Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2010 · Week 14

Final

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

QB Josh Freeman

17·16

Commanders

Washington

QB Donovan McNabb

FedExField · outdoors · grass · 43°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

TB -1

Total

41

Model margin

+0.4est.

WAS perspective

Push chance

2.2%est.

Win probability

  • Commanders
  • Buccaneers

How each play moved the game.

Commanders winsBuccaneers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Buccaneersedge mapCommanders
  • +0.046EPA / play-0.079
  • 42.0%Success rate40.8%
  • +0.164EPA / dropback-0.045
  • -0.133EPA / rush-0.148
  • 10.0%Explosive rate9.3%
  • +2.31CPOE-4.10
  • 42.5%Third-down rate29.2%
  • 64.2%Red-zone TD rate58.6%
  • 1.88Points / drive1.31
  • 1.5%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

All square 9–9 since 1999

Meetings average 40.5 points. WAS are 9-7-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · playoffsWAS @ TB2320WAS
2024 · W1WAS @ TB2037TB
2021 · W10TB @ WAS1929WAS
2020 · playoffsTB @ WAS3123TB
2018 · W10WAS @ TB163WAS
2015 · W7TB @ WAS3031WAS
2014 · W11TB @ WAS277TB
2012 · W4WAS @ TB2422WAS

Box score

Individual performances

Buccaneers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Josh Freeman15/2526610

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeGarrette Blount15684.50
Arrelious Benn11717.00
Josh Freeman6101.70
Cadillac Williams362.00
Earnest Graham122.00

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb22/3522820

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Torain241727.20
Keiland Williams4164.00

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 -12.6%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Commanders; negative favour Buccaneers.

Half-point at risk

2.15%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

50.1%

Expected total

44.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.11
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.38