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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.

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  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 14

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, Dec 10

MINVikings
Elo: MIN 55%
PatriotsNE
Away8:15 PM ETHome
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Elo 55%
Murray (+100 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 45%
Maye
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MINNE
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Sunday, Dec 13

CHIBears
Elo: CHI 64%
DolphinsMIA
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 64%
Williams
no pick yet
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Elo 36%
Willis (+90 Elo)
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CHIMIA
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TBBuccaneers
Elo: BAL 55%
RavensBAL
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 45%
Mayfield
no pick yet
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Elo 55%
off bye · Huntley (−16 Elo)
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TBBAL
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HOUTexans
Elo: WSH 51%
CommandersWSH
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 49%
Stroud
no pick yet
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Elo 51%
Daniels (+15 Elo)
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HOUWSH
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ATLFalcons
Elo: CLE 57%
BrownsCLE
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 43%
Penix (+28 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 57%
Watson (+34 Elo)
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ATLCLE
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INDColts
Elo: IND 55%
EaglesPHI
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 55%
Jones · off bye
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Elo 45%
McKee (−29 Elo)
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INDPHI
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NOSaints
Elo: CAR 59%
PanthersCAR
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 41%
Shough (−16 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 59%
Young
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NOCAR
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TENTitans
Elo: DET 83%
LionsDET
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 17%
Ward (+19 Elo)
no pick yet
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Elo 83%
Goff
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TENDET
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DENBroncos
Elo: DEN 69%
JetsNYJ
Away1:00 PM ETHome
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Elo 69%
Nix
no pick yet
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Elo 31%
off bye · Smith (+22 Elo)
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DENNYJ
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LACChargers
Elo: LV 70%
RaidersLV
Away4:05 PM ETHome
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Elo 30%
Herbert (+18 Elo)
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Elo 70%
off bye · Cousins (+70 Elo)
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LACLV
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NYGGiants
Elo: SEA 83%
SeahawksSEA
Away4:25 PM ETHome
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Elo 17%
McCarthy (−88 Elo)
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Elo 83%
Darnold
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NYGSEA
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LARRams
Elo: SF 59%
49ersSF
Away4:25 PM ETHome
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Elo 41%
Stafford · off bye
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Elo 59%
Purdy
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LARSF
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KCChiefs
Elo: CIN 53%
BengalsCIN
Away4:25 PM ETHome
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Elo 47%
Mahomes (+46 Elo) · off bye
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Elo 53%
Burrow (+17 Elo)
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KCCIN
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BUFBills
Elo: BUF 58%
PackersGB
Away8:20 PM ETHome
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Elo 58%
Allen
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Elo 42%
Love
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BUFGB
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Monday, Dec 14

PITSteelers
Elo: JAX 61%
JaguarsJAX
Away8:15 PM ETHome
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Elo 39%
Rodgers
no pick yet
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Elo 61%
Lawrence
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PITJAX
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