Week 1 · 2026Bills 36 · 31 Texans
148 plays, one strand. Bills won after 8 lead changes; Bills peaked at 77% to win, Texans at 74%. The white spine is the win probability, every rung a snap: up for HOU, down for BUF, as long as the yards it gained.
↳Bottom line8 lead changes; Bills peaked at 77% to win, Texans at 74%.
?How to read this chart
- Read it left to right:
- kickoff on the left, final whistle on the right.
- The white line
- is the chance that Texans win, play by play. High = HOU in control, low = BUF in control, the middle is a coin flip. Each crossing of the middle is a change in who was more likely to win.
- Each little bar is one play:
- up for HOU on offense, down for BUF; the longer the bar, the more yards. The key under the picture explains the marks (touchdown, turnover, field goal, punt).
The strands compared
?How to read this chart
- Each row compares the two teams
- on one stat: BUF on the left, HOU on the right. The longer bar is the bigger number.
- Explosive plays
- are long gains (big runs and passes). Peak win prob. is the highest chance to win each team reached at any moment.
Every possession
?How to read this chart
- Each tile is one possession,
- in game order, colored by the team that had the ball.
- Inside:
- the team, how it ended (TD = touchdown, FG = field goal, INT = interception, FUM = fumble, otherwise punt or downs) and the yards gained. Brighter tiles are drives that scored.
The plays that moved it most
↳Bottom lineThe biggest swing: play 1, 4.3 expected points against Bills.
?How to read this chart
- The strip is the game clock;
- each numbered dot is one of the plays below, placed when it happened and colored by the team on offense.
- EP (expected points)
- is how many points the play added to (+) or took away from (−) the offense's expected score. +3.5 EP is worth more than a field goal; big minus numbers are usually turnovers.
- 1Q1 11:18 · BUF · Run−4.3 EP
17-J.Allen left end to HOU 36 for -2 yards (3-K.Lassiter).
- 2Q1 9:40 · HOU · Fumble lost−4.3 EP
7-C.Stroud sacked at HOU 29 for -5 yards (15-G.Rousseau). FUMBLES (15-G.Rousseau) [15-G.Rousseau], RECOVERED by BUF-91-E.Oliver at HOU 32.
- 3Q1 2:30 · HOU · Completion+3.0 EP
7-C.Stroud pass deep right to 12-N.Collins pushed ob at BUF 2 for 25 yards (22-C.Gardner-Johnson).
- 4Q2 10:06 · HOU · Run+2.6 EP
7-C.Stroud scrambles up the middle to BUF 47 for 15 yards (8-T.Bernard).
- 5Q2 1:39 · BUF · Touchdown+4.2 EP
17-J.Allen pass deep right to 2-D.Moore for 43 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- 6Q4 12:44 · BUF · Completion+3.7 EP
17-J.Allen pass deep right to 86-D.Kincaid to HOU 20 for 40 yards (2-C.Bullock).
- 7Q4 1:41 · BUF · Touchdown+4.6 EP
17-J.Allen pass deep middle to 5-J.Palmer for 34 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- 8Q4 0:16 · HOU · Fumble lost−2.7 EP
7-C.Stroud sacked at BUF 28 for -10 yards (15-G.Rousseau). FUMBLES (15-G.Rousseau) [15-G.Rousseau], RECOVERED by BUF-8-T.Bernard at BUF 24.
The one play that could have changed it
?How to read this chart
- The line is win probability
- over the game (top = home team ahead). The dot marks the one play that could have gone either way; the big % is the losing team's chance right after it.
- Press Flip it
- to see where that chance would have gone if the play had gone the other way. Only that instant is priced: the rest of the game never happened.
If the Texans had recovered that fumble
Q4 3:13 4-J.Cook left guard to BUF 16 for 12 yards (24-D.Stingley). FUMBLES (24-D.Stingley), recovered by BUF-64-O.Torrence at BUF 19.