Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2010 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

17·14

Commanders

Washington

QB Rex Grossman

FedExField · outdoors · grass · 37°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

NYG -4.5

Total

44.5

Model margin

+0.1est.

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
  • -0.006EPA / play-0.079
  • 44.3%Success rate40.8%
  • +0.081EPA / dropback-0.045
  • -0.118EPA / rush-0.148
  • 10.7%Explosive rate9.3%
  • +2.60CPOE-4.10
  • 37.0%Third-down rate29.2%
  • 67.4%Red-zone TD rate58.6%
  • 1.81Points / drive1.31
  • 4.0%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

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 Manning17/2924311

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Brandon Jacobs13493.81
Ahmad Bradshaw15221.50
Eli Manning4112.80

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Mario Manningham471011
Derek Hagan69700
Kevin Boss25290
Michael Clayton23190
D.J. Ware11160
Ahmad Bradshaw2380
Travis Beckum0100

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Rex Grossman26/4433621

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Torain18613.40
Keiland Williams144.00
Rex Grossman122.00

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 -4.52.7%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Commanders; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

2.45%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.3%

Expected total

44.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.18
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.22
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.09