Pleasant Surprises for Sunday v. Chargers

by JetsFan1991 on Jan 13, 2010 9:24 PM EST

First, Donald Strickland practiced today. Looks like he'll play Sunday. Having another DB ready to play will be helpful going against a top notch passing offense.

Second, WhatIfSports.com (as cited by Foxsports http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRankings?powerRankingsType=predictions) predicts the Jets will beat the Chargers 24-19, they quantify their confidence at 70.3%! (they also list the Ravens as winning 23-22 with a 58.2% confidence, which would mean a home game the following week for the Jets!)

I don't want to get carried away with WhatIfSports - although they did correctly pick the Jets last week - since pretty much everyone else has the Chargers as heavy favorites. AccuScore which ESPN cites http://accuscore.com/latest-news/ has projected the Chargers as 69%-31% favorites. And the Colts as 56-43 favorites over the Ravens.

Nonetheless, encouraging that we're not the only ones who think we have a chance.

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Are Whatif sports the guys who predicted that the Jets would win the Superbowl?

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by David_Wyatt on Jan 13, 2010 9:44 PM EST reply actions

guess so...

Team WC Win % DIV Win % CC Win % SB Win %
New York Jets 68.0% 43.8% 29.0% 15.9%
New Orleans Saints - 59.5% 27.6% 14.6%
Minnesota Vikings - 50.3% 27.1% 14.0%
Dallas Cowboys 63.0% 36.3% 24.4% 13.7%
Baltimore Ravens 59.1% 36.3% 18.1% 9.7%
San Diego Chargers - 43.5% 19.0% 7.0%
Indianapolis Colts - 39.0% 17.0% 6.6%
Philadelphia Eagles 37.0% 19.1% 9.4% 6.2%
Green Bay Packers 65.2% 26.6% 10.0% 4.2%
New England Patriots 40.9% 20.9% 8.7% 3.8%
Cincinnati Bengals 32.0% 16.7% 8.3% 3.7%
Arizona Cardinals 34.8% 8.2% 1.6% 0.6%

they are saying the Jets have the best chance of any team, although 15.9% isn’t exactly a lock.

by JetsFan1991 on Jan 14, 2010 1:05 PM EST up reply actions

These would be more impressive

if there was some history on how WhatIfSports and AccuScore’s predictions have worked out in the past. I mean if they run at 10%, it’s as good as me saying it. But if they’re right 75% of the time…

by FrankG929 on Jan 13, 2010 9:55 PM EST reply actions

Good point Frank, would be interested to see who they picked to win the Patriots/Ravens game

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by David_Wyatt on Jan 13, 2010 10:08 PM EST up reply actions

Great questions

I didn’t know the answers and Foxsports didn’t list it, so I went to their site: http://whatifsports.com/beyondtheboxscore/default.asp?article=2009NFLSEASON

Overall Performance (through 1/11/10)
Overall Winning Percentage: 69.9%
Winning Percentage Against the Spread: 58.1%*
Game of the Week: 13-4
ATS Lock of the Week: 12-5
Upset of the Week: 7-10
NOTE: Overall performance does NOT include playoffs performance

Wild Card Week
Overall Winning Percentage: 75% [they got the packers game wrong]
Winning Percentage Against the Spread: 75%
ATS Lock of the Week: Jets +2.5 @ Bengals (correct, Jets win 24-14)
Upset of the Week: Ravens 23 @ Patriots 21 (correct, Ravens win 33-14)

by JetsFan1991 on Jan 14, 2010 1:04 PM EST up reply actions