Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2012 · Week 5

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

27·30

Colts

Indianapolis

QB Andrew Luck

Lucas Oil Stadium · closed · fieldturf

Closing spread

GB -6.5

Total

49.5

Model margin

+1.0est.

IND perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Colts
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Colts 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 mapColts
  • +0.102EPA / play+0.035
  • 46.3%Success rate45.1%
  • +0.222EPA / dropback+0.094
  • -0.111EPA / rush-0.077
  • 8.0%Explosive rate9.1%
  • +5.43CPOE-4.46
  • 42.8%Third-down rate42.3%
  • 69.8%Red-zone TD rate59.8%
  • 2.11Points / drive1.62
  • 1.4%Turnover rate2.2%

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

IND lead 4–3 since 1999

Meetings average 54.1 points. IND are 4-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W2IND @ GB1016GB
2020 · W11GB @ IND3134IND
2016 · W9IND @ GB3126IND
2008 · W7IND @ GB1434GB
2004 · W3GB @ IND3145IND
2000 · W12IND @ GB2426GB

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers20/3223531

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Alex Green10636.30
Aaron Rodgers55711.40
Cedric Benson7202.90

Colts

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Andrew Luck31/5536221

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Donald Brown17844.90
Andrew Luck6244.01
Vick Ballard6111.80
T.Y. Hilton100.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Reggie Wayne13202121
Coby Fleener59410
Dwayne Allen45381
T.Y. Hilton39370
Donnie Avery38220
Donald Brown2280
Vick Ballard1140
Nathan Palmer0100

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 -6.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.6%

Positive margins favour Colts; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.83%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.9%

Expected total

44.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.01
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+1.04