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The ledger · week 8, 2026

Week 8 graded: 12‑2, market 10‑4

We beat the market this week. Every pick was published before kickoff; here are the results, including the ones we got wrong.

3 Nov 2026 · 3 min read
12-2model, week 8

Every week we grade every pick we published, against the result and against the market. Week 8: the model went 12-2; the market favourite went 10-4. We beat the market this week.

12-2Model, week 886%
10-4Market, week 871%
0.158Brier scorelower is better; 0.25 is a coin flip
73-48Season recordmarket 64% of 121

Where we were wrong

DAL at 62% (ARI 33 @ DAL 30). KC at 58% (KC 24 @ DEN 28). The most confident misses are the ones worth learning from, so they go first.

Us vs the market

We were right where the market was wrong 2 times (CHI, LV); the market was right where we were wrong 0 times.

One note on the market's number. It's graded at the odds when we published our picks, so the comparison is like for like: 10-4. At closing prices the market went 11-3. The difference: LAC @ LAR (LAR were favourites when we published, LA closed as favourites, LA won); KC @ DEN (KC were favourites when we published, DEN closed as favourites, DEN won).

GamePickModel %ScoreModelMarket
TEN @ CINCIN82%36-43RightRight
LAC @ LARLAR81%9-24RightRight
IND @ JAXJAX76%7-42RightRight
MIN @ DETDET73%15-19RightRight
NE @ MIANE71%24-19RightRight
BAL @ BUFBUF68%10-36RightRight
CLE @ PITPIT66%6-27RightRight
ARI @ DALDAL62%33-30WrongWrong
CAR @ GBGB60%19-27RightRight
KC @ DENKC58%24-28WrongWrong
PHI @ WASWAS57%10-27RightRight
ATL @ TBTB56%0-16RightRight
CHI @ SEACHI52%34-17RightWrong
LV @ NYJLV51%38-33RightWrong

Every week 8 pick, most confident first

Read this before you bet

Picking winners is not beating the price. Across 2025 our flat-bet ROI at posted odds was negative. Use the model as one view of the game, not as a tip.

Sources: results_dashboard.json (2026-11-03T09:00:47.427017Z). Every number here comes straight from our pipeline.