Zach Hicks· Sep 18, 2026
Hicks predicts a lower-scoring, field-goal-heavy game with the Chiefs beating the Colts 23-19, citing Indianapolis' red-zone success against Kansas City historically.
“Let's do, like, twenty three nineteen, Chiefs or whatever in this one.”
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The call scored 97.6 out of 100, against 94.9 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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- Score PredictionsKansas City ChiefsSep 18, 2026
Kansas City Chiefs 23 — Colts 19
“So I guess I'll change it slightly here. Let's do, like, twenty three nineteen, Chiefs or whatever in this one. I think it'll be a bit of a lower scoring game because I think it'll be like a field goal fest.”
Hit · 98Scored 97.62a naive guess scored 94.94+5.2 skillHow this was scored
- score:
- 30-33
- skill:
- 5.2
- they picked:
- KC
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 97.62
- baseline:
- 94.94
- difficulty:
- 1.94
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 3
- weeks left when called:
- 17
- naive home margin:
- 0.88
- predicted margin:
- 4
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