2012 · Week 1

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Michael Vick

17·16

Browns

Cleveland

QB Brandon Weeden

Cleveland Browns Stadium · outdoors · grass · 68°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

PHI -9

Total

42

Model margin

+3.1est.

CLE perspective

Push chance

0.9%est.

Win probability

  • Browns
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

Browns winsEagles wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Eaglesedge mapBrowns
  • -0.073EPA / play-0.068
  • 42.7%Success rate39.6%
  • -0.006EPA / dropback-0.069
  • -0.208EPA / rush-0.066
  • 8.8%Explosive rate7.9%
  • +0.51CPOE-4.22
  • 37.1%Third-down rate30.6%
  • 49.2%Red-zone TD rate58.2%
  • 1.18Points / drive1.48
  • 3.0%Turnover rate2.3%

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 6–1 since 1999

Meetings average 44.4 points. CLE are 5-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W6CLE @ PHI1620PHI
2020 · W11PHI @ CLE1722CLE
2016 · W1CLE @ PHI1029PHI
2008 · W15CLE @ PHI1030PHI
2004 · W7PHI @ CLE3431PHI
2000 · W15PHI @ CLE3524PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mike Vick29/5631724

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy201105.50
Mike Vick7324.60
DeSean Jackson155.00
Bryce Brown231.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Jeremy Maclin714961
DeSean Jackson411770
Brent Celek48650
Jason Avant45270
LeSean McCoy69260
Clay Harbor36161
Damaris Johnson13100

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brandon Weeden12/3511804

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Trent Richardson19392.10
Travis Benjamin13535.00
Brandon Weeden22512.50

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 -93.9%6.9%7.5%3.1%

Positive margins favour Browns; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

0.93%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.4%

Expected total

45.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.63
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.12