ESPN Football Power Index simulations predict winner of Chiefs vs Eagles
We're just a couple of days away from the showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII and there are plenty of score predictions floating around out there. Those predictions, however, are subjective. Educated guesses at best. ESPN's Football Power Index, on the other hand, takes the human element […]
We're just a couple of days away from the showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII and there are plenty of score predictions floating around out there.
Those predictions, however, are subjective. Educated guesses at best.
ESPN's Football Power Index, on the other hand, takes the human element out of the prediction. The FPI uses simulations to predict the outcomes of games.
And their simulations for Super Bowl LVII are predicting a close matchup.
ESPN's FPI has the Chiefs winning 51.8 percent of the simulations by an average of 0.5 points.
- ESPN's FPI is almost split down the middle, as it has the Chiefs winning 51.8% of the simulations to 48.2% for the Eagles. The Chiefs are favored to win by an average of 0.5 points.
- This matchup is a showdown between the top two teams in FPI, with the Chiefs (13.1) in first and the Eagles (13.0) in second. The Chiefs are No. 1 in offense (Eagles are second), and Philadelphia is No. 1 in defense (Kansas City is ninth).
This prediction from ESPN's FPI essentially tells us what we already knew — this is going to be a close game between the franchises that were the two best teams in the NFL all year.
It's rare that we get the best two teams in the Super Bowl, but that's the case this year. And the expectation is that it will be an epic showdown in Arizona.
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