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NFL Week 18 · Matchup Intelligence

DAL at WAS

Sunday, January 10 at 1:00 PM EST

Projected score

DAL 27 · WAS 25

Win probability

WAS 40.6%

DAL 59.4%

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

DAL · Elo 1481

Offense EPA/play 0.105 · Defense EPA/play 0.159

Offense success 48.4% · Defense success 52.2%

WAS · Elo 1445

Offense EPA/play 0.020 · Defense EPA/play 0.122

Offense success 47.9% · Defense success 50.0%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward WAS; negative values lean toward DAL.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

DAL · -0.035

Pressure matchup

DAL · -0.039

Explosive-play matchup

WAS · 0.011

Third-down matchup

DAL · -0.130

Red-zone matchup

DAL · -0.080

QB intelligence

DAL · -0.266

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

DAL · D.Prescott

200 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.227 · CPOE 1.9

WAS · J.Daniels

84 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback 0.020 · CPOE 2.1

Prediction range

DAL: median 27, 10th–90th percentile 15–39

WAS: median 25, 10th–90th percentile 13–38

Recent form

NYG 27 · WAS 27

TB 24 · DAL 16

DAL 34 · HOU 30

IND 30 · WAS 13

BAL 34 · DAL 31

SEA 31 · WAS 33

WAS 20 · DAL 37

DAL 20 · NYG 28

WAS 22 · PHI 24

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