Green Bay Packers vs Denver Broncos: NFL Prediction, Pick & Odds — Aug 21, 2026

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DEN

Empower Field at Mile High · Denver, CO

Verdict

Pass · no edge tonight.

The model doesn't see daylight against the posted line on this game. We don't surface negative-EV picks; check the drill-down for sub-model context.

Why this matchup

1 signal · model + market

ATS form

50.0%

DEN last 10 against the number

DEN has covered consistently lately, backing market trust before kickoff today again.

Drill down

Sub-model tables · ensemble breakdown · last meeting · book shop · player props

Model ensemble · how the prediction is built

3 sub-models, blended.

Each sub-model uses a different rating substrate. Bayesian model averaging weights them by rolling Brier score so the ensemble inherits each model's strengths. Disagreement flags games where the sub-models don't see eye-to-eye — lower confidence, wider band.

50.0%

ensemble · DEN favored

Elo Static
fallback · inputs missing
50.0%
P(DEN win)
33%
weight
Qb Elo
fallback · inputs missing
50.0%
P(DEN win)
33%
weight
Dvoa Proxy
fallback · inputs missing
50.0%
P(DEN win)
33%
weight

Disagreement

0.00 pp

weighted σ across sub-models

Confidence

100% · high

maps from disagreement

Substrate count

0 / 3 active

ones with full inputs tonight

Weights recalibrated nightly on a 90-day rolling window with strict point-in-time correctness — no model gets credit for a game it hasn't seen. Headline % is Platt-scaled per league; sub-model rows show raw BMA inputs.

Team rate stats · season-to-date

Tale of the tape

nflverse · weekly aggregates

league avg

DEN

24.7

Pts / game

◀

23.5

24.0

346

Yds / game

342

▶

350

226

Pass yds / G

225

▶

231

120

Rush yds / G

117

119

0.6

TO / G

◀

0.9

0.8

Green Bay Packers at Denver Broncos

3 sub-models, blended.

Tale of the tape

3 sub-models, blended.

Tale of the tape