Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2018 · Week 4

Final

Bills

Buffalo

QB Josh Allen

0·22

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 49°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

GB -8.5

Total

44

Model margin

+0.7est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Bills

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsBills wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Billsedge mapPackers
  • -0.140EPA / play+0.054
  • 37.8%Success rate45.9%
  • -0.137EPA / dropback+0.093
  • -0.143EPA / rush-0.046
  • 7.7%Explosive rate9.3%
  • -7.12CPOE-1.39
  • 32.3%Third-down rate36.5%
  • 50.4%Red-zone TD rate62.4%
  • 1.26Points / drive2.05
  • 2.9%Turnover rate0.9%

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

BUF lead 4–3 since 1999

Meetings average 32.9 points. GB are 4-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W8GB @ BUF1727BUF
2014 · W15GB @ BUF1321BUF
2010 · W2BUF @ GB734GB
2006 · W9GB @ BUF1024BUF
2002 · W16BUF @ GB010GB
2000 · W2GB @ BUF1827BUF

Box score

Individual performances

Bills

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Josh Allen16/3315102

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy5244.80
Josh Allen5193.80
Chris Ivory6152.50

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers22/4029811

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones11655.91
Aaron Rodgers5316.20
Jamaal Williams11272.50
Ty Montgomery5183.60

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 +8.52.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Bills.

Half-point at risk

1.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.0%

Expected total

42.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.00
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.74