2005 · Week 2

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Trent Dilfer

26·24

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 76°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

GB -7

Total

43

Model margin

+4.5est.

GB perspective

Push chance

4.9%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsBrowns wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Brownsedge mapPackers
  • -0.131EPA / play-0.059
  • 39.5%Success rate42.0%
  • -0.097EPA / dropback-0.003
  • -0.183EPA / rush-0.158
  • 7.4%Explosive rate6.6%
  • 32.4%Third-down rate41.1%
  • 38.1%Red-zone TD rate51.1%
  • 1.22Points / drive1.29
  • 3.1%Turnover rate3.8%
  • -0.004EPA / play allowed-0.052

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

GB lead 5–2 since 1999

Meetings average 40.3 points. GB are 4-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W3GB @ CLE10–13CLE
2021 · W16CLE @ GB22–24GB
2017 · W14GB @ CLE27–21GB
2013 · W7CLE @ GB13–31GB
2009 · W7GB @ CLE31–3GB
2001 · W15CLE @ GB7–30GB

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultCLE–GB
GBQ1 15:001178Touchdown0–7
CLEQ1 9:481275Touchdown7–7
GBQ1 3:4822Turnover7–7
CLEQ1 2:58924Field goal10–7
GBQ2 13:47726Punt10–7
CLEQ2 10:26722Punt10–7
GBQ2 7:31743Punt10–7
CLEQ2 3:36962Field goal13–7
GBQ2 0:1300End of half13–7
CLEQ3 15:00522Punt13–7
GBQ3 12:2936Punt13–7
CLEQ3 10:58618Punt13–7
GBQ3 8:591161Turnover13–7
CLEQ3 2:42280Touchdown19–7
GBQ3 2:261363Field goal19–10
CLEQ4 11:4038Punt19–10
GBQ4 10:0013101Touchdown19–17
CLEQ4 3:40580Touchdown26–17
GBQ4 1:50973Touchdown26–24
CLEQ4 0:0400End of half26–24

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trent Dilfer21/3233630

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Reuben Droughns20502.50
Trent Dilfer351.70

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre32/4434232

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green16543.40
Najeh Davenport8364.50
Brett Favre3196.30
Antonio Chatman188.00
Tony Fisher2-1-0.50

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +73.6%6.5%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

4.91%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

61.1%

Expected total

42.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.97
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.53