Recording Perna's Curse Wheel Results

The (Unofficial) Curse Wheel Record

  • 2025-26 Season Stats

    Overall stats for the Curse Wheel this season:

    • 5/7 successful curses recorded (0.714)
    • 4 successful curse streak! (Week 3-6)

    Most cursed numbers (successes ✅, fails ❌, and totals 📊)

    ?12345678910111213141516ME
    ✅20100001000000001
    ❌00000010000000010
    📊20100011000000011
    ME = #15 and #16 were removed after Week 3 and replaced with “Me personally” and an extra #1, respectively. Their spins in Week 3 are ignored… at my own peril.

    (Who knows how any of this shit works. The Curse Wheel works in mysterious ways.)

  • Week 6, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • First Spin: Perna personally
    • Second Spin: Detroit Lions (#1)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • First Spin: YES; Perna cut himself and his chair exploded
    • Second Spin: YES; the Lions lost to the Kansas City Chiefs 17-30

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • It doubly cursed Perna as a Broncos fan by giving extra strength to the Chiefs
    • The Lions had a touchdown called back on a penalty because of a rule no one knew until someone had to dig it up.
    • The Chiefs had ZERO accepted penalties called on them
    • Brian Branch got a one game suspection for punching Ju-Ju postgame

  • Week 5, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • Seattle Seahawks (#8)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • YES; the Seahawks lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35-38

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • In a QB dual between two former teammates, Darnold got intercepted on SEA 38 with less than a minute to go with a tied 35-35 game. This set the Bucs up for an easy field goal to end the game.
    • Also the curse encouraged a big mouthed Seahawks fan to taunt Baker Mayfield into pushing hard to prove them wrong.

  • Week 4, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • Indianapolis Colts (#1)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • YES; the Colts lost to the Los Angeles Rams 20-27

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • In the 3rd Quarter, Colts WR Adonai Mitchell fumbled the ball one step before the entering endzone in an amateur night mistake.
    • The Rams scored 14 unanswered points in the 4th quarter.
    • A would-be touchdown for the Colts just before the 2-minute warning was wiped off after Mitchell was called for holding.

  • Week 3, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • First Spin: #16, but Perna didn’t have a #16
    • Second Spin: #15, but Perna also didn’t have a #15
    • Third Spin: Green Bay Packers (#3)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • YES; the Packers lost to the Cleveland Browns 10-13

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • The Packers lost to the Browns. Isn’t that enough?
    • The Packers were held to 3-0 lead by halftime
    • Packers were intercepted with 3:18 to go in the 4th, which led to a Browns TD, tieing it up 10-10
    • Browns would block a Packers field goal with 0:27 left in the 4th, allowing the Browns to hustle to get a final field goal.`

  • Week 2, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • Philadelphia Eagles (#7)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • NO; the Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 20-17

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • It doesn’t appear there were any residual curses on the Eagles this week. The Eagles escaped. That said, this clearly pissed off the Curse Wheel because it has been accurate for at least four weeks afterwards.

  • Week 1, 2025

    Who did the Curse Wheel curse?

    • Cincinnati Bengals (#16)

    Did the Curse Wheel curse succeed?

    • NO; the Bengals defeated the Cleveland Browns 17-16

    How Bad Was the Curse?

    • It was actually a very close match, with the Bengals down 14-16 in the 4th Quarter
    • Joe Burrow also suffered a potential season-ending turf toe injury on Week 2, meaning maybe the curse was delayed.