2007 · Week 1

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

13·16

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

Lambeau Field · outdoors · grass · 62°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

PHI -3

Total

41.5

Model margin

+3.8est.

GB perspective

Push chance

6.7%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Packers
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

Packers 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 mapPackers
  • +0.041EPA / play+0.075
  • 45.5%Success rate43.6%
  • +0.053EPA / dropback+0.184
  • +0.017EPA / rush-0.109
  • 9.3%Explosive rate8.6%
  • -0.87CPOE+4.25
  • 43.4%Third-down rate42.9%
  • 49.7%Red-zone TD rate61.0%
  • 1.66Points / drive2.16
  • 2.3%Turnover rate2.3%

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 11–7 since 1999

PHI have won 4 straight. Meetings average 42.9 points. GB are 7-11 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W10PHI @ GB10–7PHI
2024 · playoffsGB @ PHI10–22PHI
2024 · W1GB @ PHI29–34PHI
2022 · W12GB @ PHI33–40PHI
2020 · W13PHI @ GB16–30GB
2019 · W4PHI @ GB34–27PHI
2016 · W12GB @ PHI27–13GB
2014 · W11PHI @ GB20–53GB

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultPHI–GB
PHIQ1 15:00312Punt0–0
GBQ1 14:1530Touchdown0–7
PHIQ1 13:10619Turnover0–7
GBQ1 10:3434Field goal0–10
PHIQ1 9:3539Punt0–10
GBQ1 7:13524Turnover0–10
PHIQ1 4:461272Field goal3–10
GBQ2 13:30312Punt3–10
PHIQ2 10:49967Touchdown10–10
GBQ2 6:00510Punt10–10
PHIQ2 3:3832Punt10–10
GBQ2 1:50956End of half10–10
GBQ3 15:00620Punt10–10
PHIQ3 11:56959Field goal13–10
GBQ3 8:151361Field goal13–13
PHIQ3 0:45821Punt13–13
GBQ4 12:2336Punt13–13
PHIQ4 10:31616Punt13–13
GBQ4 7:3639Punt13–13
PHIQ4 6:3438Punt13–13
GBQ4 5:083-11Turnover13–13
PHIQ4 4:184-2Punt13–13
GBQ4 2:32518Punt13–13
GBQ4 0:5928Field goal13–16
PHIQ4 0:0200End of half13–16

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb15/3318411

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook20854.30
Donovan McNabb492.30
Correll Buckhalter451.30
Thomas Tapeh144.00

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre23/4220601

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brandon Jackson15402.70
DeShawn Wynn188.00
Brett Favre1-2-2.00

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 -33.7%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.1%

Positive margins favour Packers; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

6.71%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.3%

Expected total

44.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.25
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.81