Gavin CarlsonOct 30, 2026
Carlson predicted a 24-14 Rams win over the Chargers and offered a bold prediction that Aaron Donald would have a big game and record their first sack.
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What Gavin Carlson said
But Rams twenty four fourteen, they win the ball game.
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- SaidOct 30
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- GradedNov 2
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a naive guessbetter than naiveOne checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.
The call scored 88.1 out of 100, against 66 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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Score PredictionsLos Angeles Rams
Los Angeles Rams 24 — chargers 14
What happenedRams 24–9called Rams by 10 · won by 1588.1Hit · naive 65.9988.1this call−65.99a naive guess=22.11better than naive×1.61difficulty=+35.59skillClosing line (Nov 1): Rams by 6.5, total 46.5 · this 24–14 calls a bigger Rams win (by 10) and fewer points (38).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- score:
- 9-24
- skill:
- 35.59
- they picked:
- LAR
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 88.1
- baseline:
- 65.99
- difficulty:
- 1.61
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 15
- weeks left when called:
- 11
- naive home margin:
- 0.72
- predicted margin:
- 10
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