Nick Giffen: This game between the
Packersand
Cowboys is the biggest luck ranking differential of the year at 29 places.
The 54.8% Luck Gap also represents the biggest gap since Week 7.
Green Bay was the NFL’s
unluckiest team this past weekend following
the same designation back in Week 6.
The
public is down on Green Bay after five straight losses. However, three of those were by one score, with one coming by less than a field goal.
On the flip side, perception of Dallas is quite strong, especially since Dak Prescott’s return from injury, after the Cowboys scored two blowout wins against
NFC North opponents.
This results oriented thinking needs to be reframed with some context.
My expected score metric shows that during Green Bay’s five game losing streak, they were expected to score 99.3 points to their opponent’s 100.7 based off their on-field performance. That’s much closer to a 50/50 team than an 0-5 team during that stretch.
Instead, they only scored 79 points while allowing 119.
In case you needed any extra reason to back the Packers, Green Bay is lighting up all five signals in our
PRO Report.
Packers +5