Nick Wright#49 of 87 NFL pundits · Jan 2, 2026

Nick Wright made five Week 18 picks against the spread: Tampa Bay over Carolina, Seattle over San Francisco (and to take the No. 1 seed), Las Vegas to cover against Kansas City, Miami to cover 12 at New England, and Pittsburgh to cover at home against Baltimore. They also predicted Seattle wins the No. 1 seed and Mike Evans scores a touchdown.

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2 of 2calls landed2 hits · all settled

100Average accuracyout of 100, across 2 calls

0A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

2 of 2Settlednone still waiting

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What Nick Wright said

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I think Seattle gets the one seed.

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SaidJan 1
GradedAug 17

1Seattle Seahawks to take the top seed“I think it makes more sense for Seattle to be the one seed... I think Seattle gets the one seed.”
2Seattle Seahawks to beat San Francisco“I think Seattle's better... I think Seattle will lay the point. I think they went”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting

Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Skill
Seattle Seahawks to take the top seed¹	Seeding, Byes and Home Field	—	100	+106
Seattle Seahawks to beat San Francisco²	Game Outcome Picks	—	100	+106
2 calls · 2 hits · all settled			100

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How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naive

2 checkable claims — 1 game outcome pick and 1 seeding, byes and home field — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.

All 2 have settled, 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.

1Seeding, Byes and Home Field Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks to take the top seed
VerdictHit
100Hit · naive 0
100this call0a naive guess100better than naive1.06difficulty+106skill
How this was scored
skill:
106
they picked:
SEA
season:
2025
accuracy:
100
baseline:
0
checked as:
the number one seed is the bye, which the bracket names exactly
actual tier:
bye
difficulty:
1.06
the naive guess:
where they finished last season (missed the playoffs)
weeks in the season:
18
claimed seed:
1
claimed tier:
bye
weeks left when called:
1
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2Game Outcome Picks Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks to beat San Francisco
VerdictHit
100Hit · naive 0
100this call0a naive guess100better than naive1.06difficulty+106skill
Closing line (Jan 3): Seahawks by 2.5 · favorite pick, Seahawks 57%. Graded on who won, not on the spread.
How this was scored
won:
SEA
score:
13-3
skill:
106
they picked:
SEA
season:
2025
accuracy:
100
baseline:
0
the naive pick:
SF
difficulty:
1.06
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
1
Think this is wrong?
All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
100naive 0