2008 · Week 10 · Division

Final

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

36·31

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 48°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

PHI -3

Total

42.5

Model margin

+4.5est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

7.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

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
  • +0.093EPA / play+0.004
  • 47.3%Success rate43.8%
  • +0.129EPA / dropback+0.039
  • +0.050EPA / rush-0.055
  • 10.1%Explosive rate8.3%
  • +0.84CPOE-1.08
  • 43.7%Third-down rate41.3%
  • 51.8%Red-zone TD rate50.9%
  • 2.09Points / drive1.73
  • 1.2%Turnover rate2.2%

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

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 @ PHI20–38PHI
2025 · W6PHI @ NYG17–34NYG
2024 · W18NYG @ PHI13–20PHI
2024 · W7PHI @ NYG28–3PHI
2023 · W18PHI @ NYG10–27NYG
2023 · W16NYG @ PHI25–33PHI
2022 · playoffsNYG @ PHI7–38PHI
2022 · W18NYG @ PHI16–22PHI

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
BallStartPlaysYardsResultNYG–PHI
NYGQ1 15:00313Turnover0–0
PHIQ1 13:3029Touchdown0–7
NYGQ1 13:181080Touchdown7–7
PHIQ1 8:2100Field goal7–7
NYGQ1 8:1134Field goal10–7
PHIQ1 6:4533Punt10–7
NYGQ1 5:371080Touchdown17–7
PHIQ2 14:5533Punt17–7
NYGQ2 13:52732Punt17–7
PHIQ2 9:03418Punt17–7
NYGQ2 7:29223Turnover17–7
PHIQ2 6:39634Touchdown17–14
NYGQ2 4:0136Punt17–14
PHIQ2 2:533-2Turnover17–14
NYGQ2 2:0536Field goal20–14
PHIQ2 1:49761Field goal20–17
PHIQ3 15:00660Touchdown20–24
NYGQ3 11:241464Touchdown27–24
PHIQ3 5:56416Punt27–24
NYGQ3 4:401142Field goal30–24
PHIQ4 13:2831Punt30–24
NYGQ4 12:19635Touchdown36–24
PHIQ4 9:301071Touchdown36–31
NYGQ4 5:3035Punt36–31
PHIQ4 3:14626Turnover on downs36–31
NYGQ4 1:47411End of half36–31

Box score

Individual performances

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning17/3119121

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brandon Jacobs221265.72
Derrick Ward17533.10
Ahmad Bradshaw5387.60
Eli Manning122.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb17/3619431

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Donovan McNabb33511.70
Brian Westbrook13262.00
DeSean Jackson3248.01
Correll Buckhalter22110.50

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 +33.6%6.5%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

7.48%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

61.2%

Expected total

41.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.07
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.55