2007 · Week 9

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

33·22

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Damon Huard

Arrowhead Stadium · outdoors · grass · 61°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

KC -1

Total

38

Model margin

-0.1est.

KC perspective

Push chance

2.2%est.

Win probability

  • Chiefs
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Chiefs 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 mapChiefs
  • +0.075EPA / play-0.132
  • 43.6%Success rate37.8%
  • +0.184EPA / dropback-0.112
  • -0.109EPA / rush-0.167
  • 8.6%Explosive rate5.9%
  • +4.25CPOE-0.79
  • 42.9%Third-down rate34.0%
  • 61.0%Red-zone TD rate55.6%
  • 2.16Points / drive0.94
  • 2.3%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 4–3 since 1999

Meetings average 49.9 points. KC are 2-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W13KC @ GB19–27GB
2021 · W9GB @ KC7–13KC
2019 · W8GB @ KC31–24GB
2015 · W3KC @ GB28–38GB
2011 · W15GB @ KC14–19KC
2003 · W6KC @ GB40–34KC

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultGB–KC
KCQ1 15:0032Punt0–0
GBQ1 13:10638Turnover0–0
KCQ1 9:38511Punt0–0
GBQ1 7:051558Field goal3–0
KCQ2 14:52711Punt3–0
GBQ2 11:1632Punt3–0
KCQ2 8:59634Punt3–0
GBQ2 5:16876Field goal6–0
KCQ2 1:1933Punt6–0
GBQ2 0:4838Turnover6–0
KCQ2 0:2521Touchdown6–7
GBQ2 0:1500End of half6–7
GBQ3 15:00719Punt6–7
KCQ3 11:27828Punt6–7
GBQ3 7:36755Missed field goal6–7
KCQ3 3:2231Turnover6–7
GBQ3 2:03540Touchdown13–7
KCQ3 0:11974Touchdown13–14
GBQ4 11:11446Field goal16–14
KCQ4 8:521052Touchdown16–22
GBQ4 5:18482Touchdown23–22
KCQ4 3:053-7Punt23–22
GBQ4 1:5939Field goal26–22
KCQ4 1:4038Opp touchdown33–22
KCQ4 0:59516End of half33–22

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre24/3436022

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Grant19552.90
Brandon Jackson5183.60
Vernand Morency166.00
Brett Favre2-1-0.50

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Damon Huard19/3221322

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Larry Johnson19532.81
Priest Holmes382.70

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 +12.7%4.4%2.9%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Chiefs; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.15%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

48.8%

Expected total

43.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.29
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.64
  • Expected margin-0.08