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NFL Week 17 · Matchup Intelligence

NO at ATL

Sunday, January 3 at 1:00 PM EST

Projected score

NO 22 · ATL 26

Win probability

ATL 69.2%

NO 30.8%

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

ATL · Elo 1430

Offense EPA/play -0.168 · Defense EPA/play -0.030

Offense success 43.0% · Defense success 45.1%

NO · Elo 1415

Offense EPA/play -0.065 · Defense EPA/play -0.034

Offense success 44.0% · Defense success 45.3%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward ATL; negative values lean toward NO.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

ATL · 0.085

Pressure matchup

NO · -0.015

Explosive-play matchup

ATL · 0.017

Third-down matchup

NO · -0.041

Red-zone matchup

ATL · 0.127

QB intelligence

ATL · 0.017

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

ATL · M.Penix

82 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.339 · CPOE 1.1

NO · T.Shough

219 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.023 · CPOE 1.9

Prediction range

NO: median 22, 10th–90th percentile 10–34

ATL: median 26, 10th–90th percentile 14–39

Recent form

BAL 30 · ATL 23

MIN 23 · NO 13

ATL 45 · NO 24

LV 35 · NO 27

ATL 35 · GB 14

CAR 34 · ATL 3

NO 24 · BAL 17

NO 30 · DET 31

ATL 13 · PIT 20

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