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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.
9 of 82 graded articles on this page, newest first — page 6 of 14.
Baker Mayfield to win MVP
“I would vote him today... he would be MVP and then Mahomes would be runner up.”
Washington Commanders 30 — Cowboys 27
“I'm taking the over. Commanders win. That's not my play. Thirty twenty seven.”
San Francisco 49ers to beat Atlanta
“if San Francisco can bring it back a couple of weapons, I like San Francisco.”
Cleveland Browns 24 — Dolphins 17
“I trust Cleveland's defense to carry the day, maybe get a turnover in points twenty four to seventeen. Browns win and cover.”
Denver Broncos 28 — Giants 20
“I'm gonna take Denver to win twenty eight to twenty. Cover the spread.”
Detroit Lions 28 — Buccaneers 21
“Bucks Lions win it. Lions cover twenty eight to twenty one.”
Green Bay Packers 28 — Arizona 24
“I'm going to take green Bay to win close. Seven points is too many. Twenty eight to twenty four.”
Seattle Seahawks 30 — Jacksonville 27
“Seattle wins outright in a bad mood. Cross Country thirty twenty seven. Hawks rebound from that loss last week.”
Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Cleveland
“should the Steelers win? Absolutely? I think the Steelers will win.”
New England Patriots 21 — Saints 20
“Patriots win, but take the under. Let's say at twenty one to twenty ugly choppie game.”
Las Vegas Raiders 26 — Tennessee 17
“I like the Raiders minus three and a half... Twenty six seventeen”
Los Angeles Chargers 24 — Dolphins 23
“Chargers probably win this game twenty four to twenty three. I'm absolutely taking the points with the Dolphins.”
Washington Commanders 33 — Bears 26
“My favorite bet of the week is the Commander's minus four and a half... The Commanders win thirty three twenty six.”
Los Angeles Rams to beat Ravens
“I'm not touching this game... Rams will win, but I'm not touching with him.”
New York Jets 28 — Cowboys 27
“I think the Jets at home healthier win twenty eight, twenty seven, take the points.”
Indianapolis Colts 28 — Raiders 20
“I like the Colts at home to win and cover... twenty eight to twenty Colts win it won't feel this close.”
Arizona Cardinals 31 — Titans 13
“I think we have a blowout on the horizon. Cardinals win at thirty one to thirteen.”
Denver Broncos 24 — Eagles 23
“I'm gonna take Denver to win close, low scoring game twenty four to twenty three.”
Indianapolis Colts to win the division
“I think they're going to run away now with this division”
Minnesota Vikings 27 — Steelers 20
“But I think Minnesota twenty seven to twenty covers here, better staff, better offense, better defense. I a better road team. I'm gonna take Minnesota.”
Los Angeles Rams 34 — Colts 24
“They beat the Colts thirty four to twenty four.”
Denver Broncos 30 — Bengals 20
“Bo Nicks, by the way, not great in September last year, finally Clicks thirty twenty. They cover the spread. Take the Denver Broncos”
New England Patriots 26 — Panthers 23
“I think we get points in this game. Twenty six twenty three New England wins take the over.”
Las Vegas Raiders 27 — Bears 23
“I'm gonna take the Raiders to win it. Twenty seven to twenty three.”
Atlanta Falcons to beat Washington
“I like the Falcons, but I like them Milani.”
Kansas City Chiefs to beat Giants
“I think they'll beat the Giants this weekend.”
Dallas Cowboys 28 — Bears 27
“Cowboys win at twenty eight twenty seven, But I like the over on this game.”
Seattle Seahawks 28 — Saints 20
“I like Seattle here at home twenty eight to twenty.”
Los Angeles Rams 27 — Eagles 23
“I'm gonna take the Rams to upset them. Twenty seven twenty three.”
New England Patriots 27 — Pittsburgh 23
“I like the Patriots straight out to win this game. Twenty seven twenty three.”
Baltimore Ravens 30 — Lions 23
“Ravens win thirty twenty three. I'll take him to cover the spread.”
“kicking off the top twelve running backs, starting with number one Bijon Robinson... Bashin Tootle Beshon too Ba, Shaal Toutin, and Cam Scataboo.”
“This week, it is not Jamar Chase... it is CD Lamb. In the consensus ranks, Jamar Chase is number two, Justin Jefferson three... Starting at twenty five, We've got Tyreek Hill, Courtland Sutton, George Pickens, Terry McLaurin, Devonte Smith, Jacobe Myers... DJ Moore, Ricky Piersol, Calvin Ridley, Marquise Brown, Juwan Jennings, and Keon Coleman.”
Kansas City Chiefs to make the playoffs
“Take the Chiefs out, They'll make the playoffs. They're going to be fine.”
Baltimore Ravens to win the division
“You can just pencil them in to win their division.”
Buffalo Bills to beat Miami
“Thursday Night, Buffalo is gonna hammer Miami.”
Buffalo Bills to win the division
“like Brady in this division. They're going to win it as long as Josh Allen's in his prime.”
Indianapolis Colts to win the division
“Jones plays at this B to B plus level. They're gonna win this division.”
“the top ten NFL teams according to Colin... Colts at ten... Washington at nine... Niners at eight... Number seven, Tampa Bay... I'd put the Chargers [six]... Number five The Ravens... Number four the Bills... I have the Rams at three, number two Philadelphia... number one... green Bay... I have Kansas City at eleven. I have Denver troubling. They've been sloppy at twelve”