2021 · Week 16

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Baker Mayfield

22·24

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 35°F · wind 11mph

Closing spread

GB -7.5

Total

46.5

Model margin

+3.6est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsBrowns wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Brownsedge mapPackers
  • +0.014EPA / play+0.136
  • 43.7%Success rate48.9%
  • +0.013EPA / dropback+0.222
  • +0.015EPA / rush-0.003
  • 11.2%Explosive rate8.5%
  • -2.26CPOE+4.71
  • 39.1%Third-down rate43.8%
  • 70.6%Red-zone TD rate61.0%
  • 1.81Points / drive2.45
  • 2.0%Turnover rate1.0%

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 5–2 since 1999

Meetings average 40.3 points. GB are 4-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W3GB @ CLE1013CLE
2017 · W14GB @ CLE2721GB
2013 · W7CLE @ GB1331GB
2009 · W7GB @ CLE313GB
2005 · W2CLE @ GB2624CLE
2001 · W15CLE @ GB730GB

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Baker Mayfield21/3622224

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Nick Chubb171267.41
D'Ernest Johnson45814.50
Anthony Schwartz22412.00
Baker Mayfield2115.50

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers24/3420230

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones12665.50
AJ Dillon9414.60
Allen Lazard11313.00
Aaron Rodgers1-1-1.00
Equanimeous St. Brown1-10-10.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Davante Adams10131142
Allen Lazard25451
Aaron Jones56210
AJ Dillon33150
Josiah Deguara2350
Marcedes Lewis2320
Juwann Winfree0100

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 +7.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.2%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

2.14%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.8%

Expected total

46.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.93
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.63