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NFL Week 17 · Matchup Intelligence

DET at CHI

Sunday, January 3 at 4:25 PM EST

Projected score

DET 26 · CHI 25

Win probability

CHI 47.5%

DET 52.5%

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

CHI · Elo 1486

Offense EPA/play 0.119 · Defense EPA/play 0.039

Offense success 49.3% · Defense success 47.8%

DET · Elo 1592

Offense EPA/play 0.079 · Defense EPA/play 0.077

Offense success 49.8% · Defense success 48.0%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

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

Opponent-adjusted EPA

DET · -0.003

Pressure matchup

CHI · 0.046

Explosive-play matchup

CHI · 0.002

Third-down matchup

DET · -0.121

Red-zone matchup

DET · -0.427

QB intelligence

DET · -0.241

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

CHI · T.Bagent

68 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.077 · CPOE 1.3

DET · J.Goff

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

Prediction range

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

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

Recent form

DET 45 · ARI 21

CHI 7 · GB 31

DET 26 · CAR 32

NYJ 12 · CHI 23

PHI 7 · CHI 27

NYJ 24 · DET 31

MIN 9 · CHI 3

DET 31 · BUF 41

NO 30 · DET 31

CHI 59 · CAR 37

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