2011 · Week 15

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

14·19

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Kyle Orton

Arrowhead Stadium · outdoors · grass · 50°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

GB -11

Total

46

Model margin

+1.8est.

KC perspective

Push chance

1.1%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
  • +0.230EPA / play-0.094
  • 48.2%Success rate38.8%
  • +0.405EPA / dropback-0.050
  • -0.114EPA / rush-0.149
  • 10.2%Explosive rate7.8%
  • +8.47CPOE-1.61
  • 48.7%Third-down rate35.7%
  • 75.2%Red-zone TD rate38.2%
  • 2.85Points / drive1.06
  • 1.1%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 4–3 since 1999

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

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W13KC @ GB1927GB
2021 · W9GB @ KC713KC
2019 · W8GB @ KC3124GB
2015 · W3KC @ GB2838GB
2007 · W9GB @ KC3322GB
2003 · W6KC @ GB4034KC

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers17/3523510

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Grant12665.50
Aaron Rodgers33210.71
Randall Cobb144.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Jermichael Finley310830
Randall Cobb44530
Ryan Grant35350
Jordy Nelson24290
James Jones24170
Donald Driver2471
Tom Crabtree0100

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kyle Orton23/3129900

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Thomas Jones15483.20
Jackie Battle10373.71
Steve Breaston12525.00
Dexter McCluster5142.80
Kyle Orton4-5-1.30

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 -114.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%

Positive margins favour Chiefs; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

1.14%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.8%

Expected total

45.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.64
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.92
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.77