Laura Rutledge avoids the “NFL Live” curse with Seahawks prediction

It appears that Laura Rutledge has gone to the Jason Kirk school and is portraying herself as the designated adversary. The NFL Live The host knows that to avoid getting into memes, you have to stop making unanimous predictions. And while the San Francisco 49ers seemed like the obvious choice Thursday night football, Rutledge took the road less traveled with her prediction.

After Mina Kimes, Marcus Spears, Ryan Clark and Dan Orlovsky picked San Francisco to win the match against the Seattle Seahawks on Amazon Prime Video, Rutledge praised her colleagues. And although she wanted to follow in their footsteps, she couldn’t.

Laura Rutledge avoids the “NFL Live” curse at all costs! https://t.co/JyKiB9iGe1 pic.twitter.com/O2AYaFgagg

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“Look at you, everyone on the 49ers,” she said. “Well, let me just say this – I don’t blame you because I always pick the 49ers; I think I rarely spoke out against them. I’m doing it right now; I’m picking the Seahawks. Come on, they’re home. What are you doing? You have to think about the fact that there’s no way Seattle can lose this game.”

Spears tried to change his choice to the Seahawks, and when Rutledge said they wouldn’t change their choice anymore, “Swagu” said, “I can do whatever the fuck I want to do.”

TRUE.

But Rutledge can do it too, and she knew she would be tempting fate if she didn’t choose the Seahawks.

As a 49ers fan NFL Live The hostess reminded us of the very curse she was trying to avoid.

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“When we all pick the same team, they usually lose,” she wrote.

To protect the Niners (and their fan base), Rutledge went against the grain – and groupthink.

You may not be familiar with the NFL Live Curse. If we all pick the same team, that team usually loses. To protect the Niners, I did this. You can thank me now 😊

— Laura Rutledge (@LauraRutledge) October 11, 2024

49ers fans can thank her for her service as soon as possible with a fruit basket, edible arrangement or something similar. Had they not opted for a 28-24 win over Seattle, San Francisco might have started a season at 2-4 as the heavy favorite to repeat as NFC champions.

Nobody wants that. Well, maybe not for people who can’t stand the 49ers, but you get the point – and what Rutledge was trying to accomplish (and did) here.

(NFL Live)