2019 · Week 8

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

31·24

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Matt Moore

Arrowhead Stadium · outdoors · astroturf · 54°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

GB -5

Total

48

Model margin

-2.8est.

KC perspective

Push chance

1.9%est.

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Packers

Chiefs

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
  • +0.059EPA / play+0.135
  • 43.9%Success rate47.0%
  • +0.124EPA / dropback+0.247
  • -0.062EPA / rush-0.094
  • 8.5%Explosive rate8.2%
  • +0.96CPOE+1.86
  • 37.9%Third-down rate48.7%
  • 69.9%Red-zone TD rate68.1%
  • 2.12Points / drive2.59
  • 1.1%Turnover rate1.3%

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 @ GB19–27GB
2021 · W9GB @ KC7–13KC
2015 · W3KC @ GB28–38GB
2011 · W15GB @ KC14–19KC
2007 · W9GB @ KC33–22GB
2003 · W6KC @ GB40–34KC

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–KC
GBQ1 15:001284Touchdown7–0
KCQ1 8:4339Punt7–0
GBQ1 7:083-13Punt7–0
KCQ1 5:143-2Missed field goal7–0
GBQ1 4:11460Touchdown14–0
KCQ1 2:091289Touchdown14–7
GBQ2 10:5551Punt14–7
KCQ2 8:04562Touchdown14–14
GBQ2 6:14621Punt14–14
KCQ2 3:591074Field goal14–17
GBQ2 0:5656End of half14–17
KCQ3 15:00816Punt14–17
GBQ3 10:041477Field goal17–17
KCQ3 1:3111Turnover17–17
GBQ3 1:19527Touchdown24–17
KCQ4 13:571170Touchdown24–24
GBQ4 9:01275Touchdown31–24
KCQ4 8:02618Punt31–24
GBQ4 5:04839End of half31–24

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers23/3330530

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones13675.20
Aaron Rodgers6294.80
Jamaal Williams7223.11

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Moore24/3626720

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy9404.40
Damien Williams7304.31
Darrel Williams2105.00
Tyreek Hill155.00
Matt Moore133.00

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 -52.7%3.0%4.8%3.1%7.5%6.9%2.6%3.9%

Positive margins favour Chiefs; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

1.95%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

41.5%

Expected total

44.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.15
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment-4.96
  • Rest differential+0.24
  • Expected margin-2.84