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NFL Week 15 · Matchup Intelligence

DET at MIN

Sunday, December 20 at 8:20 PM EST

Projected score

DET 23 · MIN 25

Win probability

MIN 52.9%

DET 47.1%

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

DET · Elo 1592

Offense EPA/play 0.079 · Defense EPA/play 0.077

Offense success 49.8% · Defense success 48.0%

MIN · Elo 1583

Offense EPA/play -0.031 · Defense EPA/play -0.092

Offense success 44.5% · Defense success 43.3%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward MIN; negative values lean toward DET.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

MIN · 0.049

Pressure matchup

DET · -0.031

Explosive-play matchup

MIN · 0.014

Third-down matchup

DET · -0.228

Red-zone matchup

DET · -0.817

QB intelligence

DET · -0.332

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

DET · J.Goff

202 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.323 · CPOE 1.3

MIN · K.Murray

110 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.076 · CPOE 5.7

Prediction range

DET: median 23, 10th–90th percentile 11–35

MIN: median 25, 10th–90th percentile 13–37

Recent form

DET 45 · ARI 21

MIN 23 · NO 13

DET 26 · CAR 32

MIA 10 · MIN 15

MIN 23 · TB 16

NYJ 24 · DET 31

MIN 9 · CHI 3

DET 31 · BUF 41

NO 30 · DET 31

GB 22 · MIN 39

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