Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2000 · Week 15

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

35·24

Browns

Cleveland

QB Doug Pederson

Cleveland Browns Stadium · outdoors · grass · 33°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

PHI -14

Total

35.5

Model margin

-3.8est.

CLE perspective

Push chance

2.8%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Browns
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

Browns winsEagles wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Eaglesedge mapBrowns
  • -0.003EPA / play-0.217
  • 40.3%Success rate31.8%
  • +0.063EPA / dropback-0.208
  • -0.138EPA / rush-0.234
  • 7.5%Explosive rate5.5%
  • 41.3%Third-down rate28.6%
  • 52.6%Red-zone TD rate42.0%
  • 1.62Points / drive0.78
  • 2.5%Turnover rate2.9%
  • -0.085EPA / play allowed+0.048

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

PHI lead 6–1 since 1999

Meetings average 44.4 points. CLE are 5-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W6CLE @ PHI1620PHI
2020 · W11PHI @ CLE1722CLE
2016 · W1CLE @ PHI1029PHI
2012 · W1PHI @ CLE1716PHI
2008 · W15CLE @ PHI1030PHI
2004 · W7PHI @ CLE3431PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb23/3639040

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Darnell Autry10282.81
Donovan McNabb3124.00
Stanley Pritchett210.50

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Doug Pederson29/4030912
Kevin Johnson1/32301

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Travis Prentice17462.72
Dennis Northcutt7375.30
Jamel White3155.00
Doug Pederson331.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
David Patten7131031
Kevin Johnson67760
Dennis Northcutt57440
Aaron Shea34330
Travis Prentice44290
Mark Campbell33170
Bobby Brown1280

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 -142.8%3.1%4.9%3.2%7.5%

Positive margins favour Browns; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

2.83%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

39.1%

Expected total

41.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-6.32
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-3.75