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OFFICIAL REVIEW: NFL Conference Championships

A brief write-up on each game.

LAR-SEA
LAR QB Rate Road: 105
SEA QB Rate Home: 87

OFF Median PPG vs Top-15 DEF
LAR: 28
SEA: 23

DEF Median PPG vs Good QB
LAR: 27 (17 vs. Avg QB)
SEA: 23 (17 vs Avg QB)

Early Down Success Rate Offense
LAR 53%
SEA 48%

Early Down Success Rate Defense
LAR 40%
SEA 41%

PFF Grade
71+ SCORES (top quarter of the league at their position)
LAR: 17/25
DB CURL
LB SPEIGHTS
CB MCCREARY
DE YOUNG
DE VERSE
DL TURNER
DT FORD
QB STAFFORD
RB WILLIAMS
WR NACUA
TE PARKINSON
WR ADAMS
LT JACKSON
KG AVILA
C SHELTON
RG DOTSON
RT MCCLENDON

SEA: 13/25
QB DARNOLD
RB WALKER
TE BARNER
WR KUPP
WR SMITH-NIGJIBA
LT CROSS
RT LUCAS
DB WITHERSPOO
DB LOVE
LB THOMAS
DT MURPHY
DT WILLIAMS
DE LAWRENCE

PROJ SCORE
LAR 24
SEA 23

NE-DEN
NE QB Rate Road: 105
DEN QB Rate Home: 87

OFF Median PPG vs Top-15 DEF
NE: 28
DEN: 20

DEF Median PPG vs Good QB
NE: 23
DEN: 24

Early Down Success Rate Offense
NE 50%
DEN 43%

Early Down Success Rate Defense
NE 47%
DEN 39%

PFF Grade
71+ SCORES (top quarter of the league at their position)
DEN: 9/25
LT BOLLES
C WATTENBERG
RG MEINERZ
RT MCGLINCHEY
WR SUTTON
DT JONES
DE BONITTO
CB SURTAIN
LB GREENLAW

NE: 16/25
DE LANDRY
DT WILLIAMS
CB GONZALEZ
CB DAVIS
CB JONES
FS HAWKINS
SS WOODSON
LB SPILLANE
WR BOUTTE
WR DIGGS
TE HENRY
RB STEVENSON
QB MAYE
LT CAMPBELL
RT MOSES
RG ONWENU

PROJ SCORE
NE 23
DEN 20

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OFFICIAL PICKS: Friday, June 12, 2026

MLB
2% REDS 50% Dbacks
2% ROYALS 50% Astros

WORLD CUP
2% USA 48% Paraguay

ALL OK at 55% or less

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World Cup Group B - My Pick

1% Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina to draw at 27c
OR
1% Canada not to defeat Bosnia and Herzegovina at 46c
OR
Some combination of the above

I'm going to keep this super brief as my wife's parents are visiting and as they are Bosnian we will be cheering for Bosnia and Herzegovina tonight. Basically what this comes down to is how close Bosnia will be able to keep the game against a Canada team that is technically very strong but can struggle to convert possession dominance into goals. We have seen this over quite a few friendlies where they just haven't quite had that cutting edge to put teams away. They face a Bosnian team that qualified via the European playoffs and beat both Wales and Italy on penalties.

Bosnia have been doing better under Sergej Barbarez who took an underperforming team with some ego issues and built a team with a tough defence but with young attacking talent coming through. What is notable is they don't panic when they go behind. They...

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OFFICIAL PICKS: Midterms, 2026
House Elections Projections
 
The House tends to be more responsive to midterm dynamics, but, like the Senate, swings hard in elections where some combination of the Four Factors are present -- cost of living crisis or recession; war; major scandal; betrayal or down-ballot realignment. A fun map to use is this simulator, which takes partisan averages from existing models, and plugs in the map based on your adjustment of the generic ballot edge for one party or another. https://globalelectionsimulator.com/#/usa-house
 
Historic Norms: When a combination of the Four Factors are present, this is the kind of swing you get:
1930: 52 seat swing
1946: 55 seat swing
1958: 49 seat swing
1974: 49 seat swing
1994: 54 seat swing
2006: 31 seat swing
 
2026 PROJECTIONS

 

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Barnes Betting Report: Senate 2026

First, four factors dictate whether there is major turnover in the Senate in a midterm election independent of the favorability of the Senate map (due to only one-third of seats being up in any given midterm). Often, as was the case in both 2018 and 2022, is that incumbents are not destined to lose seats, outside of realigning elections in unfavorable maps. This cycle's map favors the GOP, which is why the prediction markets and most forecasters expect a GOP majority in the 2027 Senate. The four factors that prove dangerous to the incumbent party are: first, a recession or cost of living crisis; second, a war; third, a major scandal; and fourth, a sense of betrayal in the voter group that backed the incumbent amongst some portion of their prior electoral coalition. Five midterms feature some combingation of those factors in some significant degree: 1930, 1946, 1958, 1974 and 2006.

Without those factors present in multiple forms, the incumbent party can expect to hold on to seats in states it previously won outside the national margin. When those factors are present, the landscape shifts dramatically. Examining those White House incumbent seats that showed a state-wide election decided by single digits in the prior decade produces the following probabilities: the incumbent White House party lost at least 67% of its incumbent held seats, as much as 85% of its incumbent held seats, and an average of 75% of its incumbent hold seats, rarely upsetting the opposition party in any seat and often losing a surprise or two in seats considered completely safe. 

 

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Barnes Betting Report: Massie Deep Dive
Based on historic turnout patterns in contested GOP primaries, early voting to date, and a range of polling sources, this is my updated set of forecasts for the Kentucky 4th Congressional District GOP primary. 
 

 

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