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NFL Week 17 · Matchup Intelligence

MIN at NYJ

Sunday, January 3 at 1:00 PM EST

Projected score

MIN 22 · NYJ 18

Win probability

NYJ 31.1%

MIN 68.9%

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%

NYJ · Elo 1337

Offense EPA/play -0.047 · Defense EPA/play 0.030

Offense success 44.9% · Defense success 47.3%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

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

Opponent-adjusted EPA

MIN · -0.181

Pressure matchup

NYJ · 0.048

Explosive-play matchup

MIN · -0.013

Third-down matchup

NYJ · 0.058

Red-zone matchup

NYJ · 0.415

QB intelligence

MIN · -0.023

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

MIN · K.Murray

110 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.076 · CPOE 5.7

NYJ · G.Smith

165 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.053 · CPOE 4.4

Prediction range

MIN: median 22, 10th–90th percentile 10–34

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

Recent form

MIN 23 · NO 13

CLE 12 · NYJ 17

MIA 10 · MIN 15

NYJ 12 · CHI 23

MIN 23 · TB 16

NYJ 24 · DET 31

GB 20 · NYJ 17

MIN 9 · CHI 3

NYJ 23 · TEN 10

GB 22 · MIN 39

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