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2026 season

Prediction Scoreboard

Every pick goes on the record before kickoff and gets graded in public. Hits, misses, and how far off the margin was.

Prediction Board2026 season · Through week 3

Pick accuracy

100%

3 of 3 graded picks picked the right winner

Record

3–0

Raiders games: 3–0

Hit streak

3

Avg margin miss: 5.3 pts

Last 3 gradedoldest → newest
  • W1
  • W2
  • W3

Weekly picks

My pick for every game, with a final score and a grade once it's in. Pick the winner yourself before kickoff and see how readers are leaning.

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Week 4 · Raiders

Sun, Oct 4, 11:41 PM PDT

Pending
My pick
  • KCChiefs
    27
  • LVRaidersPick
    31
Reader picks1 pick

Graded picks

Week 3 · Raiders

Sun, Sep 27, 11:28 PM PDT

Called it
My pickFinal
  • LVRaidersPick
    2335
  • NOSaints
    2027

Picked Raiders by 3 · finished Raiders by 8 · 5 pts off

“The pressure package that's rattled two straight quarterbacks doesn't need to fully shut down Shough - it just needs to make one or two of his 30-something dropbacks uncomfortable enough to produce the same kind of opportunistic turnovers”

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Reader picks0 picks
Raiders —Saints —

Week 2 · Raiders

Sun, Sep 20, 11:32 PM PDT

Called it
My pickFinal
  • LVRaidersPick
    2426
  • LACChargers
    2014

Picked Raiders by 4 · finished Raiders by 12 · 8 pts off

“I like the Raiders' pass rush to be the deciding factor again, and I think a compromised or limited McConkey tips the offensive balance further in Las Vegas's favor”

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Reader picks0 picks
Raiders —Chargers —

Week 1 · Raiders

Sun, Sep 13, 11:38 PM PDT

Called it
My pickFinal
  • MIADolphins
    1313
  • LVRaidersPick
    2427

Picked Raiders by 11 · finished Raiders by 14 · 3 pts off

“The dolphins are in complete rebuild mode & don't have a lot going for them”

Reader picks0 picks
Dolphins —Raiders —

All 32 teams: win totals

My predicted win total for every team, tracked against the real standings all season.

Season win-total picks are coming soon.

How grading works

Weekly picks are graded on the winner: right team is a hit, wrong team is a miss, and a tie is a push that doesn’t count either way. The score prediction is graded separately as a margin miss, the gap between my predicted margin of victory and the real one, so a close call and a lucky guess don’t look the same.

Win totals are graded exactly: nail the win total and it’s a hit, off by one is close, anything else is a miss. During the season a pick shows as “too many wins” or “too many losses” once it’s mathematically gone, and what a team still needs while it’s alive.

Reader picks are anonymous and lock at kickoff.