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Michael Hanich covers the Seattle Seahawks and Las Vegas Raiders for Sports Illustrated. The predictions include depth-chart projections, roster calls, score predictions and season win totals, with recent pieces on Devon Witherspoon, Sam Darnold and the Seahawks' weekly outlook.
Across 8 graded calls in 7 articles, Michael Hanich scores 75.51% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of 3.28, which means their calls were better than a naive guess on the same claims.
That is a provisional record, fewer than ten graded articles, so the numbers are not yet meaningful and they are not ranked on the leaderboard.
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Every number here is computed from the published methodology, and every call below opens to its own arithmetic.
All 40 calls · one square per call
5hits63% of graded
1Close13%
2misses25%
32
How much better than a naive guess on the same claims. This is the ranking.
No kind has five graded calls yet, so none is rated.
Michael Hanich covers the Seattle Seahawks and Las Vegas Raiders for Sports Illustrated. The predictions include depth-chart projections, roster calls, score predictions and season win totals, with recent pieces on Devon Witherspoon, Sam Darnold and the Seahawks' weekly outlook.
A longer profile is written once a record reaches 30 graded articles, and published only after a person reviews it.
8 graded calls in 7 articles, newest first. Every take from Michael Hanich, including the ones still waiting →
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Seattle Seahawks 24 — Cardinals 18
The same 87, by how often their calls landed, with no credit for difficulty.
Michael Hanich isn’t ranked yet: a record is ranked from 10 graded articles, so a lucky first handful can’t top the table.
“Michael Hanich: Seahawks 24, Cardinals 18”
Closing line (Nov 8): Seahawks by 8.5, total 39.5 · this 24–18 calls a closer game (Seahawks by 6) and more points (42).
Seattle Seahawks to beat Arizona Cardinals
“Seattle could easily lose the next two games and then win against Arizona before losing to Las Vegas.”
George Holani to make the roster
“It has now reached a point where Holani might be too much of a liability to keep on the 53-man roster and needs to be replaced.”
Seattle Seahawks 27 — 49ers 23
“Michael Hanich: Seahawks 27, 49ers 23”
Closing line (Oct 11): Seahawks by 3, total 46.5 · this 27–23 calls a bigger Seahawks win (by 4) and more points (50).
Seattle Seahawks to beat Arizona Cardinals
“History Favors the Seahawks... There is no reason to think that head coach Mike Macdonald won't have his team fully ready by the time the game starts... This could be a matchup that the Seahawks could easily exploit. Confidence Meter: 7 (Week 2 at Arizona)”
Closing line (Sep 20): Seahawks by 3.5 · favorite pick, Seahawks about 2 in 3 (66%).
Rodney Thomas to make the roster
“Thomas is likely to make the 53-man roster based on his consistency through the training camp and preseason.”
Noah Igbinoghene to be 1st on the depth chart
“Noah Igbinoghene Making a Convincing Case of Week 1 Nickel ... Igbinoghene reportedly had a solid day as the No.1 nickel”
Bud Clark to be 1st on the depth chart
“There was a good chance he wasn’t going to be a Week 1 starter, but if Emmanwori is out, then Seattle might have Clark step up.”