The NFL “Watchability Index” is based upon betting market point spreads and totals for the week and current wins of both teams in the 2020 season. This information can be combined to peer into the future and determine what games are the most “Watchable” for week 16 in the NFL. The visualization shows the absolute value of the point spread on the horizontal axis and the total (over/under) on the vertical axis. Additionally, the sum of the wins (home team plus road team) is noted by color with gold being the highest sums and red being the lowest sums. The shape reveals the day and time of the game.
Based on this week’s numbers, what games are most “Watchable”? The games that are expected to be both high scoring and close are in the upper-left hand quadrant. Tennessee-Green Bay is the best game in this quadrant and should be a fun, high scoring affair with playoff implications. Philadelphia-Dallas (somehow) and San Francisco-Arizona have playoff implications and should be entertaining.
The lower-left hand quadrant has anticipated close, but relatively low scoring games. Indianapolis-Pittsburgh and LA Rams-Seattle are prime matchups here, with Miami-Las Vegas and Carolina-Washington are good games as well with playoff implications. The lower-right hand quadrant features games which are not expected to be close, nor high-scoring with Buffalo-New England and NY Giants-Baltimore being the best of this group of games. The upper-right hand quadrant has expected high scoring, but not close games. Christmas day’s Minnesota-New Orleans is important in the NFC, while games featuring the Bucs and Chiefs are also in this quadrant.
Merry Christmas and I hope you enjoy this weekend’s games.
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