Grant Chachere· Oct 10, 2026
Chachere expects Minnesota's defense to carry the Vikings past the Saints despite the Vikings' poor offense, predicting a 17-14 Minnesota win.
“However, I think Minnesota does enough defensively to win the game.”
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The call scored 83.3 out of 100, against 28.3 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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- Score PredictionsMinnesota VikingsOct 10, 2026
Minnesota Vikings 17 — New Orleans 14
“Grant Chachere, Staff Writer: L 17-14 ... Prediction: Minnesota 17, New Orleans 14”
Hit · 83Scored 83.33a naive guess scored 28.28+97.99 skillHow this was scored
- score:
- 23-13
- skill:
- 97.99
- they picked:
- MIN
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 83.33
- baseline:
- 28.28
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 10
- weeks left when called:
- 14
- naive home margin:
- 0.88
- predicted margin:
- 3
Closing line (Oct 11): Vikings by 2.5, total 41.5 · this 17–14 calls a bigger Vikings win (by 3) and fewer points (31).
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