Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2017 · Week 2

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

23·34

Falcons

Atlanta

QB Matt Ryan

Mercedes-Benz Stadium · open · fieldturf

Closing spread

ATL -3.5

Total

55

Model margin

-1.1est.

ATL perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Falcons
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Falcons 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 mapFalcons
  • -0.023EPA / play+0.047
  • 45.2%Success rate45.0%
  • -0.019EPA / dropback+0.185
  • -0.032EPA / rush-0.152
  • 6.2%Explosive rate9.7%
  • -1.27CPOE+2.96
  • 39.5%Third-down rate44.1%
  • 61.8%Red-zone TD rate57.2%
  • 1.77Points / drive2.02
  • 2.2%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

All square 8–8 since 1999

Meetings average 53.8 points. ATL are 9-7 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W2GB @ ATL2425ATL
2020 · W4ATL @ GB1630GB
2018 · W14ATL @ GB2034GB
2016 · playoffsGB @ ATL2144ATL
2016 · W8GB @ ATL3233ATL
2014 · W14ATL @ GB3743GB
2013 · W14ATL @ GB2122GB
2011 · W5GB @ ATL2514GB

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers33/5034321

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ty Montgomery10353.51
Randall Cobb11010.00
Aaron Rodgers284.00
Jamaal Williams263.00

Falcons

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Ryan19/2825210

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Devonta Freeman19844.42
Tevin Coleman6427.00
Matt Ryan188.00
Taylor Gabriel177.00

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 +3.52.8%4.6%3.0%7.5%7.2%2.8%4.2%

Positive margins favour Falcons; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.39%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

46.0%

Expected total

45.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.52
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment-5.40
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-1.14