2008 · Week 5

Final

Seahawks

Seattle

QB Matt Hasselbeck

6·44

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

Giants Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 60°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

NYG -6.5

Total

43.5

Model margin

+7.3est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Seahawks

How each play moved the game.

Giants winsSeahawks wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Seahawksedge mapGiants
  • -0.057EPA / play+0.093
  • 37.8%Success rate47.3%
  • -0.022EPA / dropback+0.129
  • -0.103EPA / rush+0.050
  • 7.7%Explosive rate10.1%
  • -5.09CPOE+0.84
  • 31.4%Third-down rate43.7%
  • 54.9%Red-zone TD rate51.8%
  • 1.56Points / drive2.09
  • 2.5%Turnover rate1.2%

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. NYG are 5-8-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W5NYG @ SEA2920NYG
2023 · W4SEA @ NYG243SEA
2022 · W8NYG @ SEA1327SEA
2020 · W13NYG @ SEA1712NYG
2017 · W7SEA @ NYG247SEA
2014 · W10NYG @ SEA1738SEA
2013 · W15SEA @ NYG230SEA
2011 · W5SEA @ NYG3625SEA

Box score

Individual performances

Seahawks

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Hasselbeck11/2110501
Seneca Wallace3/62000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Julius Jones17613.60
T.J. Duckett4143.50

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning19/2526720
David Carr1/1510

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brandon Jacobs151369.12
Ahmad Bradshaw11655.90
Derrick Ward7405.70
Domenik Hixon11515.00
David Carr2-2-1.00

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 +6.53.0%5.8%7.2%3.2%5.0%3.4%3.3%2.6%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Seahawks.

Half-point at risk

4.99%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

68.3%

Expected total

44.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.41
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment+3.45
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+7.35