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Week 4 · 2026 regular season

Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints

Mon, Oct 5, 5:15 PM PT

Final Atlanta Falcons won
How the forecasts did
ESF
(pre-game win probability)
ATL 47%
53% NO

Wrong: ATL won

Market
(implied probability, spread, moneyline at close)
ATL (49%, +1, −105)
(51%, −1, −115) NO

Wrong: ATL won

Market probability: moneylines with the bookmaker's margin (vig) removed, the median of 9 US books; spread: the most common line. Lines as of Oct 5, 4:47 PM PT (last pull before kickoff). Betting lines

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.

ATL · won
0.50
0.41 before → 0.50 after (+0.09).
NO · lost
0.26
0.34 before → 0.26 after (−0.08).
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
ATLPass2011.2+4.94
ATLRush355.9+2.49
NOPass486.0−0.94
NORush192.6−1.52

Sacks (raw counts):ATL sacked 1 time · NO sacked 2 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 4

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: ATL offense vs NO defense
−0.2920th
box score 6.9 · 21st
Edge
NO
−0.2013th
box score 6.7 allowed · 10th
Rush: ATL offense vs NO defense
+0.565th
box score 5.0 · 7th
Edge
ATL
+0.1021st
box score 4.7 allowed · 27th
Pass: NO offense vs ATL defense
−0.2119th
box score 6.9 · 20th
Edge
ATL
−0.2111th
box score 6.3 allowed · 8th
Rush: NO offense vs ATL defense
−0.8831st
box score 3.8 · 21st
Edge
ATL
−0.0316th
box score 2.8 allowed · 1st

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 4.

Week 4

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 and market (median of US books, vig removed) home win probability.

Betting lines

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.

Market. The median of the US books' win probabilities after removing the bookmaker's margin (the vig), from The Odds API. The spread is the most common line across books.