Pete Prisco#51 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 9, 2026
Predicts Seattle wins a physical division game 28-21, with the Seahawks defense making a late stand.
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What Pete Prisco said
I think the Seattle defense will come up big late to win it
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- Seahawks vs. 49ers Week 5 Expert Picks, Prediction Roundup
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- SaidOct 9
- PlayedOct 11
- GradedOct 12
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The call scored 40.5 out of 100, against 43.6 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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Score PredictionsSeattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks 28 — 49ers 21
What happened49ers 32–29called Seahawks by 7 · lost by 340.48Close · naive 43.6240.48this call−43.62a naive guess=−3.14worse than naive×1.78difficulty=−5.6skillClosing line (Oct 11): Seahawks by 3, total 46.5 · this 28–21 calls a bigger Seahawks win (by 7) and more points (49).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- score:
- 32-29
- skill:
- −5.6
- they picked:
- SEA
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 40.48
- baseline:
- 43.62
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 3
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- naive home margin:
- 0.32
- predicted margin:
- 7
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