Week 5 · 2026
Sun, Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET · Gillette Stadium · 3-1 vs 2-2
Published pre-game snapshot. Player availability and roster changes are not inputs to these probabilities.
tie 0.32%
LV at NE · published probabilities
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nfl-margin-lattice-1. Narrow wins sum published margin probabilities. Wider wins use the remainder of each team's published win chance. Ties stay separate.
The 3s and 7s are football's arithmetic — a normal curve would draw a tidy bell straight through them.
NE by 3 7.87%by 3 or more 60.3%
7.07% of the distribution lies outside 28 points and is not drawn.
Slide to any line the model prices — a whole number can push, and at −3 that is worth about one game in twelve.
market
| NE line | covers | push | LV covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| -14 | 29.0% | 3.7% | 67.3% |
| -10 | 37.9% | 4.0% | 58.2% |
| -7 | 45.5% | 5.2% | 49.2% |
| -6 | 50.8% | 3.7% | 45.5% |
| -4 | 56.6% | 2.5% | 40.9% |
| -3.5 · market | 59.1% | — | 40.9% |
| -3 | 59.1% | 7.9% | 33.0% |
| PK | 71.2% | 0.3% | 28.5% |
| +3 | 75.1% | 5.6% | 19.3% |
| +4 | 80.7% | 2.2% | 17.1% |
| +6 | 84.3% | 2.1% | 13.6% |
| +7 | 86.4% | 3.0% | 10.6% |
| +10 | 91.1% | 1.4% | 7.5% |
| +14 | 94.3% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
At the market's -3.5 the model gives NE 59.1% to cover and 40.9% against — a half-point line cannot push.
Provider DraftKings · the market is the benchmark, not the target.
From ESPN — the model does not see this, so apply it to the forecast above yourself.
LV at NE · game summary
Sun, Oct 11 · 1:00 PM ET
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