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NFL Week 16 · Matchup Intelligence

HOU at PHI

Thursday, December 24 at 8:15 PM EST

Projected score

HOU 23 · PHI 21

Win probability

PHI 40.5%

HOU 59.5%

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

HOU · Elo 1533

Offense EPA/play -0.042 · Defense EPA/play -0.046

Offense success 44.1% · Defense success 40.6%

PHI · Elo 1643

Offense EPA/play 0.021 · Defense EPA/play -0.032

Offense success 44.5% · Defense success 44.4%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward PHI; negative values lean toward HOU.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

HOU · -0.124

Pressure matchup

PHI · 0.035

Explosive-play matchup

HOU · -0.011

Third-down matchup

HOU · -0.002

Red-zone matchup

PHI · 0.040

QB intelligence

HOU · -0.291

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

HOU · C.Stroud

263 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.119 · CPOE 2.3

PHI · J.Hurts

167 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.058 · CPOE -2.2

Prediction range

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

PHI: median 21, 10th–90th percentile 9–34

Recent form

PHI 10 · WAS 27

DAL 38 · PHI 21

NYG 27 · HOU 21

CAR 25 · PHI 14

HOU 34 · JAX 31

HOU 26 · TEN 3

PHI 17 · JAX 19

LA 24 · PHI 20

DAL 34 · HOU 30

PHI 7 · CHI 27

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 Nov 5, 2026, 6:46 PM EST