Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2007 · Week 17

Final

Patriots

New England

QB Tom Brady

38·35

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

Giants Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 44°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

NE -13

Total

46.5

Model margin

-1.6est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

1.5%est.

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Patriots

How each play moved the game.

Giants winsPatriots wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Patriotsedge mapGiants
  • +0.256EPA / play-0.038
  • 53.7%Success rate44.2%
  • +0.422EPA / dropback-0.061
  • +0.001EPA / rush-0.008
  • 8.7%Explosive rate7.8%
  • +7.39CPOE-5.32
  • 48.4%Third-down rate41.9%
  • 73.2%Red-zone TD rate56.2%
  • 3.13Points / drive1.67
  • 1.2%Turnover rate3.1%

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

NE lead 6–4 since 1999

Meetings average 40.6 points. NYG are 7-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W13NYG @ NE1533NE
2023 · W12NE @ NYG710NYG
2019 · W6NYG @ NE1435NE
2015 · W10NE @ NYG2726NE
2011 · playoffsNYG @ NE2117NYG
2011 · W9NYG @ NE2420NYG
2007 · playoffsNYG @ NE1714NYG
2003 · W6NYG @ NE617NE

Box score

Individual performances

Patriots

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tom Brady32/4235620

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Laurence Maroney19462.42
Kevin Faulk2-2-1.00
Tom Brady4-4-1.00

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning22/3225141

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brandon Jacobs15674.50
Eli Manning3134.30
Reuben Droughns1-1-1.00

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 -132.9%4.6%3.0%7.5%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Patriots.

Half-point at risk

1.53%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

44.8%

Expected total

45.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-4.15
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-1.59