2023 · Week 9

Final

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Brett Rypien

3·20

Packers

Green Bay

QB Jordan Love

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 51°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

GB -3.5

Total

38

Model margin

+7.7est.

GB perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Availability

The injury report

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

Rams

Packers

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Packers winsRams wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Ramsedge mapPackers
  • +0.042EPA / play+0.075
  • 44.9%Success rate45.1%
  • +0.085EPA / dropback+0.155
  • -0.022EPA / rush-0.054
  • 9.4%Explosive rate9.2%
  • -3.54CPOE+1.07
  • 41.4%Third-down rate47.4%
  • 64.2%Red-zone TD rate56.0%
  • 2.13Points / drive2.16
  • 1.5%Turnover rate1.5%

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

GB lead 11–4 since 1999

GB have won 5 straight. Meetings average 47.2 points. GB are 12-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W5GB @ LA24–19GB
2022 · W15LA @ GB12–24GB
2021 · W12LA @ GB28–36GB
2020 · playoffsLA @ GB18–32GB
2018 · W8GB @ LA27–29RAMS
2015 · W5STL @ GB10–24GB
2012 · W7GB @ STL30–20GB
2011 · W6STL @ GB3–24GB

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultLA–GB
LAQ1 15:00622Punt0–0
GBQ1 11:271033Punt0–0
LAQ1 5:516-2Turnover0–0
GBQ1 3:24741Touchdown0–7
LAQ2 14:1936Punt0–7
GBQ2 12:53424Punt0–7
LAQ2 11:0539Punt0–7
GBQ2 9:3249Punt0–7
LAQ2 7:281256Field goal3–7
GBQ2 1:42944Missed field goal3–7
GBQ3 15:00111Turnover3–7
LAQ3 14:45732Punt3–7
GBQ3 10:43530Turnover3–7
LAQ3 8:0935Missed field goal3–7
GBQ3 6:29653Field goal3–10
LAQ3 2:10728Turnover on downs3–10
GBQ4 14:563-6Punt3–10
LAQ4 13:3520Turnover3–10
GBQ4 13:23634Field goal3–13
LAQ4 9:0834Punt3–13
GBQ4 8:26872Touchdown3–20
LAQ4 3:41627Turnover on downs3–20
GBQ4 2:32649End of half3–20

Box score

Individual performances

Rams

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Rypien13/2813001

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Royce Freeman12322.70
Brett Rypien3196.30
Darrell Henderson10191.90
Ben Skowronek1-2-2.00

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jordan Love20/2622810

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Aaron Jones20733.61
Emanuel Wilson44310.80
AJ Dillon9404.40
Jayden Reed12121.00
Jordan Love471.80

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 +3.52.9%5.7%7.1%3.2%5.0%3.4%3.3%2.7%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

2.47%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

69.2%

Expected total

46.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.06
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+4.98
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+7.74