the Rams the better team, and expects Matt Stafford to be named league MVP.AJ Hawk · Conference Champions · Los Angeles Rams · Close 50
Hawk picked the Patriots to win in Denver despite liking Stidham and the Broncos defense, and in the NFC they stuck with the Rams, saying Stafford gets to the Super Bowl.Connor "Boston Connor" Campbell · Conference Champions · New England Patriots · Hit 100
Connor expects a tight first half in Denver before New England pulls away in the second half and advances to the Super Bowl.Gregg Rosenthal · Conference Champions · New England Patriots · Hit 100
Rosenthal picks the Patriots to beat the Broncos in a close, low-scoring AFC Championship in Denver (while liking Denver to cover the 4.5 points), takes the Seahawks over the Rams in a defensive NFC Championship they peg around 23-19, and forecasts a Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl.Richard Sherman · Conference Champions · New England Patriots · Hit 100
Sherman picks the Seahawks to beat the Rams comfortably at home, 27-17, with a defensive score, and says the winner of that NFC Championship game will win the Super Bowl. They also pick the Patriots to win comfortably in Denver, 21-15, and assumes Matthew Stafford will be named league MVP.