By now, you likely know that the Kanas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 at Super Bowl 57 on Sunday — an outcome that Electronic Arts (EA) didn’t see coming.
According to EA’s official Madden prediction, the Philadelphia Eagles were supposed to clinch a 31-17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs – which (obviously) didn’t happen. Not only that, but Madden NFL 23‘s simulation also unsuccessfully called Pat Mahomes having a mediocre performance when in reality, he was the Super Bowl 2023 MVP.
When you look at the historical data, this marks the third year in a row that Madden’s prediction was dead wrong. For example, before Super Bowl 56, the simulation thought the Cincinnati Bengals would win 24-21 over the Los Angeles Rams, but that wasn’t the case. The Rams ended up winning 23-20 over the Bengals.
Worse yet, Madden’s prediction has been wrong seven times out of the last 10 years, only getting the outcome (sort of) correct for Super Bowl 54, Super Bowl 51, and Super Bowl 47.
In fairness, technology can only take you so far when predicting the future. Our own Madden NFL 23 simulation had the Chiefs winning 57 of 100 simulated games, so we’re taking this as a win.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
