2006 · Week 16 · Division

Final

Vikings

Minnesota

QB Tarvaris Jackson

7·9

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 36°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

GB -4

Total

38

Model margin

+3.2est.

GB perspective

Push chance

2.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Vikings

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsVikings wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Vikingsedge mapPackers
  • -0.151EPA / play-0.067
  • 39.3%Success rate40.0%
  • -0.174EPA / dropback-0.018
  • -0.117EPA / rush-0.146
  • 8.0%Explosive rate8.1%
  • +1.13CPOE-5.72
  • 33.2%Third-down rate38.9%
  • 45.1%Red-zone TD rate36.6%
  • 0.99Points / drive1.28
  • 2.9%Turnover rate2.9%

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 31–24–2 since 1999

MIN have won 2 straight. Meetings average 46.8 points. GB are 28-29 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W1GB @ MIN22–39MIN
2025 · W18GB @ MIN3–16MIN
2025 · W12MIN @ GB6–23GB
2024 · W17GB @ MIN25–27MIN
2024 · W4MIN @ GB31–29MIN
2023 · W17GB @ MIN33–10GB
2023 · W8MIN @ GB24–10MIN
2022 · W17MIN @ GB17–41GB

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultMIN–GB
MINQ1 15:0037Punt0–0
GBQ1 12:51939Field goal0–3
MINQ1 9:093-2Punt0–3
GBQ1 7:081046Missed field goal0–3
MINQ1 3:24622Punt0–3
GBQ1 1:051347Missed field goal0–3
MINQ2 11:24413Punt0–3
GBQ2 9:1539Punt0–3
MINQ2 7:3239Punt0–3
GBQ2 5:06834Punt0–3
MINQ2 1:463-11Punt0–3
GBQ2 1:14419Field goal0–6
GBQ3 15:00612Punt0–6
MINQ3 12:26615Turnover0–6
GBQ3 9:073-1Punt0–6
MINQ3 8:04414Punt6–6
GBQ3 5:1910Opp touchdown7–6
GBQ3 5:1010Turnover7–6
MINQ3 4:5731Punt7–6
GBQ3 3:50617Punt7–6
MINQ3 0:1539Punt7–6
GBQ4 13:23942Turnover7–6
MINQ4 8:32622Punt7–6
GBQ4 4:47656Field goal7–9
MINQ4 1:3445Turnover on downs7–9
GBQ4 0:3700End of half7–9

Box score

Individual performances

Vikings

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tarvaris Jackson10/205001

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chester Taylor15493.30
Tarvaris Jackson5234.60
Artose Pinner252.50

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre26/5028502
Carlyle Holiday0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green18422.30
Vernand Morency441.00
Noah Herron111.00
Brett Favre1-1-1.00

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 +43.8%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Vikings.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.7%

Expected total

40.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.39
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.73
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.23