Peter Schrager is sticking with the kind of bold Super Bowl call that has made people pay attention to his picks for years.
On the latest episode of his new show, “The Schrager Hour,” the ESPN analyst laid out his 2026 season forecast and landed on the Los Angeles Rams and Baltimore Ravens meeting in Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium. Schrager, who correctly predicted each Super Bowl winner from 2019-2023 and called the Kansas City Chiefs over the San Francisco 49ers before the 2023 season even began, again went out on a limb with a full playoff path.
In the NFC, Schrager narrowed the race to two teams. “Let’s start off in the NFC.
It’s two teams this year to me. It’s Seahawks or it’s Rams,” Schrager said.
He pointed to the Seattle Seahawks entering the year with “a chip on their shoulder” after not enjoying “this offseason of being showered in love like everyone else because the Rams kind of hijacked it.” He also noted how much buzz surrounded Los Angeles.
“We did a segment on Get Up that was the Rams vs. the field. I nearly fell off my chair because of how absurd that is considering a team in their own division beat them two out of three games and won a Super Bowl.
They’re going to split with the Rams in the regular season. These two teams are going to play in the NFC Championship Game, a rematch of last year.
It’s going to be in L.A., and I’ve got the Los Angeles Rams winning the NFC.”
Schrager’s AFC pick goes to Baltimore, with first-year head coach Jesse Minter guiding the Ravens to the Super Bowl. His reasoning starts with Lamar Jackson.
“I think there’s no greater talent in the league [than Lamar Jackson]. I think there’s no guy that can win a game like that player right there,” Schrager explained.
He also said, “I think the message with John Harbaugh got stale.”
If Schrager is right, the Rams would bring home Super Bowl LXI at their own stadium, and he believes Sean McVay is built to manage a roster that includes Aaron Donald, Myles Garrett, Puka Nacua, Matthew Stafford and “a handful of other personalities.” The Rams are currently the odds-on favorites to win the Super Bowl, and their 2026 season begins against the San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne.
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