Colin Cowherd#54 of 87 NFL pundits · Aug 18, 2026
Cowherd ranked their top ten quarterback/head coach combinations, calling Mike Macdonald arguably the league's second-best coach behind Sean McVay, picked Houston to win its division, and predicted Isaiah Likely would catch about 70 passes in their new offense.
Said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)Hear the original
What Colin Cowherd said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI like Houston to win the division because that's what they do and their defense is like a notch above even Seattle's.
- Where it was said
- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)
- The episode
- THE HERD – HOUR 2 – Top 10 NFL QB x Head Coach Combos, Jaxson Dart Keeps Failing
- The original
- Hear the original
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- 1Isaiah Likely to record 70 receptions“and Isaiah likely from Baltimore, He's going to be a seventy catch guy in this offense”
- 2Houston Texans to win the division“I like Houston to win the division because that's what they do and their defense is like a notch above even Seattle's.”
- 3Head Coach Rankings“McDonald to me is arguably the second best coach in the league after McVeigh. He's outstanding.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Likely to record 70 receptions1 | Player Season Numbers | — | — | — | — | |
| Houston Texans to win the division2 | Division Winners | — | — | — | — | |
| “McDonald to me is arguably the second best coach in the league…”3 | Head Coach Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 3 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 checkable claims — 1 division winner, 1 head coach ranking and 1 player season number — 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.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
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.
Their call against the record
receptionsTheir call against what actually happened last time. Not yet settled.
1Player Season NumbersIsaiah Likely
Isaiah Likely to record 70 receptions
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Division WinnersHouston Texans
Houston Texans to win the division
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
“McDonald to me is arguably the second best coach in the league after McVeigh. He's outstanding.”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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