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Week 5 · 2026 regular season

Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Rams

Mon, Oct 12, 5:15 PM PT

Final Buffalo Bills won
How the forecasts did
ESF
(pre-game win probability)
BUF 49%
51% LA

Wrong: BUF won

Market
(implied probability, spread, moneyline at close)
BUF (38%, +3.5, +153)
(62%, −3.5, −175) LA

Wrong: BUF won

Market probability: moneylines with the bookmaker's margin (vig) removed, the median of 8 US books; spread: the most common line. Lines as of Oct 11, 12:47 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.

BUF · won
0.97
0.91 before → 0.97 after (+0.06).
LA · lost
0.64
0.73 before → 0.64 after (−0.09).
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
BUFPass1911.1+5.67
BUFRush376.3+0.38
LAPass547.1+0.68
LARush233.3−0.72

Sacks (raw counts):BUF sacked 1 time · LA sacked 1 time. 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 5

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: BUF offense vs LA defense
+1.232nd
box score 8.7 · 3rd
Even
−1.012nd
box score 4.8 allowed · 1st
Rush: BUF offense vs LA defense
+0.813rd
box score 5.1 · 3rd
Edge
BUF
−0.1511th
box score 4.0 allowed · 12th
Pass: LA offense vs BUF defense
+0.966th
box score 7.3 · 16th
Edge
LA
−0.3411th
box score 7.5 allowed · 19th
Rush: LA offense vs BUF defense
+0.852nd
box score 4.8 · 6th
Edge
LA
+0.3224th
box score 4.0 allowed · 15th

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 5.

Week 5

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.