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NFL Week 6 · Matchup Intelligence

LAC at KC

Sunday, October 18 at 4:25 PM EDT

Projected score

LAC 18 · KC 26

Win probability

KC 78.2%

LAC 21.8%

Tie 0.0%

Injury impact

No current-week report-status adjustments are available yet.

Weather Prediction

Sunny

66°F · wind 10 mph · precipitation 0%

Team strength snapshot

KC · Elo 1621

Offense EPA/play 0.055 · Defense EPA/play -0.008

Offense success 48.4% · Defense success 47.5%

LAC · Elo 1499

Offense EPA/play -0.113 · Defense EPA/play -0.041

Offense success 43.0% · Defense success 44.0%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward KC; negative values lean toward LAC.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

KC · 0.137

Pressure matchup

KC · 0.068

Explosive-play matchup

KC · 0.017

Third-down matchup

KC · 0.095

Red-zone matchup

LAC · -0.011

QB intelligence

KC · 0.380

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

KC · P.Mahomes

135 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.191 · CPOE 0.8

LAC · J.Herbert

160 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.193 · CPOE -4.5

Prediction range

LAC: median 18, 10th–90th percentile 6–30

KC: median 26, 10th–90th percentile 14–38

Recent form

DEN 23 · LAC 17

KC 30 · LV 27

LAC 23 · SEA 30

KC 24 · MIA 10

LAC 16 · BUF 24

IND 30 · KC 33

LV 26 · LAC 14

DEN 10 · KC 31

ARI 26 · LAC 14

Model context

BN NFL V4 preserves the chronologically validated V3.4 win-probability model — opponent-adjusted EPA and success rate, pressure, explosive plays, third downs, red zone, QB intelligence, Elo and player-aware injury availability — and adds a probability-consistent score layer so the projected score and favored team no longer contradict the win probability. Prediction ranges use chronological out-of-sample empirical score residuals. Weather remains part of Matchup Intelligence but is not used in the current prediction calculation. New prediction snapshots are timestamped rather than overwriting earlier forecasts.

Generated Oct 16, 2026, 6:46 PM EDT