2022 · Week 4

Final / OT

Patriots

New England

QB Brian Hoyer

24·27

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass

Closing spread

GB -10

Total

40.5

Model margin

+1.7est.

GB perspective

Push chance

2.9%est.

the line sits on a key number

Availability

The injury report

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

Patriots

Packers

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Patriots

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsPatriots wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Patriotsedge mapPackers
  • -0.047EPA / play+0.017
  • 41.1%Success rate46.2%
  • -0.026EPA / dropback+0.035
  • -0.082EPA / rush-0.009
  • 10.3%Explosive rate9.7%
  • +0.93CPOE+0.52
  • 35.3%Third-down rate39.3%
  • 56.0%Red-zone TD rate57.7%
  • 1.54Points / drive1.91
  • 2.3%Turnover rate1.9%

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

All square 3–3 since 1999

Meetings average 46.2 points. GB are 3-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2018 · W9GB @ NE17–31NE
2014 · W13NE @ GB21–26GB
2010 · W15GB @ NE27–31NE
2006 · W11NE @ GB35–0NE
2002 · W6GB @ NE28–10GB

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNE–GB
NEQ1 15:00956Field goal3–0
GBQ1 9:45225Turnover3–0
NEQ1 8:5264Punt3–0
GBQ1 5:00519Punt3–0
NEQ1 2:2536Punt3–0
GBQ1 1:03650Touchdown3–7
NEQ2 13:00611Punt3–7
GBQ2 9:5232Punt3–7
NEQ2 8:52529Punt3–7
GBQ2 5:46522Punt3–7
NEQ2 3:22619Turnover3–7
GBQ2 0:5431Opp touchdown10–7
GBQ2 0:1316End of half10–7
GBQ3 15:001191Touchdown10–14
NEQ3 9:20765Touchdown17–14
GBQ3 4:52759Field goal17–17
NEQ3 0:05766Touchdown24–17
GBQ4 11:14975Touchdown24–24
NEQ4 6:1431Punt24–24
GBQ4 3:5066Punt24–24
NEQ4 1:5239Punt24–24
GBQ4 0:0417End of half24–24
GBOT33Punt24–24
NEOT35Punt24–24
GBOT1177Field goal24–27

Box score

Individual performances

Patriots

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Bailey Zappe10/159910
Brian Hoyer5/63700

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Damien Harris18864.81
Rhamondre Stevenson14664.70
Kendrick Bourne11515.00

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers21/3525121

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones161106.90
AJ Dillon17734.30
Christian Watson11515.01
Aaron Rodgers111.00

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 +107.1%7.5%3.1%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Patriots.

Half-point at risk

2.91%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.6%

Expected total

44.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.02
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.68