What a time to be alive …
And here I was, waiting for the punchline. Outstanding article too.
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While I love the article and both writers, it should be noted that Conor Orr is as diehard a Lions fan as anyone on here. That doesn’t make his points any less salient, but he’s probably viewing things through glasses with just a slight tint of Honolulu blue. You could imagine how most of us would respond to that assignment.
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I agree, and I thought I recognized that name. Of course a lot of us fans would write articles saying this is our year. Hell, Dallas has been recycling the same article for 30 years now. The fact that someone wrote an article picking the Detroit Lions to win the Super Bowl, and the premier major sports publication actually put it on their season opening cover, without it being an April Fools Joke? These are different times we are living in.
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I actually didn’t even realize they still released the magazine. I remember reading something about it shutting down, or at least I dreamed I did anyway.
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They did so during the Caldwell years too.
Change “I” to “We”.
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I know “probability odds” isnt the same as “vegas odds” but close enough to see.
Updated odds (average of all the major sports books)
Lions have been creeping up.
Cowgirls and Jets have been creeping down.
NFC Champ odds have been the same all preseason.
NFCN champ odds.
Detroit creeping up more.
Vikings dropping.
Packers and bears flat
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Holy crap! That is sharp!!!
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How I respond → Lions appear in 5 of the next 12 super bowls & win at least 3
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Don’t you be pissing in our koolaid Air… Super Bowl it is.
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the intersection of unimpeachable expectations and player empowerment = Super Bowl
Thanks Dan and Brad and Sheila.
Good story.
SI has only picked one Super Bowl winner correct in the previous 23 years dating to 2000: the 2004 New England Patriots. We acknowledge it is very hard to pick the winner of the ultimate game, and the runner-up.
SI correctly predicted one of the two teams to make the Super Bowl five other times. In total, there were 6-for-48 on correctly picking a team to reach the Super Bowl.
Here’s a look at SI’s predictions and the actual outcomes since the 2000 NFL season.
Sports Illustrated’s Super Bowl picks, and actual winners
| Year | Sports Illustrated prediction | Actual Super Bowl result |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Eagles over Bengals | Chiefs 25, 49ers 22 |
| 2022 | Bills over Buccaneers | Chiefs 38, Eagles 35 |
| 2021 | Chiefs over Rams* | Rams 23, Bengals 20 |
| 2020 | Ravens over Saints | Buccaneers 31, Chiefs 9 |
| 2019 | Patriots over Saints | Chiefs 31, 49ers 20 |
| 2018 | Falcons over Steelers | Patriots 13, Rams 3 |
| 2017 | *Patriots over Packers | Eagles 41, Patriots 33 |
| 2016 | Cardinals over Steelers | Patriots 34, Falcons 28 |
| 2015 | Ravens over Seahawks | Broncos 24, Panthers 10 |
| 2014 | Packers over Colts | Patriots 28, Seahawks 24 |
| 2013 | Patriots over Seahawks* | Seahawks 43, Broncos 8 |
| 2012 | Packers over Broncos | Ravens 34, 49ers 31 |
| 2011 | Falcons over Chargers | Giants 21, Patriots 17 |
| 2010 | Steelers over Packers | Packers 31, Steelers 25 |
| 2009 | Patriots over Bears | Saints 31, Colts 17 |
| 2008 | Patriots over Eagles | Steelers 27, Cardinals 23 |
| 2007 | Saints over Chargers | Giants 17, Patriots 14 |
| 2006 | Panthers over Dolphins | Colts 29, Bears 17 |
| 2005 | Panthers over Colts | Steelers 21, Seahawks 10 |
| 2004 | *Patriots over Seahawks | *Patriots 24, Eagles 21 |
| 2003 | Buccaneers over Chiefs | Patriots 32, Panthers 29 |
| 2002 | Rams over Steelers | Buccaneers 48, Raiders 21 |
| 2001 | Rams over Titans | Patriots 20, Rams 17 |
| 2000 | Buccaneers over Titans | Ravens 34, Giants 7 |
Ed Masry to SI when it comes to picking Super Bowl winners and contestants;
Who do they got us plyaing in the Super Bowl?
Lions vs _____ ?
Gotta wait for the full thing i suppose
Somethings wrong with that list. I have an issue from the Caldwell years where they picked the Lions. It’s packed away in a box somewhere because I recently moved.
I’ll get a copy of this one too and frame it.
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