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Week 2 · 2026 regular season

New Orleans Saints at Baltimore Ravens

Sun, Sep 20, 10:00 AM PT

Final New Orleans Saints won
How the forecasts did
ESF
(pre-game win probability)
NO 29%
71% BAL

Wrong: NO won

No betting line was collected for this game; lines start with week 3 of 2026.

After the game

CAP win pct, before and after

Each team's CAP win pct before this game and after it. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

NO · won
0.44
0.32 before → 0.44 after (+0.12).
BAL · lost
0.61
0.72 before → 0.61 after (−0.12).
This game

How each offense played

Box score and CAP yards per attempt for each offense. Higher is better for an offense; a CAP value above zero means the offense beat what the situation and this defense would predict.

OffensePlaysBox score
yds/att
CAP
yds/att
CAP
−2 to +2
NOPass347.4+0.17
NORush272.4−1.67
BALPass317.6+0.99
BALRush224.9+0.27

Sacks (raw counts):NO sacked 3 times · BAL sacked 3 times. Sacks are counted, not CAP-modeled.

Box score yards per attempt count yards as an official box score does: rushing includes scrambles and kneel-downs; passing is gross yards per pass attempt, sacks excluded. CAP yards per attempt measure each play against what the down, distance, field position and this specific defense would predict; above zero means the offense beat that expectation.

Before the game

Unit matchups · entering week 2

Where each side has the edge

Each offense against the defense it faces, in CAP yards per attempt. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

Pass: NO offense vs BAL defense
−0.1717th
box score 7.3 · 16th
Even
+0.0718th
box score 5.4 allowed · 7th
Rush: NO offense vs BAL defense
−0.8832nd
box score 3.6 · 26th
Edge
BAL
−0.298th
box score 5.1 allowed · 26th
Pass: BAL offense vs NO defense
+1.133rd
box score 13.0 · 1st
Edge
BAL
−0.418th
box score 5.3 allowed · 5th
Rush: BAL offense vs NO defense
+1.411st
box score 5.5 · 5th
Edge
BAL
+0.0716th
box score 5.0 allowed · 25th

CAP yards per attempt: yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict; offense positive is good, defense (allowed) negative is good. Box score: yards per attempt as an official box score counts them, entering week 2.

Week 2

Other games this week

Home team's chance to win before kickoff. Higher means the home team is more likely to win.

Dots: ESF model home win probability.

How to read this page

CAP win pct. A fading average of game scores with a half-life of 7 of the team's own games. A win scores 1 plus the opponent's win pct; a loss scores the opponent's win pct minus 1. Last season carries in. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

CAP yards per attempt. Yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

Box score yards per attempt. Yards divided by attempts, counted the way an official box score counts them: rushing includes scrambles and kneel-downs; passing is gross yards per pass attempt, sacks excluded.

ESF win probability. A logistic regression on both teams' pre-game CAP win pct, with an intercept for home field.