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New England Patriots: 2026 Win Total & Market Edge

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The prediction-market read on the Patriots: our 10,000-season simulation projects 10.7 wins in 2026 (1st of 32, Contender tier; raw model 10.9), beside the live Kalshi win-total line. Full schedule, per-game win probabilities and AFC East standing below.

2026 win total: our model vs. Kalshi

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New England Patriots

AFC East · 1st power rating · Contender
Kalshi live
10.7 projected wins
± 1.9 · 1st of 32
Kalshi market
9.83w
Ladder-implied wins
7 Oracles sim
10.73w
59.6% backtested
Divergence
+0.90w
Model higher

Model agrees with the market

Divergence is projected wins minus the ladder-implied market line, in wins — LOW on the one ladder every season-wins surface grades on (STRONG ≥2.0 · HIGH ≥1.5 · MODERATE ≥1.0); OVER / UNDER fires at ±2.0. Projected wins are the 10,000-season simulation mean; the raw model reads 10.9. No single rung sits near 50¢.

See all 32 teams on the win-totals board → Informational only — verify the market and trade responsibly.

The consensus spread

Three independent estimates of the same season on one line: the expected wins implied by the live Kalshi ladder, our 10,000-season simulation, and EA’s Madden 27 simulation. Where they disagree is the whole signal.

0.92 wins of disagreement
9.81 Madden 27
9.83 Kalshi
10.73 Our sim
8.99.610.311.011.7

Our sim and the Madden simulation land on opposite sides of the 9.83 market line. They disagree with each other, so this is a market to watch rather than one to build a position in.

Our model is far higher on the Patriots than Madden is — 1st on play-by-play versus 9th on talent, a 8-place gap. The production is there; the roster grades don't reflect it.

Where the season actually lands

A point estimate cannot tell a trader whether to take a position — the full distribution against the contract line can. Bars are the Madden 27 simulation over 10,000 seasons; the dashed marker is the live contract.

Kalshi 9.83 01234567891011121314151617
68%
our probability
of clearing 9.83
Madden sim: 56%
+18.2pp vs a coin flip

Our probability from the 10,000-season simulation (mean 10.73 wins; raw model 10.94 ± 1.92). Bars: Madden 27 sim-2026, 10,000 iterations. Two methods, no shared inputs.

The Ladder — Patriots

All ladders →

The season simulation at every Kalshi win-total rung, then the widest player-prop gap on this club this week. The rungs the market has not listed two-sided yet are drawn from the simulation alone.

PatriotsSeason winsONE STRIKE PRICEDBuy YES · 10+ wins
1+ wins5+ wins8+ wins11+ wins17+ wins
Widest gap
🔒
at 10+ wins
Market
53%
Kalshi · P(YES) at 10+ wins
PMP Model
🔒
display-calibrated
Model pending

Our number is published at the called strike only; the market curves are complete.

RungMarketModelGap
1+ wins🔒outside rangethin
2+ wins🔒outside rangethin
3+ wins🔒outside rangethin
4+ winsoutside rangenot listed
5+ wins🔒outside rangethin
6+ wins🔒outside rangethin
7+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
8+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
9+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
10+ wins🔒🔒🔒YES
11+ wins🔒🔒🔒YES
12+ wins🔒🔒🔒thin
13+ wins🔒outside rangethin
14+ wins🔒outside rangethin
15+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
16+ wins🔒outside rangethin
17+ wins🔒outside rangethin

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Rhamondre StevensonReceptionsONE STRIKE PRICED
3+ rec5+ rec
Widest gap
one strike priced
Market
33%
Kalshi · P(YES) at 3+ rec
PMP Model
display-calibrated
Model pending

Our number is published at the called strike only; the market curves are complete.

RungMarketBooksModelGap
3+ rec🔒🔒YES
5+ rec🔒YES

Rung-by-rung numbers are a Pro feature. Unlock Pro →

Romeo DoubsReceptionsONE STRIKE PRICED
3+ rec4+ rec5+ rec6+ rec
Widest gap
one strike priced
Market
35%
Kalshi · P(YES) at 3+ rec
PMP Model
display-calibrated
Model pending

Our number is published at the called strike only; the market curves are complete.

RungMarketBooksModelGap
3+ rec🔒YES
4+ rec🔒🔒YES
5+ rec🔒YES
6+ rec🔒YES

Rung-by-rung numbers are a Pro feature. Unlock Pro →

Gold is our distribution, parchment is the Kalshi contract at each strike; the band between them is green where our probability is higher and purple where it is lower. We publish our number only where we have measured it to be calibrated, between 30% and 70%; rungs outside that range show the market only. A contract pays $1 if it settles YES, so a price in cents is an implied probability. Prediction markets carry risk; contracts can settle at $0.

Market edges

The season contract and the single game most likely to move it, graded on the same thresholds every other Gridiron Edge surface uses.

◆ LOW confidence 9.83 · Over

Season wins over 9.83

Our 10,000-season simulation projects 10.73 (raw model 10.94), the Madden 27 simulation 9.81, against 9.83 market-implied wins — a +0.90-win gap. LOW on the wins ladder (STRONG ≥2.0 · HIGH ≥1.5 · MODERATE ≥1.0); a side is flagged only at the 2.0-win STRONG rung, so the honest read is no position.

◆ MODERATE confidence Wk 3 · Away

Week 3 at Jaguars

The truest coin flip on the schedule at 51%. Games this close are where a season win total is actually decided — and where a live in-week contract is most likely to be mispriced. Full read →

Informational only. Contracts can settle at $0 — verify the market and trade responsibly.

Power rating breakdown

Diverging from league average rather than four flat numbers, so a positive reads as a positive at a glance. Points per game.

Overall +5.5
Offense +4.0
Defense +1.3
Special teams +0.2

Overall +5.5 ranks 1st of 32 (Contender tier). How Patriots rank on the points scale → Re-weight the model yourself →

Methodology: DAEPA model docs → (59.6% backtested straight-up accuracy across 3,266 games, no market line used).

The season path

Seventeen weeks as a heat ribbon — the shape of the season in one glance, each cell linking to that game’s full read. The sortable table stays below it.

10.94 cumulative expected wins
Loss likelyWin likely— cumulative expected wins

Roster shape vs the league

Nine position groups against league average. Each axis is scaled on its own league range — a shared 0-100 scale flattens every roster into the same circle.

6 Quarterback 92
8 O-Line 81
9 Receiver 83
8 Tight End 86
20 Running Back 83
20 Pass Rush 81
21 Linebacker 76
1 Secondary 87
20 Special Teams 76

Dashed violet ring = league average. Number chip = rank of 32. Source: Madden 27 launch team composites (derived unit aggregates, no per-player data).

2026 schedule & model win probabilities

All 17 regular-season games. Our % is the DAEPA margin (power-rating differential + 2.5-point home-field) run through a Normal model, σ=14.4 — those 17 numbers sum to the raw model's 10.9 wins; the 10.7-win headline above is the 10,000-season simulation, which adds rating uncertainty (and fits its own home-field, 2.0) on top of these same ratings. Madden % is the same question asked of Madden 27 talent composites, a model that shares none of our inputs.

WeekOpponentH/AOur %Madden %
Wk 1at Seattle SeahawksAWAY43%47%
Wk 4at Buffalo BillsAWAY48%44%
Wk 5vs Las Vegas RaidersHOME83%65%
Wk 6vs New York JetsHOME80%73%
Wk 7at Chicago BearsAWAY55%48%
Wk 8at Miami DolphinsAWAY67%67%
Wk 9vs Green Bay PackersHOME64%61%
Wk 10at Detroit LionsAWAY58%39%
Wk 13vs Buffalo BillsHOME61%55%
Wk 14vs Minnesota VikingsHOME77%65%
Wk 15at Kansas City ChiefsAWAY60%41%
Wk 16at New York JetsAWAY69%62%
Wk 17vs Denver BroncosHOME68%61%
Wk 18vs Miami DolphinsHOME78%76%

Patriots player props vs the Kalshi line

Our projection against the live Kalshi contract. Every prop is an “X or more” contract that pays $1 if the player gets there, so the price of the side we call, in cents,is the market’s implied probability — the edge is the gap between that and ours, in percentage points. Closest strike to our projection first.

Patriots player props vs the Kalshi line — our odds against the Kalshi price of the called side, on the strike closest to our projection
PlayerContractCallOur oddsMktEdgeTier
Hunter HenryTE3+ receptionsover 2.5YESPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlyMODERATE
Drake MayeQB25+ rush ydsover 24.5NOPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlyHIGH
Corey KinerRB10+ rush ydsover 9.5YESPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlyMODERATE
Hunter HenryTE25+ rec ydsover 24.5YESPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlyMODERATE

All 62 player-prop edges for Week 1Locked numbers are Pro.

Patriots props: where the market prices are

The market’s prices, not ours: each Kalshi strike beside the sportsbook consensus read at the same line, and where the cheaper price for each side actually is. A gap is a price difference, not a call — the Oracle calls above are the opinion.

Patriots props: where the market prices are — Kalshi mid vs sportsbook consensus per strike, widest gap first
PlayerPropKalshiConsensusGapBest price
DeMario DouglasNE v SEA3+ rec72.0¢39%+33.4¢ ?over · BetRivers 36.4¢under · Kalshi 30.4¢
Hunter HenryTENE v SEA3+ rec27.5¢61%-33.4¢ ?over · Kalshi 29.4¢under · Novig 42.9¢
Rhamondre StevensonNE v SEA25+ rec yds19.5¢50%-30.5¢ ?over · Kalshi 21.1¢under · Novig 51.9¢
Rhamondre StevensonNE v SEA3+ rec32.5¢60%-27.6¢over · Kalshi 34.6¢under · Novig 36¢
Drake MayeQBNE v SEA225+ pass yds24.5¢52%-27.5¢over · Kalshi 27.4¢under · Novig 50¢
Romeo DoubsNE v SEA4+ rec18.0¢43%-25.5¢over · Kalshi 21.1¢under · ProphetX 57.3¢
Hunter HenryNE v SEA4+ rec16.5¢40%-23.4¢over · Kalshi 18¢under · ProphetX 62.1¢
Mack HollinsNE v SEA2+ rec57.0¢36%+21.3¢over · ProphetX 37¢under · Kalshi 50.8¢

See all 62 priced prop strikes on the board →+ 64 listed on Kalshi, not yet priced.

Patriots player pages

All players →

One page per player: every Kalshi strike, the sportsbook consensus at the same threshold, the season projection and the measured range.

AFC East ladder

Projected wins across the division, leader in gold — and four internal reads a click away.

Patriots 10.7 +5.5
Bills 10.0 +3.8 Dolphins 6.8 -3.3 Jets 6.8 -4.0

Model has the Patriots 1st in the AFC East. Division hub →

10,000-season simulation

How it works →

Our own preseason board, played across the real 2026 schedule 10,000 times with the league's actual tiebreaker procedure. The projection above is the middle of this; these are the odds around it. The sim fits its own home-field (2.0 points, from played games) — a separate fit from the +2.5 the game model uses on matchup pages.

Sim average wins

10.7

10,000 seasons · 68% reach 10+

Make playoffs

75%

7% win 6 or fewer

Win division

48%

16% take the 1 seed

Win Super Bowl

10.4%

1st of 32 · 18% reach it

The Patriots draw a 0.493 opponent win rate — the 25th-hardest schedule in the league.

10,000 simulated seasons on our preseason power ratings. Real NFL tiebreakers, real 2026 schedule. No injuries, no in-season roster change, no market prices.

Madden 27 outlook

Full board →

A second opinion, built from Madden 27 launch ratings alone and played across the real 2026 schedule 10,000 times. It knows nothing about our own model — which is what makes the disagreement worth reading.

Madden rank

9

82.8 composite · QB 92

Simulated wins

9.8

56% reach 10+

Playoffs

64%

44% win division

Super Bowl

5.1%

SoS 0.482 (29th hardest)

Our model is far higher on the Patriots than Madden is — 1st on play-by-play versus 9th on talent, a 8-place gap. The production is there; the roster grades don't reflect it.

Madden-only inputs — no injuries, no in-season roster change, no market prices. Average error on a season win total is 2.27 wins, so the distribution is the product, not the mean. The 10,000-season simulation →

Patriots 2026 — frequently asked

What is the New England Patriots win total for 2026?

The Kalshi KXNFLWINS-27 ladder implies an expected 9.8 wins for the Patriots in 2026. Our 10,000-season simulation on our DAEPA power ratings projects 10.7 wins — a 0.9-win agreement with the market (LOW on our wins ladder).

Where do the Patriots rank in our 2026 power ratings?

The Patriots sit at a +5.5-point power rating — 1st of 32 — in the Contender tier. That rating (offense +4.0, defense +1.3, special teams +0.2) is the input behind every Patriots prediction-market edge we publish.

Can you trade New England Patriots games on Kalshi?

Yes. Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated exchange that lists Patriots season win totals (KXNFLWINS), individual game winners (KXNFLGAME, which for 2026 opened months ahead of kickoff), plus division, conference and Super Bowl champion markets — available to traders in all 50 states. You take a yes/no position that settles at $1 or $0.

What division are the Patriots in for 2026?

The Patriots play in the AFC East, alongside Bills, Dolphins, Jets. Our model has them projected 1st in the AFC East on 10.7 expected wins.

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