🏈 Week 1 Predictions

The first few weeks are always full of unknowns in the NFL. We thought we’d let AI take a crack at the week 1 games. The AI searched for and read almost 2,000 articles about the games. The results it gave were interesting but in the end it picked all the favorites. That does make sense given it had all the same information that we do, it would come up with the same conclusions that we did. But of course you can’t get ahead doing the same thing everyone else is doing. You have to take some chances.

There are three games where the AI noted a chance for an upset:

CIN @ CLE – AI “Based on the research findings, it is predicted that the Cincinnati Bengals will win this Week 1 match against the Cleveland Browns. However, the Browns have a chance to pull off an upset if they can contain the Bengals’ high-powered offense and adjust their strategy mid-game.”

SF @ SEA – AI “Based on our analysis, we predict that the 49ers will win this matchup, but it won’t be a blowout. The Seahawks will likely make it competitive, especially if Darnold can establish himself as a reliable quarterback.”

HOU @ LAR – AI “If Stroud can connect with his receivers effectively and the Texans’ defense can contain Stafford’s passing game, they may be able to pull off a surprise victory.”

So as an experiment, I’ll list the picks of the AI and see how well it does.

We’ll call it AIBundy, and I will choose the upset if it notes one and try to infer its confidence on each pick.

AIBundy’s picks:

1. TB -2.5 bet 15 points

2. CLE +6 bet 10

3. IND bet 5

4. PIT -2.5 bet 10

5. WAS -7 bet 15

6. JAX -3 bet 5

7. SEA +2.5 bet 10

8. GB bet 5

9. HOU +2.5 bet 10

10. BAL bet 15

-Josh W