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Week 5 · 2026-10-11 · 13:00 · Gillette Stadium (outdoors) · fieldturf
Last 5 yrs H2H: LV 30 NE
Vegas line (context)
Game total O/U
Final (away–home)
MODEL is the power-ratings spine — preseason, prior-only until 2026 snaps exist. Calibrated most-likely, no proven edge vs the close; the book number is shown beside it on purpose. Not a pick.

On the Field 2025 unit strength

LV OFFENSE vs NE DEFENSE
NE DEFENSE LV OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Balanced · 39% run Ball-control
NE OFFENSE vs LV DEFENSE
LV DEFENSE NE OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Balanced · 46% run Ball-control dual-threat QB
Unit strength weaker · avg · stronger
Position groups are shaded by team-unit strength (2025 pass/rush EPA, offense and defense) — not individual players. The defensive front you see is the wall this offense has to run into.

Unit Matchups 2025 · rank of 32

LV OFFENSE vs NE DEFENSE
-0.19 #29 Pass attack DEF +18 #11 -0.06
-0.26 #32 Run game DEF +17 #15 -0.03
195 #26 Pass yards DEF +17 #9 207
77 #32 Rush yards DEF +26 #6 102
3.8 #32 Pass pro vs rush even #25 2.0
34% #29 3rd down DEF +18 #11 39%
56% #27 Red zone even #27 69%
NE OFFENSE vs LV DEFENSE
+0.29 #1 Pass attack OFF +22 #23 +0.08
+0.01 #13 Run game even #14 -0.04
262 #4 Pass yards OFF +9 #13 214
129 #6 Rush yards OFF +11 #17 117
2.8 #24 Pass pro vs rush even #21 2.1
44% #6 3rd down OFF +24 #30 47%
66% #9 Red zone even #11 59%
Rank gaps are where games tilt — a bottom-8 defense meeting a top-8 offense is the mismatch worth knowing about. 2025 regular-season data; EPA from play-by-play. Context, not a pick.

Pressure Matchup sacks · 2025

LV PASS RUSH vs NE PASS PRO
Maxx Crosby DE 10.0 sacks '25
Malcolm Koonce DE 4.5 sacks '25
Kwity Paye DE 4.0 sacks '25
2.8 #24 sacks allowed /g #25 2.1
NE PASS RUSH vs LV PASS PRO
Harold Landry III LB 8.5 sacks '25
Dre'Mont Jones DE 7.0 sacks '25
Milton Williams DT 6.5 sacks '25
3.8 #32 sacks allowed /g #21 2.0
A top pass rush against a line that already leaks sacks is where pressure rate breaks a game open — the left rank is the blocking side, the right is the rush.

Position Matchups 2025 per-game · last-10 form

LV

Kirk Cousins QB 2025: ATL vs #11 PASS D 172.1 pass y/g 6/10
Ashton Jeanty RB vs #15 RUN D 57.4 rush y/g 4/10
Tre Tucker WR1 vs #11 PASS D 40.9 rec y/g 3/10
Jalen Nailor WR2 2025: MIN vs #11 PASS D 26.1 rec y/g 4/10
Jack Bech WR3 vs #11 PASS D 16.0 rec y/g 5/10
Brock Bowers TE vs #11 PASS D 56.7 rec y/g 3/10

NE

Drake Maye QB vs #23 PASS D 248.7 pass y/g 6/10
Rhamondre Stevenson RB vs #14 RUN D 45.6 rush y/g 7/10
A.J. Brown WR1 2025: PHI vs #23 PASS D 64.2 rec y/g 6/10
Romeo Doubs WR2 2025: GB vs #23 PASS D 49.9 rec y/g 5/10
Kayshon Boutte WR3 vs #23 PASS D 39.9 rec y/g 2/10
Hunter Henry TE vs #23 PASS D 41.9 rec y/g 5/10
Dot strips are each player's last 10 games against his own 2025 average — form, not a prop grade; we hold no lines yet. Grey team tags mark stats earned elsewhere. No pick.