Sun, Oct 22, 2023, 4:25 PM EDTWeek 7 · at Denver Broncos
Closing spread
DEN -2.5
✓ GB W
Total
43.5
▼ Under · 36 pts
Model before kickoff
GB 26–28 DEN
✓ DEN (58%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseDEN -2.5
Total43.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
CloseDEN -2.5
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close43.5
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseDEN -2.5
Total43.5
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Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 10 games most like
DEN as a 2.5-point home favorite against GB, the favorite won 6, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.
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This game: DEN won 19–17; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 4 of the 10 similar games. 36 points stayed under 43.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 54%
Favorite covered
5 of 956%
Normal range · usually 45%
Went over
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 46%
Only 10 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 0.5 against an average line of 2; 42.5 points a game (usually 46.3). When games like this go over ›
All 10 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | 2021 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & situation |
-2.5 | 17–27 | L | O42 |
| Close |
2023 · Week 5 · close · similar total & situation |
-1 | 17–13 | W | U43.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 17 · close · similar total & situation |
-1 | 26–14 | W | U43.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 7 · close · similar total & spread |
-3 | 19–10 | W | U43 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 3 · close · similar total & situation |
-1 | 23–27 | L | O43.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 8 · close · similar spread & season form |
-2.5 | 13–19 | L | U46.5 |
| Close | 2021 · Week 15 · close · similar total & situation |
-1 | 19–13 | W | U44 |
| Close | 2020 · Week 10 · close · similar spread & total |
-3 | 30–27 | P | O45.5 |
| Close | 2022 · Week 4 · close · similar spread & total |
-3 | 32–23 | W | O45.5 |
| Close | 2020 · Week 2 · close · similar spread & situation |
-2 | 19–37 | L | O46 |
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2020 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found
Signals
The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
No clear signal on the total
None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.
Small sample warning
Green Bay Packers has 1 game with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Stayed under: it needed 18 in the 4th quarter and got 10. 33% of games with totals 40.5–46.5 went over.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-3 40% | 0-1 0% | 0-1 0% | |
| 1-5 17% | 0-3 0% | 0-2 0% |
Recent meetings
The series
GB 4–4 DEN
Series tied · 8 games since 1999 · DEN has won the last 2 meetings
All-time series from nflverse.
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
GB+5.2 →−0.9▼ 6.1#20
DEN0.0 →−3.9▼ 3.9#31
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW6
Longer bar = better
#17
Offense
Even#15
#21
Defense
◀ GB better#32
−0.2 #20
Turnovers
◀ GB better−0.8 #26
58 plays #29
Pace
Even56 plays #32
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| GB off | DEN def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 22.6 #13 | 33.3 #32 | GB |
| Yards / play | 4.89 #22 | 6.71 #32 | GB |
| EPA / play | −0.04 #14 | +0.19 #32 | GB |
| Success rate | 42% #18 | 49% #31 | GB |
| DEN off | GB def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 21.5 #18 | 22.6 #22 | Even |
| Yards / play | 5.52 #10 | 4.90 #10 | Even |
| EPA / play | −0.06 #16 | −0.01 #23 | DEN |
| Success rate | 43% #16 | 46% #28 | DEN |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
GB scoring against the DEN defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.6 #25 | 2.6 #32 | 5.2 #32 | 9.2 #1 | 8.2 #5 | 17.4 #1 | |
5.3 #21 | 11.5 #32 | 16.8 #32 | 6.8 #29 | 9.7 #31 | 16.5 #31 |
DEN scoring against the GB defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.8 #5 | 4.3 #28 | 11.2 #18 | 1.7 #30 | 8.7 #3 | 10.3 #13 | |
5.4 #22 | 8.4 #25 | 13.8 #26 | 2.2 #7 | 6.6 #19 | 8.8 #12 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
74° · 7 mph
gusts 16 mph · at kickoff
Rest
GB13d bye
DEN10d
GB +3 days
Tempo
Slow 113 plays
slowavg 127fast
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