2010 · Week 12

Final

Vikings

Minnesota

QB Brett Favre

17·13

Commanders

Washington

QB Donovan McNabb

FedExField · outdoors · grass · 47°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

MIN -1

Total

43.5

Model margin

+1.6est.

WAS perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Win probability

  • Commanders
  • Vikings

How each play moved the game.

Commanders winsVikings wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Vikingsedge mapCommanders
  • -0.112EPA / play-0.079
  • 42.3%Success rate40.8%
  • -0.105EPA / dropback-0.045
  • -0.121EPA / rush-0.148
  • 9.3%Explosive rate9.3%
  • -2.30CPOE-4.10
  • 34.1%Third-down rate29.2%
  • 48.7%Red-zone TD rate58.6%
  • 1.25Points / drive1.31
  • 3.5%Turnover rate2.9%

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

MIN lead 9–4 since 1999

MIN have won 4 straight. Meetings average 46.6 points. WAS are 5-7-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W14WAS @ MIN031MIN
2022 · W9MIN @ WAS2017MIN
2019 · W8WAS @ MIN919MIN
2017 · W10MIN @ WAS3830MIN
2016 · W10MIN @ WAS2026WAS
2014 · W9WAS @ MIN2629MIN
2013 · W10WAS @ MIN2734MIN
2012 · W6MIN @ WAS2638WAS

Box score

Individual performances

Vikings

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre15/2317200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Toby Gerhart22763.51
Adrian Peterson6366.01
Percy Harvin3144.70
Brett Favre591.80
Jeff Dugan221.00

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb21/3521111

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
James Davis6111.80
Donovan McNabb273.50
Brandon Banks263.00
Keiland Williams351.70

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 -14.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Commanders; negative favour Vikings.

Half-point at risk

2.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.4%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.89
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.59