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Predictions

Numbers first. Confidence second. Excuses after Monday night.

These are scoring-history estimates, not Sleeper player projections. Injuries, NFL byes, weather, and lineup changes are not explicitly modeled. Probabilities describe the model, not guaranteed outcomes. Plain-English method.

Next scoring week: Week 7

Locked 2026-10-14T09:51:36.922886+00:00 using completed results through Week 5. This is the week after the active NFL scoring week, so the receipt is saved before that week begins.

TeamProjected scoreWin probabilityOpponentProjected scoreWin probability
Cam Newtons fantasty117.4059.8%City Wok Rions109.6740.2%
The Dirtiest133.9952.8%balls2thewalls2131.2247.2%
Afghan National Team144.5757.5%Killen Kehillah137.6142.5%
Abominable Snowmen152.1567.9%MauiHowie134.3732.1%
Newmen125.9832.0%SuckMyPresticles140.4268.0%
landanss122.0441.4%wcisco131.2358.6%

Rest-of-season simulation

10,000 simulated finishes, using completed results through Week 5. Monte Carlo sampling noise is at most about ±1 percentage point at 95% confidence for 10,000 trials; model error can be much larger.

Model assumes division winners receive seeds 1 and 2, then record/PF/PA; eight teams; rounds in Weeks 13-14, 15-16 and 17-18; fixed bracket. Verify these against commissioner rules.

TeamPlayoffsChampionshipExpected wins
Abominable Snowmen100.0%35.6%8.9
Afghan National Team98.7%20.1%7.4
SuckMyPresticles100.0%15.4%9.4
Killen Kehillah99.0%10.8%7.8
MauiHowie99.9%6.7%8.5
wcisco73.9%3.7%5.5
The Dirtiest52.8%3.5%4.6
balls2thewalls244.9%2.1%4.5
Newmen75.5%1.5%5.9
landanss51.4%0.7%5.1
Cam Newtons fantasty3.5%0.0%2.7
City Wok Rions0.5%0.0%1.8
Every seed probability
TeamSeed 1Seed 2Seed 3Seed 4Seed 5Seed 6Seed 7Seed 8Seed 9Seed 10Seed 11Seed 12
Abominable Snowmen35.8%9.6%35.1%11.8%5.1%1.6%0.7%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Afghan National Team5.0%1.9%16.5%35.7%20.8%10.7%5.3%2.7%1.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%
SuckMyPresticles38.9%8.8%32.8%12.6%4.6%1.5%0.6%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Killen Kehillah6.7%32.1%6.9%14.8%21.0%10.5%4.8%2.1%0.8%0.1%0.0%0.0%
MauiHowie13.3%43.5%5.9%12.8%15.1%6.2%2.1%0.8%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
wcisco0.1%2.1%0.8%3.8%9.8%19.5%20.5%17.3%13.8%9.5%2.6%0.3%
The Dirtiest0.0%0.5%0.2%1.3%4.5%10.6%16.0%19.7%19.4%19.7%7.1%1.0%
balls2thewalls20.0%0.0%0.1%1.1%3.8%8.3%13.4%18.1%22.6%23.4%7.8%1.3%
Newmen0.2%1.5%1.3%4.2%9.8%20.5%20.7%17.4%14.1%8.9%1.4%0.0%
landanss0.0%0.0%0.3%1.7%5.4%10.2%14.7%19.1%21.4%19.3%6.9%1.0%
Cam Newtons fantasty0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.2%0.9%2.2%5.5%14.3%52.8%23.9%
City Wok Rions0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.4%1.2%4.5%21.4%72.4%

Did we actually call it? Career scoreboard

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Only immutable receipts captured before the target active week count. Old games are not backfilled as predictions. Schedule changes are excluded unless the predicted teams actually met. Ties and 50/50 picks are excluded from hit rate; probability error still grades tied outcomes as 0.5. Lower MAE and Brier are better.

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