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NFL Week 17 · Matchup Intelligence

KC at LAC

Sunday, January 3 at 1:00 PM EST

Projected score

KC 22 · LAC 18

Win probability

LAC 30.6%

KC 69.4%

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

KC · Elo 1621

Offense EPA/play 0.055 · Defense EPA/play -0.008

Offense success 48.4% · Defense success 47.5%

LAC · Elo 1499

Offense EPA/play -0.113 · Defense EPA/play -0.041

Offense success 43.0% · Defense success 44.0%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward LAC; negative values lean toward KC.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

KC · -0.120

Pressure matchup

KC · -0.047

Explosive-play matchup

KC · -0.008

Third-down matchup

KC · -0.083

Red-zone matchup

LAC · 0.019

QB intelligence

KC · -0.408

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

KC · P.Mahomes

242 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.138 · CPOE 1.6

LAC · J.Herbert

235 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.260 · CPOE -4.2

Prediction range

KC: median 22, 10th–90th percentile 10–35

LAC: median 18, 10th–90th percentile 6–31

Recent form

KC 24 · DEN 28

LAC 9 · LA 24

KC 3 · SEA 20

LAC 6 · KC 22

DEN 23 · LAC 17

LAC 23 · SEA 30

KC 30 · LV 27

KC 24 · MIA 10

LAC 16 · BUF 24

IND 30 · KC 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