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NFL Week 18 · Matchup Intelligence

CHI at MIN

Sunday, January 10 at 1:00 PM EST

Projected score

CHI 19 · MIN 22

Win probability

MIN 61.0%

CHI 39.0%

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%

MIN · Elo 1583

Offense EPA/play -0.031 · Defense EPA/play -0.092

Offense success 44.5% · Defense success 43.3%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

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

Opponent-adjusted EPA

MIN · 0.053

Pressure matchup

CHI · -0.077

Explosive-play matchup

MIN · 0.012

Third-down matchup

CHI · -0.107

Red-zone matchup

CHI · -0.390

QB intelligence

CHI · -0.091

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

CHI · T.Bagent

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

MIN · K.Murray

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

Prediction range

CHI: median 19, 10th–90th percentile 7–31

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

Recent form

CHI 7 · GB 31

MIN 23 · NO 13

MIA 10 · MIN 15

NYJ 12 · CHI 23

PHI 7 · CHI 27

MIN 23 · TB 16

MIN 9 · CHI 3

CHI 59 · CAR 37

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