Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2006 · Week 15 · Division

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Jeff Garcia

36·22

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

Giants Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 56°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

NYG -5.5

Total

45.5

Model margin

+0.9est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

Giants 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 mapGiants
  • +0.055EPA / play-0.017
  • 43.0%Success rate45.6%
  • +0.117EPA / dropback-0.017
  • -0.049EPA / rush-0.017
  • 11.1%Explosive rate9.6%
  • -1.03CPOE-3.95
  • 42.8%Third-down rate38.8%
  • 64.7%Red-zone TD rate62.8%
  • 1.67Points / drive1.77
  • 2.1%Turnover rate2.5%

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 38–20 since 1999

Meetings average 43.1 points. NYG are 27-30-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W8NYG @ PHI2038PHI
2025 · W6PHI @ NYG1734NYG
2024 · W18NYG @ PHI1320PHI
2024 · W7PHI @ NYG283PHI
2023 · W18PHI @ NYG1027NYG
2023 · W16NYG @ PHI2533PHI
2022 · playoffsNYG @ PHI738PHI
2022 · W18NYG @ PHI1622PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jeff Garcia19/2823711

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook19975.12
Correll Buckhalter8486.01
Jeff Garcia3165.30

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning28/4028202

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tiki Barber19753.91
Brandon Jacobs3134.31

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 +5.54.3%2.8%7.2%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

3.00%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

51.6%

Expected total

46.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.69
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.06
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.94