Jason McIntyre#46 of 87 NFL pundits · Mar 13, 2025

McIntyre pushed back on Cowherd, guaranteeing the 49ers finish at least two wins ahead of Seattle (roughly ten to eight), and predicted the Rams defense would be a top-15/16 unit rather than elite.

Said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)Hear the original

0 of 2calls landed1 close call · 1 miss · 1 waiting

30Average accuracyout of 100, across 2 calls

5A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

2 of 3Settled1 still waiting

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What Jason McIntyre said

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I guarantee you the Niners have at least two more wins on the win total than Seattle. It'll be like ten versus eight at least.

Jason McIntyre, the lead quote · each call’s own words are below

Where it was said: The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)
The episode: Hour 2 - NFC predictions
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SaidMar 13, 2025
GradedAug 7, 2026

1Seattle Seahawks to finish with 8 wins“It'll be like ten versus eight at least.”
2San Francisco 49ers to finish with 10 wins“guarantee you the Niners have at least two more wins on the win total than Seattle. It'll be like ten versus eight at least.”
3Position Group Rankings“It'll probably be a top half of the league's top fifteen to sixteen defense.”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting

Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
Seattle Seahawks to finish with 8 wins¹	Season Win Totals	14	0	5	−10
San Francisco 49ers to finish with 10 wins²	Season Win Totals	12	60	5	+110
“It'll probably be a top half of the league's top fifteen to…”³	Position Group Rankings	—	—	—	—
3 calls · 1 close call · 1 miss · 1 waiting			30	5

How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive

3 checkable claims — 2 season win totals and 1 position group ranking — 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.

2 of 3 have settled so far, averaging 30 out of 100, against 5 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.

Their call against what happened

wins

8They said

14What happened

Their call against what actually happened.

1Season Win Totals Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks to finish with 8 wins
What happened14called 8
0Miss · naive 5
0this call5a naive guess−5worse than naive2difficulty−10skill
How this was scored
team:
SEA
naive:
9.25
skill:
−10
what happened:
14
season:
2025
zero credit this far off:
5
accuracy:
0
baseline:
5
they said:
8
difficulty:
2
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
Think this is wrong?
2Season Win Totals San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers to finish with 10 wins
What happened12called 10
60Close · naive 5
60this call5a naive guess55better than naive2difficulty+110skill
How this was scored
team:
SF
naive:
7.25
skill:
110
what happened:
12
season:
2025
zero credit this far off:
5
accuracy:
60
baseline:
5
they said:
10
difficulty:
2
weeks in the season:
18
weeks left when called:
18
Think this is wrong?
3Position Group Rankings
“It'll probably be a top half of the league's top fifteen to sixteen defense.”
VerdictWaiting
Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Think this is wrong?
All
The take as a whole
the average of 2 settled calls, each counted once
30naive 5

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