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 9 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-right hand quadrant. Here we have terrific games in Seattle-Buffalo and New Orleans-Tampa Bay. Las Vegas-LA Chargers and Denver-Atlanta are also likely to be entertaining. Games in the lower-left quadrant are expected to be close, but relatively low scoring. Baltimore-Indianapolis is the top game in this quadrant, while Miami-Arizona is also a great matchup. The upper-right hand quadrant features expected high scoring games that are not expected to be close. Thursday’s Green Bay-San Francisco and Carolina-Kansas City are featured in this region. The lower-right hand quadrant houses games that are expected to be low scoring and relatively not close. Although these are typically the least watchable games, there is an important matchup here in Chicago-Tennessee with many potential playoff implications for the future.
My top matchups for the afternoon timeslots on Sunday are Seattle-Buffalo at 1 PM (EST) and Miami-Arizona at 4:25 PM (EST). Enjoy this weekend’s games!
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