Dylan SandersSep 24, 2026
Picked the Saints to beat the Raiders at home in Week 3 by a score of 31-17, with New Orleans getting off to a fast start.
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What Dylan Sanders said
I do again have the Saints winning this game. In terms of score prediction, I'll go I'll go thirty one seventeen.
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- Locked On Saints (podcast)
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- SAINTS SQUAD SHOW: Tyler Shough & Chris Olave Are Growing Into a Top 5 QB-WR Duo In the NFL
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- SaidSep 24
- PlayedSep 27
- GradedSep 28
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a naive guessbetter than naiveOne checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.
The call scored 35.7 out of 100, against 32.1 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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Score PredictionsNew Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints 31 — Raiders 17
What happenedRaiders 35–27called Saints by 14 · lost by 835.71Miss · naive 32.0735.71this call−32.07a naive guess=3.64better than naive×1.89difficulty=+6.89skillClosing line (Sep 27): Saints by 3.5, total 43.5 · this 31–17 calls a bigger Saints win (by 14) and more points (48).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- score:
- 35-27
- skill:
- 6.89
- they picked:
- NO
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 35.71
- baseline:
- 32.07
- difficulty:
- 1.89
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 8
- weeks left when called:
- 16
- naive home margin:
- 0.47
- predicted margin:
- 14
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