Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2022 · Week 8

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Aaron Rodgers

17·27

Bills

Buffalo

QB Josh Allen

New Era Field · outdoors · a_turf

Closing spread

BUF -10.5

Total

47

Model margin

+4.1est.

BUF perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Bills
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Bills 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 mapBills
  • +0.017EPA / play+0.111
  • 46.2%Success rate49.0%
  • +0.035EPA / dropback+0.203
  • -0.009EPA / rush-0.064
  • 9.7%Explosive rate9.3%
  • +0.52CPOE+0.35
  • 39.3%Third-down rate51.1%
  • 57.7%Red-zone TD rate61.8%
  • 1.91Points / drive2.48
  • 1.9%Turnover rate2.5%

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. BUF are 3-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2018 · W4BUF @ GB022GB
2014 · W15GB @ BUF1321BUF
2010 · W2BUF @ GB734GB
2006 · W9GB @ BUF1024BUF
2002 · W16BUF @ GB010GB
2000 · W2GB @ BUF1827BUF

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Aaron Rodgers19/3020321

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones201437.20
AJ Dillon10545.40
Aaron Rodgers11111.00

Bills

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Josh Allen13/2521822

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Devin Singletary14674.80
Josh Allen6498.20
James Cook5357.00
Isaiah McKenzie221.01

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 +10.56.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Bills; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

1.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.1%

Expected total

45.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.88
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+4.14