2008 · Week 9

Final / OT

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

16·19

Titans

Tennessee

QB Kerry Collins

LP Field · outdoors · grass · 69°F · wind 0mph

Closing spread

TEN -3.5

Total

41

Model margin

+0.8est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Titans 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 mapTitans
  • +0.051EPA / play-0.003
  • 43.8%Success rate41.7%
  • +0.134EPA / dropback+0.037
  • -0.072EPA / rush-0.044
  • 8.3%Explosive rate9.0%
  • +4.24CPOE-2.44
  • 44.1%Third-down rate36.7%
  • 66.2%Red-zone TD rate64.5%
  • 1.94Points / drive1.83
  • 1.9%Turnover rate1.7%

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

TEN lead 5–3 since 1999

Meetings average 54 points. TEN are 4-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W3GB @ TEN30–14GB
2022 · W11TEN @ GB27–17TEN
2020 · W16TEN @ GB14–40GB
2016 · W10GB @ TEN25–47TEN
2012 · W16TEN @ GB7–55GB
2004 · W5TEN @ GB48–27TEN
2001 · W14GB @ TEN20–26TEN

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–TEN
GBQ1 15:0030Punt0–0
TENQ1 14:341053Field goal0–3
GBQ1 9:42936Turnover on downs0–3
TENQ1 4:221132Field goal0–6
GBQ2 14:07663Field goal3–6
TENQ2 11:2333Punt3–6
GBQ2 10:221361Touchdown10–6
TENQ2 4:23474Touchdown10–13
GBQ2 3:18727Turnover on downs10–13
TENQ2 0:20316End of half10–13
TENQ3 15:00611Punt10–13
GBQ3 11:30535Turnover10–13
TENQ3 8:4439Punt10–13
GBQ3 7:223-10Turnover10–13
TENQ3 6:28613Field goal10–16
GBQ3 4:11774Field goal13–16
TENQ3 0:11518Punt13–16
GBQ4 13:21514Punt13–16
TENQ4 10:2833Punt13–16
GBQ4 8:58651Field goal16–16
TENQ4 5:3033Punt16–16
GBQ4 4:24739Punt16–16
TENQ4 1:49863Missed field goal16–16
TENOT955Field goal16–19

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers22/4131411

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Grant20864.30
Aaron Rodgers2115.50
Brandon Jackson133.00

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kerry Collins18/3718000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Johnson24893.71
LenDale White8779.60
Kerry Collins188.00
Brandon Jones177.00

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 +3.54.3%2.8%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.49%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.3%

Expected total

44.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.02
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.64
  • Expected margin+0.83