Casey AffleckJan 30, 2026
Affleck, a Patriots fan, predicts New England will win Super Bowl 60 as underdogs behind Drake Maye.
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What Casey Affleck said
I wanna I want to put energy into the underdogs, and the kid rising to the occasion. That's what I think is gonna happen.
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- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
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- Hour 3: Bills HC Joe Brady, Rich’s Top 5, plus Oscar-Winning Actor Casey Affleck In-Studio
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- SaidJan 30
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a naive guessbetter than naiveOne checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.
The call scored 50 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess at the same calls.
The call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same call; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Super Bowl PicksNew England Patriots
New England Patriots to win the Super Bowl
What happenedSEA won itpicked NE50Close · naive 050this call−0a naive guess=50better than naive×1difficulty=+50skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 50
- they picked:
- NE
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 50
- baseline:
- 0
- champion:
- SEA
- runner up:
- NE
- the naive pick:
- PHI
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 0
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