NFLStats2026 · Wk 2

Week 4 · Sunday, Oct 4 · 1:00 pm ET · Highmark Stadium

TBD referee · 7 rest days (NE) / 7 (BUF)

Model

34%NE66%BUF

Projected NE 23.6 – BUF 29.2
margin +5.6 · total 52.8

Market

No market line yet.

Edge

Model minus market. Small numbers are noise; a few points is a real disagreement.

Spread edge
Total edge

Side by side

Season to date with league ranks.

NEBUF
−1.5 22ndPower rating10th +2.6
−1.2 22ndOffense rating4th +3.4
−0.3 18thDefense rating20th −0.8
−0.092 22ndOffense EPA/play4th +0.278
+0.029 18thDefense EPA/play allowed20th +0.071
40.9% 23rdOffense success rate21st 41.1%
38.8% 8thDefense success rate allowed24th 48.1%
+0.127 15thPass EPA/dropback3rd +0.556
+0.196 21stPass EPA/dropback allowed17th +0.098
−0.451 32ndRush EPA/carry28th −0.263
−0.195 8thRush EPA/carry allowed24th +0.030
1.4% 31stExplosive play rate2nd 14.3%
10.2% 21stExplosive rate allowed16th 8.9%
31.3% 21st3rd-down conversion18th 33.3%
18.2% 4th3rd-down conversion allowed20th 43.8%
50.0% 20thRed-zone TD rate26th 33.3%
0.0% 1stRed-zone TD rate allowed20th 80.0%
14.3% 14thPressure rate allowed7th 9.1%
22.2% 6thPressure rate7th 21.4%
33.3% 31stTurnover rate1st 0.0%
0.0% 25thTakeaway rate7th 18.2%
10.0 28thPoints per game5th 36.0
13.0 6thPoints allowed per game23rd 31.0
−3.5% Pass rate over expected +3.7%
31.9 24thNeutral pace (sec/play)9th 28.0
−0.092 Off epa last3 +0.278
+0.029 Def epa last3 +0.071
+1.0 18thSpecial teams EPA7th +4.4

NE offense vs BUF defense

Offense percentiles for NE against the matching defensive percentiles for BUF. Where the offense polygon reaches beyond the defense, the attack has the edge.

PassRushSuccessExplosive3rd downRed zoneProtectionBall security
NEBUF D

BUF offense vs NE defense

Offense percentiles for BUF against the matching defensive percentiles for NE. Where the offense polygon reaches beyond the defense, the attack has the edge.

PassRushSuccessExplosive3rd downRed zoneProtectionBall security
BUFNE D