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 @ 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 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