--- title: Watch: Dog Predicts Winner of Every NFL Playoff Game YouTube description: While people all over the country have been placing bets on the outcome of the NFL playoffs, one dog has been putting them all to shame. canonical: https://time.com/4643554/dog-predicts-winner-nfl-playoffs/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-23T19:18:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:22.809Z og:title: Watch This Dog Accurately Predict the Winner of Every NFL Playoff Game og:description: How is it pawsible? og:url: https://time.com/4643554/dog-predicts-winner-nfl-playoffs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Dog Accurately Predict the Winner of Every NFL Playoff Game twitter:description: How is it pawsible? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Dog Accurately Predict the Winner of Every NFL Playoff Game > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 23, 2017 7:18 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 23, 2017 7:18 PM UTC While people all over the country have been placing bets on the [outcome of the NFL playoffs](http://time.com/4642845/super-bowl-li-tom-brady-patriots-falcons/), [one dog](http://time.com/4642365/john-kerry-womens-march/) has been putting them all to shame. Leading up to the [wild-card round ](http://time.com/money/4170222/nfl-playoff-games-how-to-watch-online/)of the postseason, YouTube user Jeffrey Smee began posting videos of his dog Yowie predicting the winner of each game. Since then, Yowie has correctly guessed the victor of all 10 matchups — most recently selecting the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots to win the NFC and AFC Championships, respectively. “I got the idea for the videos a few months ago when I saw an old video of an octopus predicting soccer matches and I thought, ‘hey people like dogs, people like football, let’s see what Yowie can do for the Superbowl,'” Smee told TIME. However, he’s not offering any early hints about Yowie’s final selection: “As for her Super Bowl prediction, I can’t say. I’m not sure she even knows which way she’ll go ’til the treat’s down in front of her.” Watch Yowie make her AFC Championship pick below and visit [Smee’s YouTube page](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC%5FVNyved6JMi47gAGvkwkjA) to see the full series. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4643554/dog-predicts-winner-nfl-playoffs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4643554/dog-predicts-winner-nfl-playoffs/"},"headline":"Watch This Dog Accurately Predict the Winner of Every NFL Playoff Game","datePublished":"2017-01-23T19:18:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:22.809Z","description":"How is it pawsible?","url":"https://time.com/4643554/dog-predicts-winner-nfl-playoffs/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","animals","Dogs","Football","NFL"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4643554/dog-predicts-winner-nfl-playoffs/","name":"Watch This Dog Accurately Predict the Winner of Every NFL Playoff Game"}}]}] ```