Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2001 · Week 17

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

34·25

Giants

New York

QB Kerry Collins

Giants Stadium · outdoors · grass · 37°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

GB -3

Total

36.5

Model margin

-0.1est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

7.4%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Giants winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Packersedge mapGiants
  • +0.054EPA / play-0.048
  • 42.5%Success rate40.3%
  • +0.197EPA / dropback-0.007
  • -0.149EPA / rush-0.113
  • 9.5%Explosive rate9.8%
  • 35.7%Third-down rate35.2%
  • 63.7%Red-zone TD rate60.6%
  • 1.76Points / drive1.21
  • 2.6%Turnover rate2.4%
  • -0.110EPA / play allowed-0.053

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

GB lead 8–7 since 1999

Meetings average 48.5 points. NYG are 9-5-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W11GB @ NYG2720GB
2023 · W14GB @ NYG2224NYG
2022 · W5NYG @ GB2722NYG
2019 · W13GB @ NYG3113GB
2016 · playoffsNYG @ GB1338GB
2016 · W5NYG @ GB1623GB
2013 · W11GB @ NYG1327NYG
2012 · W12GB @ NYG1038NYG

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre15/3031520

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green231014.42
Brett Favre341.30

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Corey Bradford351111
Bill Schroeder561021
Antonio Freeman16270
Bubba Franks12230
Donald Driver23190
Ahman Green25190
Dorsey Levens12140

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kerry Collins36/5938612

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ron Dayne10818.11
Tiki Barber9657.21
Kerry Collins200.00

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 -32.7%4.4%2.9%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

7.36%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

48.8%

Expected total

44.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.66
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.10