2009 · Week 8 · Division

Final

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

17·40

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 56°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

NYG -1

Total

43

Model margin

+5.3est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

2.0%est.

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
  • +0.062EPA / play+0.046
  • 44.1%Success rate43.1%
  • +0.178EPA / dropback+0.086
  • -0.102EPA / rush-0.028
  • 10.4%Explosive rate10.4%
  • +2.61CPOE+0.05
  • 42.5%Third-down rate37.2%
  • 56.6%Red-zone TD rate54.1%
  • 2.02Points / drive2.04
  • 2.7%Turnover rate2.0%

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 Manning20/3922212

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brandon Jacobs20864.30
Eli Manning33411.30
Ahmad Bradshaw9212.31

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb17/2324030

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy11827.51
Donovan McNabb11414.00
Eldra Buckley263.00
Mike Vick231.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
DeSean Jackson34781
Brent Celek46611
Jeremy Maclin44471
Jason Avant22320
Alex Smith11110
LeSean McCoy22100
Donovan McNabb1110

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 -13.4%6.4%7.4%3.2%4.9%3.3%3.0%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

1.96%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

63.0%

Expected total

45.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.86
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+5.27