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NFL Week 7 · Matchup Intelligence

PIT at NO

Sunday, October 25 at 9:30 AM EDT

Projected score

PIT 24 · NO 23

Win probability

NO 42.3%

PIT 57.7%

Tie 0.0%

Injury impact

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

Weather Prediction

No outdoor NWS forecast is available yet. Forecasts are added when the game enters the NWS forecast horizon; indoor games do not require an outdoor forecast.

Team strength snapshot

NO · Elo 1415

Offense EPA/play -0.065 · Defense EPA/play -0.034

Offense success 44.0% · Defense success 45.3%

PIT · Elo 1549

Offense EPA/play -0.099 · Defense EPA/play -0.059

Offense success 43.8% · Defense success 44.3%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward NO; negative values lean toward PIT.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

PIT · -0.096

Pressure matchup

NO · 0.020

Explosive-play matchup

PIT · -0.001

Third-down matchup

NO · 0.137

Red-zone matchup

NO · 0.318

QB intelligence

NO · 0.012

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

NO · T.Shough

219 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.023 · CPOE 1.9

PIT · A.Rodgers

199 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.071 · CPOE -2.5

Prediction range

PIT: median 24, 10th–90th percentile 12–36

NO: median 23, 10th–90th percentile 11–35

Recent form

MIN 23 · NO 13

IND 22 · PIT 34

ATL 45 · NO 24

PIT 24 · CLE 27

LV 35 · NO 27

CIN 27 · PIT 30

NO 24 · BAL 17

PIT 3 · NE 20

NO 30 · DET 31

ATL 13 · PIT 20

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