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NFL Week 16 · Matchup Intelligence

WAS at MIN

Sunday, December 27 at 1:00 PM EST

Projected score

WAS 18 · MIN 24

Win probability

MIN 71.3%

WAS 28.7%

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

MIN · Elo 1583

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

Offense success 44.5% · Defense success 43.3%

WAS · Elo 1445

Offense EPA/play 0.020 · Defense EPA/play 0.122

Offense success 47.9% · Defense success 50.0%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

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

Opponent-adjusted EPA

MIN · 0.106

Pressure matchup

WAS · -0.082

Explosive-play matchup

MIN · 0.011

Third-down matchup

WAS · -0.092

Red-zone matchup

WAS · -0.563

QB intelligence

WAS · -0.040

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

MIN · K.Murray

170 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.059 · CPOE 2.0

WAS · J.Daniels

159 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.043 · CPOE 5.6

Prediction range

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

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

Recent form

PHI 10 · WAS 27

MIN 15 · DET 19

IND 10 · MIN 16

WAS 17 · SF 23

MIN 23 · NO 13

NYG 27 · WAS 27

MIA 10 · MIN 15

IND 30 · WAS 13

MIN 23 · TB 16

SEA 31 · WAS 33

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