Patricia Traina#84 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 18, 2026
Traina picks the Giants to beat the Saints at home, predicting a 28-17 final score.
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What Patricia Traina said
Giants 28, Saints 17
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- Why the Giants Will Beat the Saints, Why They Won’t, and a Prediction
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- SaidOct 18
- PlayedOct 18
- GradedOct 18
How the call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveOne checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.
The call scored 40.5 out of 100, against 33.3 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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Score PredictionsNew York Giants
New York Giants 28 — Saints 17
What happenedSaints 34–27called Giants by 11 · lost by 740.48Close · naive 33.3340.48this call−33.33a naive guess=7.15better than naive×1.72difficulty=+12.29skillClosing line (Oct 18): Saints by 1.5, total 46.5 · this 28–17 calls a Giants win (by 11) and fewer points (45).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- score:
- 34-27
- skill:
- 12.29
- they picked:
- NYG
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 40.48
- baseline:
- 33.33
- difficulty:
- 1.72
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 7
- weeks left when called:
- 13
- naive home margin:
- 0
- predicted margin:
- 11
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