Patricia Traina· Oct 4, 2026
Traina picks the Cardinals to beat the Giants 23-17, citing New York's red-zone drought and the loss of the RPO game with Jameis Winston replacing the injured Jaxson Dart.
“Cardinals 23, Giants 17”
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The call scored 35.7 out of 100, against 73.8 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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- Score PredictionsArizona CardinalsOct 4, 2026
Arizona Cardinals 23 — Giants 17
“Cardinals 23, Giants 17”
Miss · 36Scored 35.71a naive guess scored 73.81-69.71 skillHow this was scored
- score:
- 24-36
- skill:
- −69.71
- they picked:
- ARI
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 35.71
- baseline:
- 73.81
- difficulty:
- 1.83
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 12
- weeks left when called:
- 15
- naive home margin:
- 1
- predicted margin:
- 6
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