NFLStats2026 · Wk 2

Week 16 · Friday, Dec 25 · 4:30 pm ET · Empower Field at Mile High

TBD referee · 6 rest days (BUF) / 5 (DEN)

Model

71%BUF29%DEN

Projected BUF 28.8 – DEN 21.5
margin −7.4 · total 50.3

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.

BUFDEN
+2.6 10thPower rating31st −6.2
+3.4 4thOffense rating32nd −4.8
−0.8 20thDefense rating22nd −1.4
+0.278 4thOffense EPA/play32nd −0.378
+0.071 20thDefense EPA/play allowed22nd +0.118
41.1% 21stOffense success rate29th 36.0%
48.1% 24thDefense success rate allowed11th 40.9%
+0.556 3rdPass EPA/dropback31st −0.442
+0.098 17thPass EPA/dropback allowed13th −0.014
−0.263 28thRush EPA/carry26th −0.228
+0.030 24thRush EPA/carry allowed32nd +0.259
14.3% 2ndExplosive play rate30th 2.0%
8.9% 16thExplosive rate allowed18th 9.1%
33.3% 18th3rd-down conversion30th 16.7%
43.8% 20th3rd-down conversion allowed26th 56.3%
33.3% 26thRed-zone TD rate20th 50.0%
80.0% 20thRed-zone TD rate allowed13th 60.0%
9.1% 7thPressure rate allowed25th 21.2%
21.4% 7thPressure rate15th 15.2%
0.0% 1stTurnover rate21st 16.7%
18.2% 7thTakeaway rate19th 8.3%
36.0 5thPoints per game28th 10.0
31.0 23rdPoints allowed per game23rd 31.0
+3.7% Pass rate over expected +1.7%
28.0 9thNeutral pace (sec/play)27th 33.5
+0.278 Off epa last3 −0.378
+0.071 Def epa last3 +0.118
+4.4 7thSpecial teams EPA10th +3.6

BUF offense vs DEN defense

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

PassRushSuccessExplosive3rd downRed zoneProtectionBall security
BUFDEN D

DEN offense vs BUF defense

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

PassRushSuccessExplosive3rd downRed zoneProtectionBall security
DENBUF D