2009 · Week 16

Final

Broncos

Denver

QB Kyle Orton

27·30

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 45°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

PHI -7

Total

43

Model margin

+4.2est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

4.9%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Broncos

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsBroncos wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Broncosedge mapEagles
  • -0.026EPA / play+0.046
  • 42.0%Success rate43.1%
  • +0.029EPA / dropback+0.086
  • -0.107EPA / rush-0.028
  • 8.9%Explosive rate10.4%
  • -2.00CPOE+0.05
  • 36.3%Third-down rate37.2%
  • 54.5%Red-zone TD rate54.1%
  • 1.49Points / drive2.04
  • 2.1%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

All square 3–3 since 1999

Meetings average 59 points. PHI are 2-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W5DEN @ PHI2117DEN
2021 · W10PHI @ DEN3013PHI
2017 · W9DEN @ PHI2351PHI
2013 · W4PHI @ DEN2052DEN
2005 · W8PHI @ DEN2149DEN

Box score

Individual performances

Broncos

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kyle Orton27/4118931

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Correll Buckhalter5428.40
Knowshon Moreno9182.00
Kyle Orton177.00
Brandon Marshall231.50
Peyton Hillis100.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb20/3532231

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brian Westbrook9323.60
Donovan McNabb5295.80
LeSean McCoy6274.50
DeSean Jackson1-3-3.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Brent Celek451211
Jeremy Maclin610920
LeSean McCoy11390
DeSean Jackson410331
Jason Avant22251
Reggie Brown1170
Brian Westbrook2550

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 +73.7%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Broncos.

Half-point at risk

4.88%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.2%

Expected total

44.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.67
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.15