Michael HanichOct 9, 2026
Hanich picks Seattle 27-23 and expects the Seahawks to register three sacks — San Francisco's first allowed all season — led by DeMarcus Lawrence and Nick Emmanwori, with Sam Darnold connecting with JSN for a big game.
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What Michael Hanich said
San Francisco will allow its first sack of the season to Seattle and allow three total sacks, led by DeMarcus Lawrence and Nick Emmanwori.
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- 5 Score Predictions for 49ers vs. Seahawks in Week 5
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- SaidOct 9
- PlayedOct 11
- GradedOct 12
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The call scored 47.6 out of 100, against 43.6 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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Score PredictionsSeattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks 27 — 49ers 23
What happened49ers 32–29called Seahawks by 4 · lost by 347.62Close · naive 43.6247.62this call−43.62a naive guess=4better than naive×1.78difficulty=+7.12skillClosing line (Oct 11): Seahawks by 3, total 46.5 · this 27–23 calls a bigger Seahawks win (by 4) and more points (50).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- score:
- 32-29
- skill:
- 7.12
- they picked:
- SEA
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 47.62
- 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:
- 4
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