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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.ESPN's Pats preview includes a forecast like this, courtesy of Advanced Football Analytics, has the Pats loosing the opener, 28-14 in Miami.
That would suck. And surprise. They also have them losing at home against the Jets — which would also suck and surprise.
I think we should enter the whole season's results into the PatsFans prediction contest (forget what it is called). It would be interesting to see where it ranked at the end of the year. One of PatsFan's writers could write an article about the results.ESPN's Pats preview includes a forecast like this, courtesy of Advanced Football Analytics, has the Pats loosing the opener, 28-14 in Miami.
That would suck. And surprise. They also have them losing at home against the Jets — which would also suck and surprise.
It wasn't this 'Advanced Football Analytics', but it was another part of TWWL - their magazine.Didn't they have the Pats missing the playoffs last year?
It wasn't this 'Advanced Football Analytics', but it was another part of TWWL - their magazine.
The specifics are hidden behind a pay wall now, but if I recall correctly they had the Patriots going 8-8 based on their irrefutable data analysis and projections. The mag had the Pats missing the playoff and Miami winning the AFC East.
A few of their other misses include the Bucs, Falcons, Redskins and Texans all making the playoffs - as a point of reference, those teams went a combined 13-51, and earned the number 1, 2, 6 and 7 spots in the draft - while they had the Patriots (12-4), Saints (11-5), Panthers (12-4), Colts (11-5), Eagles (10-6) and Chargers missing the postseason.
While getting 50% of the playoff teams correct is the definition of mediocre prognostication, give them credit for getting the two conference champions right - though that was offset by their prediction of Denver dropping 34 points on Seattle to win the Super Bowl.
The Mag ranks all 32 NFL teams - ESPN The Magazine
I had a dream we got Pats/Giants 3 for this Super Bowl a few weeks ago. I'm going with that.