2006 · Week 3

Final

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

30·42

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

Qwest Field · outdoors · fieldturf · 65°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

SEA -4

Total

43

Model margin

+3.1est.

SEA perspective

Push chance

2.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Seahawks
  • Giants

How each play moved the game.

Seahawks winsGiants wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Giantsedge mapSeahawks
  • -0.017EPA / play-0.075
  • 45.6%Success rate40.2%
  • -0.017EPA / dropback-0.031
  • -0.017EPA / rush-0.130
  • 9.6%Explosive rate8.2%
  • -3.95CPOE-1.93
  • 38.8%Third-down rate37.5%
  • 62.8%Red-zone TD rate55.0%
  • 1.77Points / drive1.49
  • 2.5%Turnover rate3.2%

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

SEA lead 8–6 since 1999

Meetings average 42.6 points. SEA are 8-5-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W5NYG @ SEA29–20NYG
2023 · W4SEA @ NYG24–3SEA
2022 · W8NYG @ SEA13–27SEA
2020 · W13NYG @ SEA17–12NYG
2017 · W7SEA @ NYG24–7SEA
2014 · W10NYG @ SEA17–38SEA
2013 · W15SEA @ NYG23–0SEA
2011 · W5SEA @ NYG36–25SEA

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNYG–SEA
SEAQ1 15:0010Turnover0–0
NYGQ1 14:4633Turnover0–0
SEAQ1 13:09215Touchdown0–7
NYGQ1 12:3933Punt0–7
SEAQ1 10:49844Touchdown0–14
NYGQ1 6:5438Turnover0–14
SEAQ1 5:49427Touchdown0–21
NYGQ1 4:123-1Punt0–21
SEAQ1 2:26411Punt0–21
NYGQ1 0:17526Punt0–21
SEAQ2 12:2945Punt0–21
NYGQ2 10:4310Turnover0–21
SEAQ2 10:361263Touchdown0–28
NYGQ2 5:27342Turnover0–28
SEAQ2 3:48764Touchdown0–35
NYGQ2 0:45624Field goal3–35
NYGQ3 15:003-4Punt3–35
SEAQ3 13:161765Touchdown3–42
NYGQ3 3:181079Touchdown10–42
SEAQ4 13:3568Turnover16–42
NYGQ4 9:46125Touchdown17–42
SEAQ4 9:4110Opp touchdown24–42
SEAQ4 9:30624Punt24–42
NYGQ4 6:11994Touchdown30–42
SEAQ4 2:4237Punt30–42
NYGQ4 0:22238End of half30–42

Box score

Individual performances

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning24/3627533

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tiki Barber14644.60
Brandon Jacobs199.00

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck24/3322753

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Shaun Alexander20472.41
Maurice Morris15181.20
Deion Branch188.00

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 +43.9%6.9%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.7%

Positive margins favour Seahawks; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.3%

Expected total

44.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.52
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.08