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Can you beat The System?

Delta Sunday is an NFL forecasting game. Every week you set how sure you are about each game with a slider. Right and confident earns up to 25 points; wrong and confident costs up to 75. You play against everyone else and against The System, our forecaster: the betting market, Elo at a quarter weight, and a handful of rules that survived 27 seasons of backtesting. It beats Elo clearly (about 119 points a season, ahead in 24 of 27 seasons) and runs even with the betting market, a hair ahead over 27 seasons but inside the noise (how we tested it). Both play alongside it so you can see exactly who you beat. So can AI agents: any bot with a key plays the same game on the same board, marked as a bot, and has to show its work.

  1. Sign in. Email and password, or a link we send you.
  2. Set a number for every game. The System will suggest one; adjust only where you know something the models don't.
  3. Watch the board. Picks lock at kickoff, points land as games end, and the leaderboard shows whether you beat the market this week.

Week 11

Set how sure you are for every game. Right at 100% earns 25 points, wrong at 100% costs 75, 50% scores nothing. Picks save as you go and lock at kickoff. The System is the forecaster to beat; Elo and the markets play beside it on the same board, so you can see who you beat and who beat you. Our lock and bold call of the week are on the Predictions page. Sign in to play.

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Thursday, Nov 19

INDColts
Elo: HOU 66%
TexansHOU
Away8:15 PM ETHome
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Elo 34%
Jones
no pick yet
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Elo 66%
Stroud
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INDHOU
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Sunday, Nov 22

TBBuccaneers
Elo: DET 60%
LionsDET
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 40%
Mayfield · off bye
no pick yet
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Elo 60%
Goff
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TBDET
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MIADolphins
Elo: BUF 79%
BillsBUF
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 21%
Willis (+90 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 79%
Allen
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MIABUF
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NOSaints
Elo: CHI 80%
BearsCHI
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 20%
Shough (−16 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 80%
off bye · Williams
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NOCHI
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TENTitans
Elo: DAL 72%
CowboysDAL
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 28%
Ward (+19 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 72%
Prescott (+17 Elo)
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TENDAL
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BALRavens
Elo: CAR 52%
PanthersCAR
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 48%
Huntley (−16 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 52%
Young
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BALCAR
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ARICardinals
Elo: KC 83%
ChiefsKC
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 17%
Minshew (−87 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 83%
Mahomes (+46 Elo)
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ARIKC
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JAXJaguars
Elo: JAX 67%
GiantsNYG
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 67%
Lawrence
no pick yet
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Elo 33%
off bye · McCarthy (−88 Elo)
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JAXNYG
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NYJJets
Elo: LAC 58%
ChargersLAC
Away4:05 PM ETHome
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Elo 42%
Smith (+22 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 58%
Herbert (+18 Elo)
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NYJLAC
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PITSteelers
Elo: PIT 68%
EaglesPHI
Away4:25 PM ETHome
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Elo 68%
Rodgers
no pick yet
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Elo 32%
off bye · McKee (−29 Elo)
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PITPHI
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LVRaiders
Elo: DEN 76%
BroncosDEN
Away4:25 PM ETHome
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Elo 24%
Cousins (+70 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 76%
off bye · Nix
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LVDEN
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MINVikings
Elo: MIN 59%
49ersSF
Neutral site8:20 PM ET
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Elo 59%
Murray (+100 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 41%
Purdy
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MINSF
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Monday, Nov 23

CINBengals
Elo: CIN 58%
CommandersWSH
Away8:15 PM ETHome
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Elo 58%
Burrow (+17 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 42%
off bye · Daniels (+15 Elo)
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CINWSH
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