Nick Wright#49 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 9, 2026
Nick Wright lays out their 2026 season picks: all eight division winners, the Ravens as the AFC's No. 1 seed with 13 wins and a 6-0 start, Chiefs and Eagles in the Super Bowl with Kansas City winning, plus value picks on the Seahawks and Eagles to win the NFC.
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our reading, beside the words we read it fromIn a trilogy part three chiefs Eagles in the Superbowl is my official pick and Kansas city wins the rubber match.
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- 1Baltimore Ravens to beat Cowboys“if you guys beat Dallas at home in week three, I just don't see any, it's going to be very hard for you not to start 6-0”
- 2Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the division“The Bucs at 35%. ... I still believe in Tampa.”
- 3Seattle Seahawks to win the division“And then in the NFC West, another 35%. And that is Seattle. ... I think Seattle has earned favorite status”
- 4Kansas City Chiefs to win the division“I like Kansas City. They are the favorite to win the division”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Ravens to beat Cowboys1 | Game Outcome Picks | Ravens 34–31 | 100 | 0 | +200 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the division2 | Division Winners | — | — | — | — | |
| Seattle Seahawks to win the division3 | Division Winners | — | — | — | — | |
| Kansas City Chiefs to win the division4 | Division Winners | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 calls · 1 hit · 3 waiting | 100 | 0 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive4 checkable claims — 3 division winners and 1 game outcome 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.
1 of 4 have settled so far, averaging 100 out of 100, against 0 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.
1Game Outcome PicksBaltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens to beat Cowboys
What happenedRavens 34–31Ravens at Cowboys100Hit · naive 0100this call−0a naive guess=100better than naive×2difficulty=+200skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- BAL
- score:
- 34-31
- skill:
- 200
- they picked:
- BAL
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- the naive pick:
- DAL
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 18
2Division WinnersTampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the division
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Division WinnersSeattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks to win the division
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Division WinnersKansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs to win the division
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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