Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

Last season, Cortana correctly predicted 67% of all NFL games. It has since picked 71% of Wimbledon results and 75% of the Women's World Cup knockout stage correctly. The model has dabbled in areas outside of sports — including American Idol and the Grammys — but is sticking to sports this NFL season.
Here are Cortana's Week 1 predictions as of Wednesday morning. Cortana simply picks a winner, but for comparison's sake, Vegas favorites (with point spreads) are in parentheses We'll update these throughout the week to see if they change. .

Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots — Patriots win, 64.4% chance. (Patriots -7)
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears — Packers win, 71.6% chance. (Packers -7)
Carolina Panthers at Jacksonville Jaguars — Panthers win, 58.2% chance. (Panthers -3)
Seattle Seahawks at St. Louis Rams — Rams win, 56% chance. (Seahawks -4)
New Orleans Saints at Arizona Cardinals — Cardinals win, 56% chance. (Cardinals -2.5)
Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos — Broncos win, 64.4% chance. (Broncos -4.5)
Tennessee Titans at Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Bucs win, 64.4% chance. (Bucs -3)
Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons — Falcons win, 52% chance. (Eagles -3)
Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills — Colts win, 53.3% chance (Colts -3)
Kansas City Chiefs at Houston Texans — Texans win, 65.9% chance. (Texans -1.5)
Cleveland Browns at New York Jets — Jets win, 61.4% chance. (Jets -3)
Miami Dolphins at Washington Redskins — Dolphins win, 53.3% chance. (Dolphins -3.5)
Detroit Lions at San Diego Chargers — Chargers win, 59.8% chance. (Chargers -3)
Cincinnati Bengals at Oakland Raiders — Bengals win, 59.8% chance. (Bengals -3.5)
New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys — Cowboys win, 70.2% chance. (Cowboys -6)
Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco 49ers — 49ers win, 58.2% chance. (Vikings -2.5)

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Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

We will beat all bird teams this year in the RS.

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

pretty skewed for the first week:
Texans 66% chance and Rams 56% over Seahawks...not bets I would make
Atl over Philly is another I'd cover

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

I'm not saying we will win but how many times did Cortana pick the Saints to win in 2014 & they didn't?

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

Or he could be dead on and we get renamed what he believes will be Histler

“Beasts ferocious with hunger (Lions, Bears) will cross the rivers (Missippi)
The greater part of the battlefield will be against Hister (Saints).
Into a cage of iron (grid iron) will the great one be drawn,
When the child of Germany ( but really French, New Orleans) observes nothing.”

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

Cortana predictions are based on who should win.

It shows a 56-44 probability the Cards will win at home.

Sounds about right to me.

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

its who I picked to win

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

Can't really disagree. Bruce Arians will have them boys ready to play.

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

Cards are super bowl contenders. I really want to see a Saints win but I believe the cards will win 31-27. Offense will have to be the best it has even been to cover this horrid defense.

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

Cards are hard to beat at home, just sayin', :neutral:.

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

Carson Palmer gets knocked out or not we WIN!

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

Don't like our chances. It really boils down to if our defense has improved or not. I am not satisfied with our receivers at this point. It's up to whether Colston is really going to be a go to guy again or if someone else can separate and really be that 3rd option and how Ingram performs but for me I prefer Robinson.

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

Set the tone for the season, Saints win.

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

Yeah. Nobody knows - that's the deal with this one. The Cards at home get the nod on paper. Our D is the wild card.

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

Drew/Saints play with chip on shoulder. Defense rises up with bigger chip. House of Cards goes down.

Re: Cortana Picks the Cardinals to Win
 

I really hope I'm wrong but I, too, feel like we are going to lose a close one here. However, that's only because I have no idea what our D is going to do. If the D rises up and plays like we hope they can we'll win. But right now that's a big IF.

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