Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2008 · Week 13 · Division

Final

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

23·7

Commanders

Washington

QB Jason Campbell

FedExField · outdoors · grass · 40°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

NYG -3.5

Total

41

Model margin

+1.6est.

WAS perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Commanders
  • Giants

How each play moved the game.

Commanders 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 mapCommanders
  • +0.093EPA / play-0.032
  • 47.3%Success rate42.3%
  • +0.129EPA / dropback+0.004
  • +0.050EPA / rush-0.080
  • 10.1%Explosive rate7.5%
  • +0.84CPOE-1.49
  • 43.7%Third-down rate36.0%
  • 51.8%Red-zone TD rate55.0%
  • 2.09Points / drive1.37
  • 1.2%Turnover rate1.6%

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

NYG lead 32–21–1 since 1999

WAS have won 4 straight. Meetings average 39.8 points. WAS are 24-28-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W15WAS @ NYG2921WAS
2025 · W1NYG @ WAS621WAS
2024 · W9WAS @ NYG2722WAS
2024 · W2NYG @ WAS1821WAS
2023 · W11NYG @ WAS3119NYG
2023 · W7WAS @ NYG714NYG
2022 · W15NYG @ WAS2012NYG
2022 · W13WAS @ NYG2020Tie

Box score

Individual performances

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning21/3430511

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brandon Jacobs21713.41
Derrick Ward10303.00
Eli Manning471.80

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jason Campbell23/3823201
Antwaan Randle El1/11700

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jason Campbell5387.60
Devin Thomas12929.01
Clinton Portis11222.00
Ladell Betts133.00

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 -3.54.2%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Commanders; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

7.14%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.3%

Expected total

42.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.91
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.58