The Sports Wire

NFL Week 4 predictions

Updated

Our call for every Week 4 game: the team the consensus of our models favors, how confident it is, and how many models agree. Our call had the winner in 11 of 16 games this week.

Reconstructed: Week 4 came before these pages existed, so these predictions were worked out afterwards from data before the week. The scorecard keeps reconstructed weeks apart.

Data through Week 5's games (the last played Mon, Oct 12), from nflverse play-by-play; nflverse last published it .

Steelers at Browns
Thu, Oct 1 · 7:15 PM CT · Final: Browns 27, Steelers 24.
Our call: Steelers Toss-up3 of 5 models favor the Steelers. Our call was wrong. Closest: SRS.
Colts at Commanders
Sun, Oct 4 · 8:30 AM CT · neutral site · Final: Colts 30, Commanders 13.
Our call: Colts Toss-up3 of 5 models favor the Colts. Our call was right. Closest of our models: SRS.
Cardinals at Giants
Sun, Oct 4 · 12:00 PM CT · Final: Giants 36, Cardinals 24.
Our call: Giants Toss-up3 of 5 models favor the Giants. Our call was right. Closest: Elo.
Cowboys at Texans
Sun, Oct 4 · 12:00 PM CT · Final: Cowboys 34, Texans 30.
Our call: Texans Toss-up2 of 5 models favor the Texans. Our call was wrong. Closest: ESPN FPI.
Packers at Buccaneers
Sun, Oct 4 · 12:00 PM CT · Final: Packers 17, Buccaneers 14.
Our call: Packers Toss-up3 of 5 models favor the Packers. Our call was right. Closest of our models: ESPN FPI.
Jaguars at Bengals
Sun, Oct 4 · 12:00 PM CT · Final: Jaguars 22, Bengals 17.
Our call: Jaguars Toss-up3 of 5 models favor the Jaguars. Our call was right. Closest: SRS.
Rams at Eagles
Sun, Oct 4 · 12:00 PM CT · Final: Rams 24, Eagles 20.
Our call: Rams Toss-up3 of 5 models favor the Rams. Our call was right. Closest: ESPN FPI.
Patriots at Bills
Sun, Oct 4 · 12:00 PM CT · Final: Patriots 29, Bills 26.
Our call: Bills Lean5 of 5 models favor the Bills. Our call was wrong. Closest: SRS.
Jets at Bears
Sun, Oct 4 · 12:00 PM CT · Final: Bears 23, Jets 12.
Our call: Bears Lean4 of 5 models favor the Bears. Our call was right. Closest: SRS.
Titans at Ravens
Sun, Oct 4 · 12:00 PM CT · Final: Ravens 24, Titans 18.
Our call: Ravens Strong5 of 5 models favor the Ravens. Our call was right. Closest: Our model.
Dolphins at Vikings
Sun, Oct 4 · 3:05 PM CT · Final: Vikings 15, Dolphins 10.
Our call: Vikings Strong5 of 5 models favor the Vikings. Our call was right. Closest: Our model.
Broncos at 49ers
Sun, Oct 4 · 3:25 PM CT · Final: 49ers 24, Broncos 14.
Our call: 49ers Lean5 of 5 models favor the 49ers. Our call was right. Closest: ESPN FPI.
Chiefs at Raiders
Sun, Oct 4 · 3:25 PM CT · Final: Chiefs 30, Raiders 27.
Our call: Chiefs Lean4 of 5 models favor the Chiefs. Our call was right. Closest: Elo.
Chargers at Seahawks
Sun, Oct 4 · 3:25 PM CT · Final: Seahawks 30, Chargers 23.
Our call: Seahawks Strong5 of 5 models favor the Seahawks. Our call was right. Closest of our models: ESPN FPI.
Lions at Panthers
Sun, Oct 4 · 7:20 PM CT · Final: Panthers 32, Lions 26.
Our call: Lions Toss-up4 of 5 models favor the Lions. Our call was wrong. Closest: SRS.
Falcons at Saints
Mon, Oct 5 · 7:15 PM CT · Final: Falcons 45, Saints 24.
Our call: Saints Toss-up5 of 5 models favor the Saints. Our call was wrong. Closest: Our model.

Top performers this week

Over the week's finished games. Passing: completions-attempts, yards. Rushing: carries-yards. Receiving: catches-yards. Player stats: nflverse (CC BY 4.0).

Our own model is experimental: season so far it missed the final margin by 9.8 points on average, the market's margin by 9.8. Each game page shows every model.