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Sam Kienzle · Jan 24, 2026

Iowa Sam had the Patriots winning and covering 20-13 in Denver and the Rams winning outright at Seattle 24-21, sticking with his preseason pick of the Rams as Super Bowl champions. He also took the Falcons for most wins next season.

I picked the La Rams as a Super Bowl champion.

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  • I'm going to say that the Patriots win and cover twenty to thirteen over the Broncos

    Scored 90.48a naive guess scored 47.69+42.79 skill
    How this was scored
    score:
    10-7
    skill:
    42.79
    they picked:
    NE
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    90.48
    baseline:
    47.69
    difficulty:
    1
    weeks in the season:
    18
    actual margin:
    3
    weeks left when called:
    0
    naive home margin:
    2.03
    predicted margin:
    7

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  • I picked the La Rams as a Super Bowl champion. Wow, So I have to roll with them.

    Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.

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  • So I'm gonna say Rams win outright, twenty four twenty one

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  • I mean, I'm gonna go with the Falcons because if they have beat On Robinson and they have a head coach

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