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Cowboys, Broncos project to win home-field advantage

Posted Sep. 22 at 08:07 PM

As best as I can tell, the Cowboys, Broncos, Titans and Panthers are the four teams that are going to capture first-round byes for the playoffs.

That’s a mixture of forecast and what we’ve seen in the first three weeks of the season – a combination of each team’s current records, plus its probability of victory in each of its games in the remaining 14 weeks of the season.

For this study, I don’t forecast each game per se. Instead, I attach a probability to each game. When Minnesota plays at Arizona in week 15, for example, I see that as a 50-50 game. So both the Vikings and the Cardinals for that game get half of a win. When I followed this process for each of the 256 games, the Cowboys and Broncos projected to finish with the most wins. Three teams – Detroit, St. Louis and Kansas City – project to finish with fewer than four wins. And this analysis shows the NFC East finishing with both NFC wildcards – and possibly with all four teams finishing with winning records. In addition, I’ve got the NFC East finishing with that conference’s top three teams (based on win-loss records).

The win-loss records for each team appear below, and the supporting documentation (the forecast for each game) follows. In the individual listings for each team, the percentage for each game represents the likelihood of victory.

Wins
12.7    Dallas
11.5    Denver
11.4    NY Giants
11.4    Tennessee
10.7    Buffalo
10.6    San Diego
10.5    Philadelphia
10.5    Carolina
10.4    New England
 9.9    Jacksonville
 9.6    Pittsburgh
 9.5    Green Bay
 9.4    New Orleans
 9.1    Tampa Bay
 9.0    Indianapolis
 8.9    Washington
 8.7    Minnesota
 8.6    NY Jets
 8.3    Arizona
 8.1    Seattle
 7.3    Chicago
 6.4    Miami
 6.0    Houston
 5.9    Baltimore
 5.4    Oakland
 5.3    San Francisco
 4.7    Cincinnati
 4.5    Atlanta
 4.1    Cleveland
 3.4    Detroit
 2.7    St. Louis
 1.6    Kansas City


Arizona
win    San Francisco (away)
win    Miami (home)
loss    Washington (away)
35%    NY Jets (away)
55%    Buffalo (home)
35%    Dallas (home)
35%    Carolina (away)
70%    St. Louis (away)
80%    San Francisco (home)
30%    Seattle (away)
40%    NY Giants (home)
20%    Philadelphia (away)
95%    St. Louis (home)
50%    Minnesota (home)
20%    New England (away)
60%    Seattle (home)

Atlanta
win    Detroit (home)
loss    Tampa Bay (away)
win    Kansas City (home)
3%    Carolina (away)
2%    Green Bay (away)
35%    Chicago (home)
1%    Philadelphia (away)
35%    Oakland (away)
25%    New Orleans (home)
15%    Denver (home)
15%    Carolina (home)
1%    San Diego (away)
10%    New Orleans (away)
25%    Tampa Bay (home)
2%    Minnesota (away)
80%    St. Louis (home)

Baltimore
win    Cincinnati (home)
win    Cleveland (home)
5%    Pittsburgh (away)
35%    Tennessee (home)
10%    Indianapolis (away)
45%    Miami (away)
70%    Oakland (home)
30%    Cleveland (away)
40%    Houston (away)
2%    NY Giants (away)
20%    Philadelphia (home)
35%    Cincinnati (away)
35%    Washington (home)
35%    Pittsburgh (home)
1%    Dallas (away)
30%    Jacksonville (home)

Buffalo
win    Seattle (home)
win    Jacksonville (away)
win    Oakland (home)
80%    St. Louis (away)
45%    Arizona (away)
55%    San Diego (home)
55%    Miami (away)
60%    NY Jets (home)
30%    New England (away)
75%    Cleveland (home)
85%    Kansas City (away)
85%    San Francisco (home)
75%    Miami (home)
45%    NY Jets (away)
30%    Denver (away)
45%    New England (home)

Carolina
win    San Diego (away)
win    Chicago (home)
loss    Minnesota (away)
97%    Atlanta (home)
99%    Kansas City (home)
45%    Tampa Bay (away)
55%    New Orleans (home)
65%    Arizona (home)
60%    Oakland (away)
97%    Detroit (home)
85%    Atlanta (away)
45%    Green Bay (away)
60%    Tampa Bay (home)
55%    Denver (home)
40%    NY Giants (away)
50%    New Orleans (away)

Chicago
win    Indianapolis (away)
loss    Carolina (away)
loss    Tampa Bay (home)
40%    Philadelphia (home)
55%    Detroit (away)
65%    Atlanta (away)
45%    Minnesota (home)
85%    Detroit (home)
40%    Tennessee (home)
30%    Green Bay (away)
65%    St. Louis (away)
30%    Minnesota (away)
40%    Jacksonville (home)
45%    New Orleans (home)
40%    Green Bay (home)
50%    Houston (away)

Cincinnati
loss    Baltimore (away)
loss    Tennessee (home)
loss    NY Giants (away)
55%    Cleveland (home)
1%    Dallas (away)
15%    NY Jets (away)
40%    Pittsburgh (home)
30%    Houston (away)
40%    Jacksonville (home)
40%    Philadelphia (home)
10%    Pittsburgh (away)
65%    Baltimore (home)
10%    Indianapolis (away)
45%    Washington (home)
35%    Cleveland (away)
85%    Kansas City (home)

Cleveland
loss    Dallas (home)
loss    Pittsburgh (home)
loss    Baltimore (away)
45%    Cincinnati (away)
20%    NY Giants (home)
15%    Washington (away)
10%    Jacksonville (away)
70%    Baltimore (home)
45%    Denver (home)
25%    Buffalo (away)
60%    Houston (home)
25%    Indianapolis (home)
15%    Tennessee (away)
10%    Philadelphia (away)
65%    Cincinnati (home)
5%    Pittsburgh (away)

Dallas
win    Cleveland (away)
win    Philadelphia (home)
win    Green Bay (away)
85%    Washington (home)
99%    Cincinnati (home)
65%    Arizona (away)
95%    St. Louis (away)
85%    Tampa Bay (home)
45%    NY Giants (away)
55%    Washington (away)
99%    San Francisco (home)
85%    Seattle (home)
50%    Pittsburgh (away)
60%    NY Giants (home)
99%    Baltimore (home)
45%    Philadelphia (away)

Denver
win    Oakland (away)
win    San Diego (home)
win    New Orleans (home)
95%    Kansas City (away)
75%    Tampa Bay (home)
50%    Jacksonville (home)
45%    New England (away)
80%    Miami (home)
55%    Cleveland (away)
85%    Atlanta (away)
85%    Oakland (home)
45%    NY Jets (away)
95%    Kansas City (home)
45%    Carolina (away)
70%    Buffalo (home)
25%    San Diego (away)

Detroit
loss    Atlanta (away)
loss    Green Bay (home)
loss    San Francisco (away)
45%    Chicago (home)
1%    Minnesota (away)
25%    Houston (away)
45%    Washington (home)
15%    Chicago (away)
30%    Jacksonville (home)
3%    Carolina (away)
45%    Tampa Bay (home)
40%    Tennessee (home)
45%    Minnesota (home)
2%    Indianapolis (away)
40%    New Orleans (home)
5%    Green Bay (away)

Green Bay
win    Minnesota (home)
win    Detroit (away)
loss    Dallas (home)
45%    Tampa Bay (away)
98%    Atlanta (home)
35%    Seattle (away)
55%    Indianapolis (home)
35%    Tennessee (away)
35%    Minnesota (away)
70%    Chicago (home)
50%    New Orleans (away)
55%    Carolina (home)
90%    Houston (home)
30%    Jacksonville (away)
60%    Chicago (away)
95%    Detroit (home)

Houston
loss    Pittsburgh (away)
loss    Tennessee (away)
10%    Jacksonville (away)
35%    Indianapolis (home)
70%    Miami (home)
75%    Detroit (home)
70%    Cincinnati (home)
15%    Minnesota (away)
60%    Baltimore (home)
20%    Indianapolis (away)
40%    Cleveland (away)
45%    Jacksonville (home)
10%    Green Bay (away)
50%    Tennessee (home)
45%    Oakland (away)
50%    Chicago (home)

Indianapolis
loss    Chicago (home)
win    Minnesota (away)
loss    Jacksonville (home)
65%    Houston (away)
90%    Baltimore (home)
45%    Green Bay (away)
35%    Tennessee (away)
60%    New England (home)
40%    Pittsburgh (away)
80%    Houston (home)
30%    San Diego (away)
75%    Cleveland (away)
90%    Cincinnati (home)
98%    Detroit (home)
35%    Jacksonville (away)
55%    Tennessee (home)

Jacksonville
loss    Tennessee (away)
loss    Buffalo (home)
win    Indianapolis (away)
90%    Houston (home)
75%    Pittsburgh (home)
50%    Denver (away)
90%    Cleveland (home)
60%    Cincinnati (away)
70%    Detroit (away)
65%    Tennessee (home)
70%    Minnesota (home)
55%    Houston (away)
60%    Chicago (away)
70%    Green Bay (home)
65%    Indianapolis (home)
70%    Baltimore (away)

Kansas City
loss    New England (away)
loss    Oakland (home)
loss    Atlanta (away)
5%    Denver (home)
1%    Carolina (away)
10%    Tennessee (home)
5%    NY Jets (away)
15%    Tampa Bay (home)
1%    San Diego (away)
15%    New Orleans (home)
15%    Buffalo (home)
25%    Oakland (away)
5%    Denver (away)
10%    San Diego (home)
40%    Miami (home)
15%    Cincinnati (away)

Miami
loss    NY Jets (home)
loss    Arizona (away)
win    New England (away)
20%    San Diego (home)
30%    Houston (away)
55%    Baltimore (home)
45%    Buffalo (home)
20%    Denver (away)
40%    Seattle (home)
60%    Oakland (home)
30%    New England (home)
60%    St. Louis (away)
25%    Buffalo (away)
75%    San Francisco (home)
60%    Kansas City (away)
20%    NY Jets (away)

Minnesota
loss    Green Bay (away)
loss    Indianapolis (home)
win    Carolina (home)
25%    Tennessee (away)
45%    New Orleans (away)
99%    Detroit (home)
55%    Chicago (away)
85%    Houston (home)
65%    Green Bay (home)
45%    Tampa Bay (away)
30%    Jacksonville (away)
70%    Chicago (home)
55%    Detroit (away)
50%    Arizona (away)
98%    Atlanta (home)
45%    NY Giants (home)

New England
win    Kansas City (home)
win    NY Jets (away)
loss    Miami (home)
85%    San Francisco (away)
25%    San Diego (away)
55%    Denver (home)
99%    St. Louis (home)
40%    Indianapolis (away)
70%    Buffalo (home)
75%    NY Jets (home)
70%    Miami (away)
75%    Pittsburgh (home)
30%    Seattle (away)
80%    Oakland (away)
80%    Arizona (home)
55%    Buffalo (away)

New Orleans
win    Tampa Bay (home)
loss    Washington (away)
loss    Denver (away)
95%    San Francisco (home)
55%    Minnesota (home)
90%    Oakland (home)
45%    Carolina (away)
45%    San Diego (home)
75%    Atlanta (away)
85%    Kansas City (away)
50%    Green Bay (home)
45%    Tampa Bay (away)
90%    Atlanta (home)
55%    Chicago (away)
60%    Detroit (away)
50%    Carolina (home)

NY Giants
win    Washington (home)
win    St. Louis (away)
win    Cincinnati (home)
90%    Seattle (home)
80%    Cleveland (away)
98%    San Francisco (home)
45%    Pittsburgh (away)
55%    Dallas (home)
50%    Philadelphia (away)
98%    Baltimore (home)
60%    Arizona (away)
50%    Washington (away)
60%    Philadelphia (home)
40%    Dallas (away)
60%    Carolina (home)
55%    Minnesota (away)

NY Jets
win    Miami (away)
loss    New England (home)
loss    San Diego (away)
65%    Arizona (home)
85%    Cincinnati (home)
60%    Oakland (away)
95%    Kansas City (home)
40%    Buffalo (away)
95%    St. Louis (home)
25%    New England (away)
25%    Tennessee (away)
55%    Denver (home)
60%    San Francisco (away)
55%    Buffalo (home)
20%    Seattle (away)
80%    Miami (home)

Oakland
loss    Denver (home)
win    Kansas City (away)
loss    Buffalo (away)
20%    San Diego (home)
10%    New Orleans (away)
40%    NY Jets (home)
30%    Baltimore (away)
65%    Atlanta (home)
40%    Carolina (home)
40%    Miami (away)
15%    Denver (away)
75%    Kansas City (home)
10%    San Diego (away)
20%    New England (home)
55%    Houston (home)
20%    Tampa Bay (away)

Philadelphia
win    St. Louis (home)
loss    Dallas (away)
win    Pittsburgh (home)
60%    Chicago (away)
60%    Washington (home)
90%    San Francisco (away)
99%    Atlanta (home)
40%    Seattle (away)
50%    NY Giants (home)
60%    Cincinnati (away)
80%    Baltimore (away)
80%    Arizona (home)
40%    NY Giants (away)
90%    Cleveland (home)
50%    Washington (away)
55%    Dallas (home)

Pittsburgh
win    Houston (home)
win    Cleveland (away)
loss    Philadelphia (away)
95%    Baltimore (home)
25%    Jacksonville (away)
60%    Cincinnati (away)
55%    NY Giants (home)
50%    Washington (away)
60%    Indianapolis (home)
60%    San Diego (home)
90%    Cincinnati (home)
25%    New England (away)
50%    Dallas (home)
65%    Baltimore (away)
30%    Tennessee (away)
95%    Cleveland (home)

San Diego
loss    Carolina (home)
loss    Denver (away)
win    NY Jets (home)
80%    Oakland (away)
80%    Miami (away)
75%    New England (home)
45%    Buffalo (away)
55%    New Orleans (away)
99%    Kansas City (home)
40%    Pittsburgh (away)
70%    Indianapolis (home)
99%    Atlanta (home)
90%    Oakland (home)
90%    Kansas City (away)
60%    Tampa Bay (away)
75%    Denver (home)

San Francisco
loss    Arizona (home)
win    Seattle (away)
win    Detroit (home)
5%    New Orleans (away)
15%    New England (home)
10%    Philadelphia (home)
2%    NY Giants (away)
40%    Seattle (home)
20%    Arizona (away)
75%    St. Louis (home)
1%    Dallas (away)
15%    Buffalo (away)
40%    NY Jets (home)
25%    Miami (away)
45%    St. Louis (away)
40%    Washington (home)

Seattle
loss    Buffalo (away)
loss    San Francisco (home)
win    St. Louis (home)
10%    NY Giants (away)
65%    Green Bay (home)
30%    Tampa Bay (away)
60%    San Francisco (away)
60%    Philadelphia (home)
60%    Miami (away)
70%    Arizona (home)
75%    Washington (home)
15%    Dallas (away)
70%    New England (home)
70%    St. Louis (away)
80%    NY Jets (home)
40%    Arizona (away)

St. Louis
loss    Philadelphia (away)
loss    NY Giants (home)
loss    Seattle (away)
20%    Buffalo (home)
1%    Washington (away)
5%    Dallas (home)
1%    New England (away)
30%    Arizona (home)
5%    NY Jets (away)
25%    San Francisco (away)
35%    Chicago (home)
40%    Miami (home)
5%    Arizona (away)
30%    Seattle (home)
55%    San Francisco (home)
20%    Atlanta (away)

Tampa Bay
loss    New Orleans (away)
win    Atlanta (home)
win    Chicago (away)
55%    Green Bay (home)
25%    Denver (away)
55%    Carolina (home)
70%    Seattle (home)
15%    Dallas (away)
85%    Kansas City (away)
55%    Minnesota (home)
55%    Detroit (away)
55%    New Orleans (home)
40%    Carolina (away)
75%    Atlanta (away)
40%    San Diego (home)
80%    Oakland (home)

Tennessee
win    Jacksonville (home)
win    Cincinnati (away)
win    Houston (home)
75%    Minnesota (home)
65%    Baltimore (away)
90%    Kansas City (away)
65%    Indianapolis (home)
65%    Green Bay (home)
60%    Chicago (away)
35%    Jacksonville (away)
75%    NY Jets (home)
60%    Detroit (away)
85%    Cleveland (home)
50%    Houston (away)
70%    Pittsburgh (home)
45%    Indianapolis (away)

Washington
loss    NY Giants (away)
win    New Orleans (home)
win    Arizona (home)
15%    Dallas (away)
40%    Philadelphia (away)
99%    St. Louis (home)
85%    Cleveland (home)
55%    Detroit (away)
50%    Pittsburgh (home)
45%    Dallas (home)
25%    Seattle (away)
50%    NY Giants (home)
65%    Baltimore (away)
55%    Cincinnati (away)
50%    Philadelphia (home)
60%    San Francisco (away)


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