Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2006 · Week 7

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

34·24

Dolphins

Miami

QB Joey Harrington

Dolphin Stadium · outdoors · grass · 86°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

MIA -6

Total

40

Model margin

+0.9est.

MIA perspective

Push chance

3.0%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Dolphins
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Dolphins winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Packersedge mapDolphins
  • -0.067EPA / play-0.103
  • 40.0%Success rate41.6%
  • -0.018EPA / dropback-0.081
  • -0.146EPA / rush-0.139
  • 8.1%Explosive rate7.2%
  • -5.72CPOE-1.62
  • 38.9%Third-down rate37.7%
  • 36.6%Red-zone TD rate45.8%
  • 1.28Points / drive1.19
  • 2.9%Turnover rate2.3%

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 6–2 since 1999

GB have won 4 straight. Meetings average 46.3 points. MIA are 2-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W13MIA @ GB1730GB
2022 · W16GB @ MIA2620GB
2018 · W10MIA @ GB1231GB
2014 · W6GB @ MIA2724GB
2010 · W6MIA @ GB2320MIA
2002 · W9MIA @ GB1024GB
2000 · W9GB @ MIA2028MIA

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre19/3520620

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green181186.61
Brett Favre11414.00
Vernand Morency7121.70
Donald Driver166.00
Noah Herron252.50

Dolphins

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joey Harrington33/6241423

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ronnie Brown15593.90
Sammy Morris155.00
Joey Harrington133.00

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 +64.3%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Dolphins; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

3.00%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.5%

Expected total

41.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.08
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.56
  • Expected margin+0.92