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Nate Silver's NFL projection model is giving the New
England Patriots a 58% chance to win the Super Bowl.
The 58% translates to the Patriots being a 2.5-point
favorite.
The Patriots are a 4.5-point favorite in most Las Vegas
sportsbooks.
The New England Patriots are the betting favorite to beat the
Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII, and Nate Silver's model at
FiveThirtyEight agrees.
Using a rating system that accounts for margin of victory,
home-field advantage, strength of schedule, and prior
performance, and then simulating the playoffs thousands of times,
Silver determined the probability each team had of winning every
playoff game and the Super Bowl.
So far, the model is 8-2 in the playoffs, having correctly picked
both the Patriots and the Eagles to win their conference title
games. The only games that Silver's model missed so far were the
Tennessee Ttians' Wild Card upset win over the Kansas City Chiefs
and the Jacksonville Jaguars' upset over the Pittsburgh Steelers
in the divisional round.
Now, with just the Big Game remaining, the model is
giving the Patriots a 58% chance of beating the Eagles in the
Super Bowl.
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Foles.
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The percentage translates to the Patriots being a 2.5-point
favorite. As of Monday morning, most Las Vegas sportsbooks have
the Patriots as a 4.5-point favorite. The Patriots opened as a
6-point favorite in Vegas.
Before the season, Silver's model had the Patriots as the heavy
favorite to win the Super Bowl with an 18% chance to win it all,
twice as much as any other team. The Eagles were in the middle of
the pack with a 2% chance to win the championship. In fact, the
Eagles were given only a 21% chance to win their own division,
behind both the Dallas Cowboys (34%) and the New York Giants
(25%).
The Eagles were given a 15% chance to win the Super Bowl before
the playoffs started. The Patriots were at 31%.
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