If someone decided to wager $100 on the moneyline for each game thus far, that someone would show a profit of $1,186 (and two cents). Let the record show the coin - maybe we should start calling it The Coin? - predicts a Raiders victory on Turkey Day. #PMSOverreactionMonday is this Raider fan from the future? This man has flipped a coin and is 10-0 in all his picks /4S5CfTXi9V In short: The person known as pongislame and that trusty weighted coin are 10 for 10 so far this year, headed into Thanksgiving’s tilt against the Cowboys. The coin then predicted wins over the Broncos (Raiders were +175 dogs) and the Eagles (-113), before correctly nailing the current three-game losing streak, where the Raiders have dropped games to the Giants (who were +127 dogs), the Chiefs (-148), and the Bengals (-128).
Weeks 4 and 5, the coin predicted losses to the Chargers (who were -170 favorites) and Bears (+202 underdogs).Ī guy on Reddit flipped a coin to see our record.
The first two games - victories over the Ravens and Steelers (moneyline odds were +147 and +187, respectively) - were marked as wins.Īnd then the third game - which hadn’t happened yet - was a predicted win over the Dolphins at -180 odds.Īnd on it went. So far accurate through two upset wins.”Īnd with the attached pic came the Raiders’ 2021 schedule.
The title of the post was as follows: “During the off-season I simulated the NFL season by flipping a weighted coin based on game odds. Before Week 3 of the NFL season, a 25-year-old Las Vegas Raiders fan who goes by “pongislame” on Reddit posted a picture of a piece of notebook paper on the r/raiders thread.