Breaking News and Headlines
Break'n News
← NFL 2026 Predictions

NFL Week 9 · Matchup Intelligence

DAL at IND

Sunday, November 8 at 1:00 PM EST

Projected score

DAL 27 · IND 26

Win probability

IND 50.0%

DAL 50.0%

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

DAL · Elo 1481

Offense EPA/play 0.105 · Defense EPA/play 0.159

Offense success 48.4% · Defense success 52.2%

IND · Elo 1438

Offense EPA/play 0.051 · Defense EPA/play 0.088

Offense success 48.4% · Defense success 50.9%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward IND; negative values lean toward DAL.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

IND · 0.039

Pressure matchup

DAL · -0.010

Explosive-play matchup

IND · 0.007

Third-down matchup

DAL · -0.166

Red-zone matchup

DAL · -0.129

QB intelligence

DAL · -0.359

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

DAL · D.Prescott

200 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.227 · CPOE 1.9

IND · D.Jones

185 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.130 · CPOE -2.4

Prediction range

DAL: median 27, 10th–90th percentile 15–39

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

Recent form

IND 22 · PIT 34

TB 24 · DAL 16

DAL 34 · HOU 30

IND 30 · WAS 13

BAL 34 · DAL 31

HOU 17 · IND 19

IND 30 · KC 33

WAS 20 · DAL 37

DAL 20 · NYG 28

BAL 41 · IND 23

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