Kyle Brandt· Jan 24, 2025
Brandt predicted the Bills would beat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game by a score of 29-25, arguing officiating wouldn't be the story and that Buffalo is simply the better football team. He also predicted extracurricular scrapping in the NFC title game.
“Bill's twenty nine cheats twenty five referees.”
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- Score PredictionsBuffalo BillsJan 24, 2025
Buffalo Bills 29 — Chiefs 25
“But I think in the end the Buffalo Bills will be coming out of their cage and they'll be just fine. Bill's twenty nine cheats twenty five referees.”
Close · 48Scored 47.62a naive guess scored 98.28-50.66 skillHow this was scored
- score:
- 29-32
- skill:
- -50.66
- they picked:
- BUF
- season:
- 2024
- accuracy:
- 47.62
- baseline:
- 98.28
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 3
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- naive home margin:
- 2.28
- predicted margin:
- 4
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