Hey peeps! It’s your favorite data analyst (or most annoying if you prefer) back with those weekly game predictions for the 2019 season! In addition, I am also unveiling a team-by-team weekly prediction for the rest of the regular season that I will update every week based off a team’s given “Skill” and “Luck” scores (remember those stupid terms I came up with lol). First up, the weekly predictions!
Davante’s Inferno (0-1) vs Turn Left And Goff (1-0)
It’s never good to score the least amount of points in a week because you are for sure losing and that’s what happened to Davante in Week 1. He still has enough talent to pull off the upset against my team, but I predict that I’ll pull ahead slightly when it’s all said and done.
Goff’s chances: 55.2%
Davante’s chances: 44.8%
Punting is Winning (1-0) vs Saving Private Ryan (0-1)
Yeesh. Ryan got hit hard with the injury bug after his Week 1 loss and that shows with his projected points for the week against Punting. He still has enough firepower in his starting lineup to derail what is looking to be a special season for Al’s Punting. Still have to give the edge to Al but it could be closer than it appears.
Punting’s chances: 55.3%
Ryan’s chances: 44.7%
Crazy Train (0-1) vs Colorado Farmers (0-1)
The only matchup of the week that features two teams still looking for their first win, this has implications for how the rest of the season will shape up. Going down 0-2 will be tough to make up in an 11 game regular season so consider this a must win for either team. In the end, I expect Colorado to get the “higher” score than Crazy.
Colorado’s chances: 54.1%
Crazy’s chances: 45.9%
Calculated Madness (1-0) vs Memphis Mayfield (0-1)
Madness got the 3rd highest score Week 1 and Mayfield got the 2nd lowest. While Kenny has won the championship twice, he needs to have a good outing this week or people will jump off his bandwagon, just like the Cleveland Browns’ fans after their week one debacle. You shouldn’t have named your team after a Browns’ player! 0-11 anyone? 😉
Madness’ chances: 55.9%
Mayfield’s chances: 44.1%
Stop Looking at My Peter, Man (0-1) vs Lincoln Riley’s Offense (1-0)
Peter has a great supporting cast and could’ve won his Week 1 game over Goff if he would’ve started Ross but alas, he didn’t to my advantage! If his QBs step up, he could rattle off some wins. On the other side, Lincoln’s offense was reminiscent of Oklahoma’s in Week 1 so this could be a great matchup to watch out for this week!
Lincoln’s chances: 51.9%
Peter’s chances: 48.1%
Game of the Week: Team Suspension (1-0) vs The Rampaging Koala Bears (1-0)
Lastly, we have the Game of the Week between Suspension and Koala. This is also the closest rated matchup as well so expect it to come down to the wire on Monday Night. In addition, let’s have a shoutout to Koala for having a great draft! Now, if he could just remove Melvin Gordon from his lineup...
Suspension’s chances: 50.8%
Koala’s chances: 49.2%
One new thing that I added this year is the game-by-game prediction for each team based off of a team’s “skill” (points scored) and “luck” (opponent’s points scored) scores. You will notice that some team’s predictions differ from what I mentioned above. This is because the above predictions take into account ESPN projections whereas the below projections do not. Some fun facts:
· Madness has the strongest team right now with a 21.9 rating
· Davante’s is the weakest with a -36.8 rating
· Madness and Colorado have the easiest schedule remaining with an average opponent score of -3.3.
· Davante’s and Koala have the hardest schedule remaining with an average opponent score of 1.6
I hope you enjoyed my weekly predictions and let me know if you have any comments, questions, or concerns! Good luck this week!
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