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NFL Week 17 · Matchup Intelligence

BUF at MIA

Sunday, January 3 at 1:00 PM EST

Projected score

BUF 28 · MIA 21

Win probability

MIA 20.0%

BUF 80.0%

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

BUF · Elo 1673

Offense EPA/play 0.181 · Defense EPA/play 0.067

Offense success 50.7% · Defense success 49.8%

MIA · Elo 1461

Offense EPA/play -0.052 · Defense EPA/play 0.096

Offense success 44.3% · Defense success 50.6%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward MIA; negative values lean toward BUF.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

BUF · -0.269

Pressure matchup

MIA · 0.045

Explosive-play matchup

BUF · -0.024

Third-down matchup

MIA · 0.022

Red-zone matchup

BUF · -0.092

QB intelligence

BUF · -0.374

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

BUF · J.Allen

222 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.268 · CPOE 4.0

MIA · M.Willis

206 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.070 · CPOE -5.4

Prediction range

BUF: median 28, 10th–90th percentile 16–40

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

Recent form

NE 24 · MIA 19

BAL 10 · BUF 36

MIA 28 · NYJ 25

BUF 33 · LV 30

BUF 37 · LA 34

CIN 31 · MIA 24

MIA 10 · MIN 15

NE 29 · BUF 26

KC 24 · MIA 10

LAC 16 · BUF 24

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