2003 · Week 8

Final

Jets

New York

QB Vinny Testaverde

17·24

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 67°F · wind 14mph

Closing spread

PHI -3

Total

36

Model margin

+6.1est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

7.4%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Jets

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsJets wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Jetsedge mapEagles
  • -0.013EPA / play+0.047
  • 41.4%Success rate43.4%
  • +0.040EPA / dropback+0.064
  • -0.086EPA / rush+0.019
  • 8.0%Explosive rate9.3%
  • 40.0%Third-down rate36.1%
  • 51.3%Red-zone TD rate65.8%
  • 1.47Points / drive1.99
  • 2.1%Turnover rate1.9%
  • +0.022EPA / play allowed-0.031

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 41.9 points. PHI are 6-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W6PHI @ NYJ1420NYJ
2021 · W13PHI @ NYJ3318PHI
2019 · W5NYJ @ PHI631PHI
2015 · W3PHI @ NYJ2417PHI
2011 · W15NYJ @ PHI1945PHI
2007 · W6PHI @ NYJ169PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Jets

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Chad Pennington14/2415401
Vinny Testaverde7/1111210

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Curtis Martin201105.50
Santana Moss199.00
LaMont Jordan362.01

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb17/2314111

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Correll Buckhalter151006.72
Duce Staley9475.20
Brian Westbrook5255.00
Donovan McNabb2189.00
James Thrash144.00

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 +33.3%6.1%7.4%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.2%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Jets.

Half-point at risk

7.35%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

65.3%

Expected total

44.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.38
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.19
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+6.14