UPDATE: We now have 194 picks — primarily media, but also some oddsmakers. Of the 194 picks, 116 people picked the Chiefs and 78 picked the 49ers.
The 2020 Super Bowl is just a couple days away, and all the so-called experts (yours truly included) are getting in picks for the big game. We’ve compiled 169 (and counting) picks from an assortment of media. We’ve got SB Nation, ESPN, CBS Sports, The Athletic, and plenty more. We’ve also linked to their respective articles with a listing of score predictions for most of the picks.
The Kansas City Chiefs face the San Francisco 49ers in Miami, with KC sitting as a 1.5-point favorite at DraftKings online sportsbook. A spread that close means that most of the picks of the winner include a cover of the spread. Any 49ers pick is automatically going to also cover the spread. Meanwhile, any pick of a 2-point or better win will mean the Chiefs cover.
The table below is sortable and has been preset in order of pick. If you sort by team picked, you’ll see that five of the 169 picks have the Chiefs winning but the 49ers covering. Given the point spread, the only way that happens is with a one-point Chiefs victory. If you go into the picks, you’ll see a few two-point wins, but most of the picks are three point victories or greater.
The final tally of these 169 picks have 104 picks for the Chiefs and 65 for the 49ers. There are plenty more media picks to come heading into the weekend. We’ll get them added to the spreadsheet as we find them, focusing primarily on media outlets with multiple picks. There are a few exceptions for some favorites of mine, but otherwise it’s bigger media outlets.
I’ll be publishing a write-up with my pick against the spread later on Friday, but I’m a big fat homer and am going with the 49ers. I grew up a 49ers fan and ran a 49ers blog for 13 years. I legitimately think they will win this game, and I actually think they can potentially win by double digits, but I understand if people are skeptical of my predictions about the 49ers. I see them as the more complete team than Kansas City, but Patrick Mahomes is such an absurd x-factor, so I like to think there’s little that would surprise me on Sunday.
Super Bowl 54 media picks
Person | Outlet | Pick |
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Person | Outlet | Pick |
David Fucillo, DKN | DraftKings Nation | 49ers |
Maverick & Stanley | SB Nation | Chiefs |
Kyle Posey | SB Nation | 49ers |
Stephen White | SB Nation | 49ers |
Adam Stites | SB Nation | Chiefs |
Geoff Schwartz | SB Nation | Chiefs |
Morgan Moriarty | SB Nation | Chiefs |
Sarah Hardy | SB Nation | 49ers |
Christian D'Andrea | SB Nation | Chiefs |
James Brady | SB Nation | 49ers |
Bill Barnwell | ESPN | 49ers |
Aaron Schatz, Football Outsiders | Football Outsiders | Chiefs |
Mike Florio | Pro Football Talk | Chiefs |
Michael David Smith | Pro Football Talk | Chiefs |
Gary Davenport | Bleacher Report | 49ers |
Brad Gagnon | Bleacher Report | Chiefs |
Brent Sobleski | Bleacher Report | 49ers |
Pete Prisco | CBS Sports | Chiefs |
Jason La Canfora | CBS Sports | Chiefs |
Will Brinson | CBS Sports | Chiefs |
Jared Dubin | CBS Sports | Chiefs |
Ryan Wilson | CBS Sports | Chiefs |
John Breech | CBS Sports | 49ers |
Davie Richard | CBS Sports | 49ers |
Jamey Eisenberg | CBS Sports | Chiefs |
Matt Barrows | The Athletic | 49ers |
Nate Taylor | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Greg Auman | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Zach Berman | The Athletic | Chiefs (49ers cover) |
Scott Bordow | The Athletic | 49ers |
Ed Bouchette | The Athletic | 49ers |
Dan Brown | The Athletic | 49ers |
Dane Brugler | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Joe Buscaglia | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Jaosn Butt | The Athletic | 49ers |
Jake Ciely | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Paul Dehner | The Athletic | 49ers |
Michael-Shawn Dugar | The Athletic | 49ers |
Dan Duggan | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Matt Fairburn | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Andre Fernandez | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Kevin Fishbain | The Athletic | Chiefs |
John Glennon | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Joe Goodberry | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Chad Graff | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Tim Graham | The Athletic | 49ers |
Rich Hammond | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Arif Hasan | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Larry Holder | The Athletic | Chiefs (49ers cover) |
Stephen Holder | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Connor Hughes | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Zac Jackson | The Athletic | Chiefs (49ers cover) |
Adam Jahns | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Nicki Jhabvala | The Athletic | 49ers |
Lindsay Jones | The Athletic | 49ers |
Mark Kaboly | The Athletic | 49ers |
Sheil Kapadia | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Tim Kawakami | The Athletic | 49ers |
Zak Keefer | The Athletic | 49ers |
Seth Keysor | The Athletic | Chiefs |
David Lombardi | The Athletic | 49ers |
Michael Lombardi | The Athletic | 49ers |
Jon Machota | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Jay Morrison | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Ted Nguyen | The Athletic | 49ers |
Amy Parlapiano | The Athletic | 49ers |
Chris Perkins | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Joe Person | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Dan Pompei | The Athletic | Chiefs (49ers cover) |
Daniel Popper | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Aaron Reiss | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Joe Rexrode | The Athletic | Chiefs (49ers cover) |
Jourdan Rodrigue | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Mike Sando | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Matt Schneidman | The Athletic | 49ers |
Ben Standig | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Vic Tafur | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Katherine Terrell | The Athletic | 49ers |
Lisa Wilson | The Athletic | 49ers |
Bo Wulf | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Jeff Zrebiec | The Athletic | Chiefs |
Albert Breer, SI | Sports Illustrated | 49ers |
Greg Bishop, SI | Sports Illustrated | 49ers |
Jenny Vrentas, SI | Sports Illustrated | Chiefs |
Conor Orr, SI | Sports Illustrated | 49ers |
Kalyn Kahler, SI | Sports Illustrated | 49ers |
Michael Rosenberg, SI | Sports Illustrated | Chiefs |
Charlotte Wilder, SI | Sports Illustrated | Chiefs |
Gary Gramling, SI | Sports Illustrated | Chiefs |
Mitch Goldich, SI | Sports Illustrated | Chiefs |
Bette Marston, SI | Sports Illustrated | Chiefs |
Vinnie Iyer, TSN | Sporting News | 49ers |
Tadd Haislop, TSN | Sporting News | 49ers |
Matthew Berry | ESPN | Chiefs |
Matt Bowen | ESPN | Chiefs |
John Buccigross | ESPN | Chiefs |
Mike Golic | ESPN | Chiefs |
Preston Johnson | ESPN | Chiefs |
Todd McShay | ESPN | Chiefs |
Sarah Spain | ESPN | Chiefs |
Trey Wingo | ESPN | Chiefs |
Todd Archer | ESPN | Chiefs |
Sarah Barshop | ESPN | Chiefs |
Rich Cimini | ESPN | Chiefs |
Courtney Cronin | ESPN | Chiefs |
Turron Davenport | ESPN | Chiefs |
Rob Demovsky | ESPN | Chiefs |
Michael DiRocco | ESPN | Chiefs |
David Fleming | ESPN | Chiefs |
Dan Graziano | ESPN | Chiefs |
Brady Henderson | ESPN | Chiefs |
Jamison Hensley | ESPN | Chiefs |
John Keim | ESPN | Chiefs |
Vaughn McClure | ESPN | Chiefs |
Tim McManus | ESPN | Chiefs |
Ian O'Connor | ESPN | Chiefs |
Brooke Pryor | ESPN | Chiefs |
Jordan Raanan | ESPN | Chiefs |
Jason Reid | ESPN | Chiefs |
Mike Reiss | ESPN | Chiefs |
Michael Rothstein | ESPN | Chiefs |
Adam Teicher | ESPN | Chiefs |
Mike Triplett | ESPN | Chiefs |
Seth Walder | ESPN | Chiefs |
Mike Wells | ESPN | Chiefs |
Eric D. Williams | ESPN | Chiefs |
Camerson Wolfe | ESPN | Chiefs |
Dan Appenfeller | ESPN | Chiefs |
Ben Arledge | ESPN | Chiefs |
Dave Bearman | ESPN | Chiefs |
Dane Beavers | ESPN | Chiefs |
Heather Burns | ESPN | Chiefs |
Chris Grandstaff | ESPN | Chiefs |
Jon Hudec | ESPN | Chiefs |
Tim Kavanagh | ESPN | Chiefs |
Vince Masi | ESPN | Chiefs |
Bob McClellan | ESPN | Chiefs |
Chris Sprow | ESPN | Chiefs |
Pat Sutherland | ESPN | Chiefs |
Jeremy Willis | ESPN | Chiefs |
Stephania Bell | ESPN | 49ers |
Mike Clay | ESPN | 49ers |
Eric Karabell | ESPN | 49ers |
Doug Kezirian | ESPN | 49ers |
Mina Kimes | ESPN | 49ers |
Steve Levy | ESPN | 49ers |
Katie Nolan | ESPN | 49ers |
Mike Tannenbaum | ESPN | 49ers |
Field Yates | ESPN | 49ers |
Jeff Dickerson | ESPN | 49ers |
Jeremy Fowler | ESPN | 49ers |
Paul Gutierrez | ESPN | 49ers |
Jeff Legwold | ESPN | 49ers |
Marcel Louis-Jacques | ESPN | 49ers |
Elizabeth Merrill | ESPN | 49ers |
David Newton | ESPN | 49ers |
Kevin Seifert | ESPN | 49ers |
Lindsey Thiry | ESPN | 49ers |
Kevin Van Valkenburg | ESPN | 49ers |
Nick Wagoner | ESPN | 49ers |
Josh Weinfuss | ESPN | 49ers |
Seth Wickersham | ESPN | 49ers |
Elizabeth Baugh | ESPN | 49ers |
T.J. Berka | ESPN | 49ers |
Ben Fawkes | ESPN | 49ers |
Keith Lipscomb | ESPN | 49ers |
Alisha Miller | ESPN | 49ers |
Anthony Olivieri | ESPN | 49ers |
John Pluym | ESPN | 49ers |
Pete Rogers | Fake Teams | 49ers |
Jordan Smith | Fake Teams | Chiefs |
Nic Bodiford | Fake Teams | Chiefs |
Robert Zeglinski | Windy City Gridiron | Chiefs |
Lester Wiltfong | Windy City Gridiron | Chiefs |
Bill Zimmerman | Windy City Gridiron | Chiefs |
Ken Mitchell | Windy City Gridiron | Chiefs (49ers cover) |
Sam Householder | Windy City Gridiron | 49ers |
Chris Andrews, Sportsbook Director | South Point | Chiefs (49ers cover) |
Richie Baccellieri | Stadium Tech Group | Chiefs (49ers cover) |
Alan Berg, Senior Oddsmaker | Caesars | 49ers |
Will Bernanke, Risk Analyst | CG Technology | Chiefs |
Rex Beyers, Senior Sports Trader | Caesars | Chiefs |
Nick Bogdanovich, Trading Dir | William Hill US | 49ers |
Adam Burns, Sports Book Manager | BetOnline.ag | 49ers |
Aaron Kessler, Sportsbook Dir | Golden Nugget | Chiefs |
Jay Kornegay, VP | SuperBook USA | 49ers |
Errol Krupiarz, Oddsmaker | Caesars | Chiefs |
John Murray, Exec Dir | SuperBook USA | 49ers |
Eric Osterman, Exec Manager | SuperBook USA | 49ers |
Vic Salerno, President | US Bookmaking | 49ers |
Dave Sharapan, Risk Analyst | CG Technology | 49ers |
Jeff Sherman, VP Risk Mgmt | SuperBook USA | 49ers |
Robert Walker, Sports Book Ops Dir | US Bookmaking | 49ers |
Richard Zanco, Senior Risk Trader | CG Technology | 49ers |
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