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Los Angeles Rams 3 at Green Bay Packers 20. Final.
Packers -3.5 ✓U 38 ✓
The verdict · 2023 Week 9
Green Bay Packers 20, Rams 3 — and it was over early.
It turned at Q1 3:32, 1st and 10, on Brett Rypien — 15.6 win-probability points to the Packers on one snap, the largest move of the game.
The snaps that bent it
The biggest swing of the game · Q1 3:32 · 1st and 10
Brett Rypien
Packers
(3:32) 11-B.Rypien to GB 47 for -2 yards. FUMBLES, and recovers at GB 49. 11-B.Rypien sacked at LA 45 for -10 yards (34-J.Owens). FUMBLES (34-J.Owens) [34-J.Owens], RECOVERED by GB-59-D.Campbell at LA 44. 59-D.Campbell to LA 41 for 3 yards (24-R.Freeman).
Packers closed -3.5 and covered, winning by 17.
Green Bay Packers 20–3 — never really in doubt late. Biggest swing: Q1 3:32, Packers +15.6% win probability on one snap.
15.6
win-probability points on one snap
The largest move of the game. The two below are drawn against it.
Dontayvion WicksRamsQ3 14:53(14:53) (Shotgun) 10-J.Love pass short left to 13-D.Wicks to LA 42 for 11 yards. FUMBLES, RECOVERED by LA-44-A.Witherspoon at LA 42. 44-A.Witherspoon ran ob at LA 42 for no gain.
8.1pts
Aaron JonesRamsQ3 8:22(8:22) 33-A.Jones right end to GB 36 for 9 yards (4-J.Fuller). FUMBLES (4-J.Fuller), RECOVERED by LA-26-D.Shelley at GB 45. 26-D.Shelley to GB 36 for 9 yards (76-J.Runyan).
9.8pts
What separated them
Staying on schedule
Packers won this one — 46% of snaps stayed on schedule, against Rams at 29% of snaps stayed on schedule.
Packersthe gap went the way the scoreboard did
Every snap
Packers won this one — -0.01 expected points per snap, against Rams at -0.45 expected points per snap.
Packersthe gap went the way the scoreboard did
Explosive plays
Packers won this one — 6 chunk plays, against Rams at 1 chunk play.
Packersthe gap went the way the scoreboard did
Throwing the ball
Packers won this one — +0.11 expected points per dropback, against Rams at -0.41 expected points per dropback.
Drawn from the weekly play-by-play file, which paints on the Monday 4:00 AM ET sync after the game.
The model against the market, the momentum underneath, every drive — scrub to replay it
How the game was won
The model and the market were 2.0 win-probability points apart on the average play, and 7 apart at the widest — with the model the more convinced about Rams.
MarketModelmodel higher on Packershigher on Rams160 of 171 plays carry both curves
(3:32) 11-B.Rypien to GB 47 for -2 yards. FUMBLES, and recovers at GB 49. 11-B.Rypien sacked at LA 45 for -10 yards (34-J.Owens). FUMBLES (34-J.Owens) [34-J.Owens], RECOVERED by GB-59-D.Campbell at LA 44. 59-D.Campbell t
Swing +15.6 for PackersExpected points +6.36 for PackersThe model had Rams 3 points higher than the market did.play 26
The solid line is the betting market's home win probability; the dashed line is the play-by-play model's. The shaded band between them is the disagreement — emerald where the model liked the home team more, red where it liked the away team more. Drag across the curve or use arrow keys to replay the game; gold diamonds mark the biggest swings.
Highest-leverage plays
1st · 3:32LA +16% win prob(3:32) 11-B.Rypien to GB 47 for -2 yards. FUMBLES, and recovers at GB 49. 11-B.Rypien sacked at LA 45 for -10 yards (34-J.Owens). FUMBLES (34-J.Owens) [34-J.Owens], RECOVERED by GB-59-D.Campbell at LA 44. 59-D.Campbell to LA 41 for 3 yards (24-R.Freeman).
3rd · 8:22LA +10% win prob(8:22) 33-A.Jones right end to GB 36 for 9 yards (4-J.Fuller). FUMBLES (4-J.Fuller), RECOVERED by LA-26-D.Shelley at GB 45. 26-D.Shelley to GB 36 for 9 yards (76-J.Runyan).
3rd · 14:53LA +8% win prob(14:53) (Shotgun) 10-J.Love pass short left to 13-D.Wicks to LA 42 for 11 yards. FUMBLES, RECOVERED by LA-44-A.Witherspoon at LA 42. 44-A.Witherspoon ran ob at LA 42 for no gain.
3rd · 6:34LA +8% win prob(6:34) 8-L.Havrisik 49 yard field goal is No Good, Wide Right, Center-47-A.Ward, Holder-42-E.Evans.
2nd · 1:47GB +7% win prob(1:47) 8-L.Havrisik 52 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-47-A.Ward, Holder-42-E.Evans.
3rd · 8:58GB +7% win prob
SettledThe modelled figures are the league play-by-play model's, not ours.
How the points landed
The margin ledger
Aaron Jones's 3-yard rushing touchdown with 14:22 left in the 2nd put Green Bay Packers ahead for good. The lead never changed over the 4 scores that followed.
Lead
2nd14:22Aaron Jones·3-yd TD run3-yard rushing touchdownLead never changed again+70–7
2nd1:47Lucas Havrisik·52-yd field goal52-yard field goalholder E.Evans · snap A.Ward+33–7
3rd2:13Anders Carlson·26-yd field goal26-yard field goalholder D.Whelan · snap M.Orzech+33–10
4th9:11Anders Carlson·34-yd field goal34-yard field goalholder D.Whelan · snap M.Orzech+33–13
4th3:46Luke Musgrave·20-yd TD catch20-yard touchdown catchfrom Jordan Lovefrom Jordan Love+73–20
5 scores · bar length is the lead after each one
Down-to-down truth
Situational splits
Ramscategory by categoryPackers
Rams1–8Packers
187Total yards394
3.4Yards per play6.1
29%Success rate46%
36%Third-down rate50%
0Red-zone touchdowns2
1Explosive plays6
9First downs21
1Sacks taken4
3Turnovers2
The read
Packers ahead 8–1 on categories, including the biggest gap of the duel — red-zone touchdowns.
Expected points added, per play
The centre line is an average play. A bar to the right of it is a side that gained more than the situation was worth; a bar to the left is a side that lost ground. All six bars share one scale, ±0.50 points.
Every snapexpected points added per play, all downs
−0.45Rams: −0.45 expected points added per play
−0.01Packers: −0.01 expected points added per play
Dropping backexpected points added per dropback
−0.41Rams: −0.41 expected points added per play
+0.11Packers: +0.11 expected points added per play
Running itexpected points added per rush
−0.50Rams: −0.50 expected points added per play
−0.12Packers: −0.12 expected points added per play
Neither side “wins” volume or play-calling mix, so neither is drawn as a duel: Rams ran 55 snaps at a 58% dropback rate against Packers’s 65 at 46%. Red-zone trips: Rams 0, Packers 5.
NotePackers won the down-to-down efficiency fight: -0.01 expected points added per play vs -0.45.
Derived from the play-by-play, no model
The Read
12 of 12 readings cleared their snap floor and were tested against four comparisons: this week's whole slate, the team's own season, the week before, and the team's own ordinary spread. Every bar below is set in that team's own week-to-week swing, never in league points — one team's swing runs 1.6 to 3.1 times the entire league's spread.
GB's early-down pass rate turned over: 75.0% in week 8 against 42.0% here — they passed early then and ran early now, a turn of 2.9 of their own weekly swings across the two.
50 early downs this game, floor 15 — 17 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 11.3 points.
LA's sack or hit rate turned over: 7.3% in week 8 against 20.0% here — they stayed blocked then and got home now, a turn of 2.2 of their own weekly swings across the two.
30 dropbacks this game, floor 12 — 17 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 5.8 points.
GB's play-action rate turned over: 8.2% in week 8 against 26.7% here — they dropped back clean then and faked the run now, a turn of 2.2 of their own weekly swings across the two.
30 dropbacks this game, floor 12 — 17 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 8.4 points.
The season-grain rooms, pointed at this one game
Was this normal for them?
12 of 12 readings cleared their snap floor. Every deviation below is measured in that team's own game-to-game swing, not in league points — because one game's swing runs from 1.6 to 3.1 times the whole league's spread.
their week-to-week swingall 32 teams
upper band = their week-to-week swing · lower rule = all 32 teams · scale -23 pts to 18 pts
leaned — got home · +6.6 vs their 13.4%, and they swing ±5.8 week to week (+1.14× that swing) · 30 dropbacks
Packers12.5%
inside their normal wobble · −4.1 vs their 16.6%, and they swing ±6.0 week to week (−0.67× that swing) · 32 dropbacks
NoteGB's early-down pass rate was the night's one real departure: 42.0%, 13.4 points below their season mean of 55.4% and 1.2 times their own 11.3-point weekly swing.
The Game Day Roster
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Game-day list and snap counts from the weekly roster and snap feeds. Practice-squad and injured-reserve players are not shown — they were never on the game-day list.
1 player played under 8 snaps, so their shares read as a dash rather than a number. 1 line has no expected-points read and sits off the plane.
Expected points are modelled in full PPR, so the “vs expected” column stays in that unit whichever format the pills are set to. Switching the pills changes the points column, not the plane.
The field map
Every snap, where it happened
The whole game as one hundred yards. The Packers attack right, the Rams attack left, so a change of possession is a reversal you can see. Reading down is the order the snaps were played — not the clock, so a two-minute drill gets the same room as any other fourteen snaps. This game is final.
Rams←Packers→
Q1Q2Q3Q4
B.Rypien to−16% win probabilitymoment 1 of 4
(3:32) 11-B.Rypien to GB 47 for -2 yards. FUMBLES, and recovers at GB 49. 11-B.Rypien sacked at LA 45 for -10 yards (34-J.Owens). FUMBLES (34-J.Owens) [34-J.Owens], RECOVERED by GB-59-D.Campbell at LA 44. 59-D.Campbell to LA 41 for 3 yards (24-R.Freeman).
Q1 3:32 · Rams · 1st & 10 at GB 45 · lost 11 · -6.36 EP · −16.2% win probability
158 snaps placed · 13 without a recorded yard line, left off the map · 4 marked moments — the largest win-probability swings, one per drive.
The Film Room · post-game
Post-game film: 171 plays across 23 drives, personnel groupings on 158 snaps, the eleven on the field by name, manual charting on 166. Everything here paints once the weekly sync ingests the game — there is no live play-level feed in this product, so nothing on this page updates while a game is being played.
Possession by possession
The field rail
5 of 23 drives ended in points. The longest march was GB moving 72 yards from the GB 28 for a touchdown. Each bar is the ground a drive actually covered; GB attacks right, LA attacks left. Hatching marks a trip inside the twenty.
Every snap
Play stream
171 of 171 plays
Team
Quarter
Down
Play type
Expected points added
Event
Charted
Plays shown
171
EPA per play
-0.22
Success rate
36%
Yards
578
Who was on the field
Personnel groupings
Offensive grouping on every pass and run. A group needs five snaps in this game before it gets a number — under that the sample is a coin flip and the cell reads a dash instead. Open any play above to see the eleven men who were actually on the field for it.
Rams1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR43-0.5158%
Packers1 RB, 2 TE, 2 WR30-0.1827%
Packers1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR29+0.0159%
Rams1 RB, 2 TE, 2 WR12-0.2333%
Packers2 RB, 1 TE, 2 WR5+0.6660%
Packers2 RB, 2 TE, 1 WR1——
snapsepapass rate
171 plays · ranked by the win probability each one moved
Every play
Ball
When
Play
Only
Who
171 plays
Bar length is win probability the play moved
1st quarter32 plays
Punt8 plays, from the Rams 25 to the Rams 49
Punt11 plays, from the Packers 8 to the Packers 41
How the play was built
Two in the backfield, a man in motion.
From outside the pocket.
FormationUnder centerOffense on the fieldOne quarterback, one back, one tight end and three receiversDefense on the fieldTwo linemen, four linebackers and five backsCoverageCover 6, quarter-quarter-halfMan or zoneZoneIn the boxSeven defendersRushing the passerSixPressure (charted)The passer was pressured
Fumble lost6 plays, from the Rams 26 to the Packers 45
The period ended6 plays, from the Rams 41 to the Rams 13
2nd quarter56 plays
Rams0Packers6
Rams0Packers7
Touchdown3 plays, from the Rams 8 to the Rams 3
Punt6 plays, from the Rams 20 to the Rams 21
Punt6 plays, from the Packers 38 to the Rams 38
Punt5 plays, from the Rams 10 to the Rams 14
Punt5 plays, from the Packers 40 to the Packers 49
Rams3Packers7
Field goal14 plays, from the Rams 10 to the Packers 34
No good16 plays, from the Packers 25 to the Rams 30
3rd quarter35 plays
Fumble lost2 plays
Punt9 plays, from the Rams 42 to the Packers 29
How the play was built
Nobody in motion.
FormationUnder centerOffense on the fieldOne quarterback, one back, two tight ends and two receiversDefense on the fieldThree linemen, four linebackers and four backsIn the boxSeven defenders
Fumble lost5 plays, from the Packers 16 to the Packers 27
No good4 plays, from the Packers 36 to the Packers 28
Rams3Packers10
Field goal7 plays, from the Packers 39 to the Rams 4
The period ended8 plays, from the Rams 25 to the Rams 45
4th quarter48 plays
Turnover on downs1 play
Punt4 plays, from the Packers 48 to midfield
Intercepted2 plays
Rams3Packers13
Field goal7 plays, from midfield to the Rams 16
Punt5 plays, from the Rams 25 to the Rams 29
Rams3Packers19
Rams3Packers20
Touchdown9 plays, from the Packers 28 to the Rams 20
The period ended8 plays, from the Rams 35 to the Packers 38
The period ended12 plays, from the Packers 38 to the Rams 13
Win probability is the league play-by-play model, 98.5% of plays · a dash means none was published
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Betting context
Closing spread
Packers -3.5
Closing total
38
Rams moneyline
+160
Packers moneyline
-198
Packers closed -3.5 and covered, winning by 17.
Total closed 38; the game landed 23 — under by 15.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
Venue
Lambeau Field
Roof / surface
outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather
Cool, 48°F at kickoff; still at 2 mph out of the east; 0.01 in of precipitation; overcast.
Referee
Clete Blakeman
Rest
Rams 7 days · Packers 7 days
Coaches
Sean McVay vs Matt LaFleur
(8:58) (Shotgun) 10-J.Love pass short left to 33-A.Jones ran ob at GB 27 for 13 yards (44-A.Witherspoon).
2nd · 4:20GB +6% win prob(4:20) (Shotgun) 11-B.Rypien pass deep left to 10-C.Kupp to GB 45 for 34 yards (23-J.Alexander). Penalty on GB-95-D.Wyatt, Defensive Offside, declined.
2nd · 14:22GB +6% win prob(14:22) 33-A.Jones left tackle for 3 yards, TOUCHDOWN.