2007 · Week 3

Final

Chargers

San Diego

QB Philip Rivers

24·31

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 73°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

SD -5.5

Total

42.5

Model margin

+4.7est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Chargers

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsChargers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

The rivalry

GB lead 6–1 since 1999

Meetings average 51.1 points. GB are 5-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W11LAC @ GB20–23GB
2019 · W9GB @ LAC11–26CHARGERS
2015 · W6SD @ GB20–27GB
2011 · W9GB @ SD45–38GB
2003 · W15GB @ SD38–21GB
1999 · W7GB @ SD31–3GB

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultSD–GB
GBQ1 15:00630Turnover on downs0–0
LACQ1 12:501162Touchdown7–0
GBQ1 7:07962Field goal7–3
LACQ1 2:4033Punt7–3
GBQ1 0:32844Touchdown7–10
LACQ2 11:53841Punt7–10
GBQ2 6:441079Touchdown7–17
LACQ2 2:48970Touchdown14–17
GBQ2 0:3235Punt14–17
LACQ2 0:0400End of half14–17
LACQ3 15:001280Touchdown21–17
GBQ3 9:0234Punt21–17
LACQ3 6:52524Punt21–17
GBQ3 4:09744Punt21–17
LACQ4 14:5254Punt21–17
GBQ4 11:381479Turnover on downs21–17
LACQ4 5:48627Punt21–17
GBQ4 2:18257Touchdown21–24
LACQ4 2:03411Turnover21–24
GBQ4 1:1222Touchdown21–31
LACQ4 0:59443Field goal24–31
GBQ4 0:2000End of half24–31

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre28/4536930

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brandon Jackson6223.71
Ryan Grant3103.30
DeShawn Wynn294.50
Brett Favre210.50

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 -5.53.6%6.5%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Chargers.

Half-point at risk

1.57%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

61.4%

Expected total

44.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.08
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.65

One or both ratings are carry-over priors — no games have been played this season yet, so treat this as a starting assumption rather than a read.