With the Super Bowl just around the corner, it’s time once again for EA Sports to predict the winner using the latest version of their Madden franchise. Kotaku reports that this year’s prediction has the Saints winning a close game at 35-31, and Saints quarterback Drew Brees taking the MVP. EA Sports has been doing this annually since 2004, and in that time the simulation has only been wrong about the winner once — the Giants-Patriots game of 2008 defied the prediction. On the other hand, it’s never been exact and on-the-nose as far as the final score.
In the simulation, the game was a Colts lead at 24-21 going into the fourth quarter. That made the final quarter tense, as the Saints and Colts exchanged touchdowns. In the end, though, the Saints had gained two TDs to the Colts’ one, and they took home the game. We’ll see how close the real game stacks up on Sunday.
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