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NFL Week 17 · Matchup Intelligence

PIT at TEN

Sunday, January 3 at 1:00 PM EST

Projected score

PIT 22 · TEN 19

Win probability

TEN 35.6%

PIT 64.4%

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

PIT · Elo 1549

Offense EPA/play -0.099 · Defense EPA/play -0.059

Offense success 43.8% · Defense success 44.3%

TEN · Elo 1309

Offense EPA/play -0.086 · Defense EPA/play 0.075

Offense success 44.4% · Defense success 47.0%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward TEN; negative values lean toward PIT.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

PIT · -0.174

Pressure matchup

TEN · 0.031

Explosive-play matchup

TEN · 0.004

Third-down matchup

PIT · -0.000

Red-zone matchup

TEN · 0.389

QB intelligence

PIT · -0.108

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

PIT · A.Rodgers

199 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.071 · CPOE -2.5

TEN · C.Ward

166 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.183 · CPOE 1.6

Prediction range

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

TEN: median 19, 10th–90th percentile 7–32

Recent form

IND 22 · PIT 34

HOU 26 · TEN 3

TEN 18 · BAL 24

PIT 24 · CLE 27

TEN 7 · NYG 12

CIN 27 · PIT 30

PHI 24 · TEN 20

PIT 3 · NE 20

ATL 13 · PIT 20

NYJ 23 · TEN 10

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