2006 · WC · Division

Final

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

20·23

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Jeff Garcia

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 52°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

PHI -6.5

Total

45.5

Model margin

+4.1est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Giants

How each play moved the game.

Eagles 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 mapEagles
  • -0.017EPA / play+0.055
  • 45.6%Success rate43.0%
  • -0.017EPA / dropback+0.117
  • -0.017EPA / rush-0.049
  • 9.6%Explosive rate11.1%
  • -3.95CPOE-1.03
  • 38.8%Third-down rate42.8%
  • 62.8%Red-zone TD rate64.7%
  • 1.77Points / drive1.67
  • 2.5%Turnover rate2.1%

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. PHI are 30-27-1 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

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning16/2716121

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tiki Barber261375.30
Brandon Jacobs284.00
Eli Manning242.00
Jared Lorenzen122.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jeff Garcia17/3115310

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook201417.01
Correll Buckhalter6172.80
Jeff Garcia4143.50
Reggie Brown11313.00

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 +6.53.7%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

4.88%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.0%

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 differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+4.11