Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

1999 · Week 17

Final

Rams

St. Louis

QB Kurt Warner

31·38

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

Veterans Stadium · outdoors · astroturf · 54°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

STL -8

Total

42

Model margin

+1.0est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

1.8%est.

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Rams

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsRams wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

The rivalry

PHI lead 12–4 since 1999

PHI have won 4 straight. Meetings average 48.1 points. PHI are 12-3-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W3LA @ PHI2633PHI
2024 · playoffsLA @ PHI2228PHI
2024 · W12PHI @ LA3720PHI
2023 · W5PHI @ LA2314PHI
2020 · W2LA @ PHI3719RAMS
2018 · W15PHI @ LA3023PHI
2017 · W14PHI @ LA4335PHI
2014 · W5STL @ PHI2834PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb15/3217932

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Duce Staley18442.40
Donovan McNabb571.40

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line -84.3%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.6%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Rams.

Half-point at risk

1.84%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.7%

Expected total

42.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.46
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment-1.68
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin+0.98

One or both ratings are carry-over priors — no games have been played this season yet, so treat this as a starting assumption rather than a read.