Nate Silver was not alone in picking the 49ers to win the Super
Bowl  Superbowl Ravens 49ers  The Baltimore Ravens defeated the
San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII and in the process they
beat the odds-makers too.  Football Outsiders, Nate Silver, NFL
Advanced Stats and Las Vegas all had the 49ers as favorites.
That fits a pattern this NFL postseason – of apparently bad
predictions.  Silver appeared on ESPN before the divisional
round and predicted a Seahawks-Patriots Super Bowl. The Seahawks
lost that weekend, in a close game against the Falcons. The
Patriots went down the following week, to the Ravens. To be fair
to Nate, he was merely reciting the Football Outsiders odds at
this time.  Football Outsiders and NFL Advanced Stats, which are
at the forefront of NFL analytics, had fine first rounds,
Football Outsiders only missing the Bengals-Texans game and NFL
Advanced Stats going perfect. In the division round, both mis-
predicted the Seahawks vs Falcons and Ravens vs Broncos games.
They both had the 49er