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Colin Cowherd is an American sports media personality who began his broadcasting career as a sports director at Las Vegas television station KVBC before moving through several other stations and joining ESPN in 2003. At ESPN, he hosted a radio show on the ESPN Radio network and became one of the original hosts of SportsNation, as well as Colin's New Football Show. He currently hosts The Herd with Colin Cowherd on Fox Sports Radio and Fox Sports 1. Cowherd covers the NFL with particular attention to franchises like the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, and Philadelphia Eagles. His predictions range from individual game outcomes to playoff berths, draft positioning, and season win totals — the full spectrum of NFL forecasting.
Writes at The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)
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Is Colin Cowherd accurate? Across 465 graded calls in 75 articles, Colin Cowherd scores 55.97% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 10.8, which means their calls were better than a naive guess on the same claims. That is an established record: thirty or more graded articles.
96.44% of their claims were specific enough to check. Most of what they said committed to something.
Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below shows its own arithmetic.
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Indianapolis Colts 33 — Falcons 24
“I like the Colts in Berlin minus five and a half... Indy to win and cover thirty three twenty four”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 — Patriots 23
“I like the Bucks at home to win and cover twenty seven to twenty three”
Pittsburgh Steelers 24 — Chargers 23
“I'm gonna take the underdog Steelers plus three... I got an upset twenty four, twenty three”
Detroit Lions 33 — Commanders 21
“I like the Lions to win. I like another favorite here thirty three twenty one.”
Baltimore Ravens 30 — Vikings 20
“Ravens win and the Ravens cover. It's an urgent week for Baltimore and next week in the week after thirty to twenty.”
Pittsburgh Steelers to make the playoffs
“and then I'll take Buffalo and Pittsburgh to remain the same”
Kansas City Chiefs to make the playoffs
“I'll put Kansas City to replace the Jags as a wild card team.”
Buffalo Bills to make the playoffs
“and then I'll take Buffalo and Pittsburgh to remain the same”
Kansas City Chiefs to beat Colts
“I believe the winners are Kansas City over the Colts”
Buffalo Bills to beat Baltimore
“and I think I would take Josh Allen over Lamar”
Baltimore Ravens to beat New England
“Baltimore over New England”
Baltimore Ravens to make the playoffs
“the Ravens to replace the Chargers, even though the records right now don't feel that way”
Kansas City Chiefs to reach the Super Bowl
“so it would be Josh Allen and Mahomes again meeting for the AFC Championship in Buffalo”
Kansas City Chiefs to beat Denver
“Then Kansas City would go to Denver and I would take Kansas City”
Chicago Bears to make the playoffs
“I think the Bears could end up like supplanting San Francisco as a wild card team.”
Fernando Mendoza to be picked at number 1
“I think Mendoza and Dante Moore are going to go one and two. That's my guess.”
Matt Moore to be picked at number 2
“I think Mendoza and Dante Moore are going to go one and two. That's my guess.”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat Patriots
“But it sounds like maybe your leaning Bucks here. Yep, I think under a field goal”
Fernando Mendoza to be 1st quarterback off the board
“I think Mendoz that Indiana is gonna win it up to them... Mendoz is the play... I think Mendoza is a bigger, stronger athlete smart.”
Indianapolis Colts to win the division
“the Colts were missing a corner there that's gonna be a division winning team”
Denver Broncos to beat Raiders
“He's a pocket quarterback if he plays Take Denver.”
Baltimore Ravens to beat Minnesota
“this is one of my favorite plays of the weekend. Is the Ravens a minus four and a half... I go into a game with the superior quarterback, who now is finally healthy, I get probably the better roster.”
Drake Maye to make Pro Bowl
“I think Drake May is going to be a multiple time Pro Bowl or doesn't surprise me.”
Los Angeles Chargers to beat Titans
“And the Chargers aren't losing against the Titan”
Las Vegas Raiders to beat Jaguars
“I the Raiders beating the Jaguars in Vegas?”
Travis Kelce to record 1 receiving tds
“I think Travis scores... Travis Kelcey plus one twenty anytime touchdown.”
Chicago Bears to beat Baltimore
“But I think Chicago could win outright and six and a half points. I just think the Ravens have not earned the right to be a touchdown favorite. So I'll take Chicago plus the six and a half.”
Atlanta Falcons to beat Miami
“I do know that the Miami defense can't deal with Bijon all lay the seven and a half with Atlanta.”
Green Bay Packers to beat Pittsburgh
“I think green Bay's better than Pittsburgh... And I just think green Bay is due for a statement game. Green Bay minus three.”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat New Orleans
“that Baker press conference, I was like, Nope, I'm taking Tampa... I'll lay the three and a half with Tampa.”
Baltimore Ravens 28 — Bears 21
“Lamar Jackson's gonna eat favorite pick of the weekend Ravens minus six. They win twenty eight to twenty one, and it won't feel that close.”
New England Patriots 28 — Browns 17
“I like the Patriots to win by ten, twenty eight to seventeen.”
Denver Broncos 28 — Cowboys 24
“So I like Denver to win, and I like Denver to cover the spread. Twenty eight twenty four Broncos win.”
Baltimore Ravens to make the playoffs
“You could get Baltimore plus one ten to make the playoffs plus money. / I did take that. I think they're going to the playoffs.”
Atlanta Falcons 30 — Dolphins 24
“Atlanta's offense at home very good. Take the over forty four and a half points, twenty eight, twenty one thirty twenty four. My bad of Falcons win”
Houston Texans 27 — 49ers 23
“I think it's a choppie game. I'm gonna take the Texans twenty seven to twenty three.”