Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2014 · Week 12

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Zach Mettenberger

24·43

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Mark Sanchez

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 54°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

PHI -11

Total

49

Model margin

+6.8est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

1.6%est.

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsTitans wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Titansedge mapEagles
  • -0.122EPA / play-0.005
  • 39.5%Success rate43.7%
  • -0.086EPA / dropback+0.063
  • -0.190EPA / rush-0.113
  • 8.4%Explosive rate9.9%
  • -2.82CPOE-0.76
  • 29.7%Third-down rate44.2%
  • 50.7%Red-zone TD rate57.8%
  • 1.18Points / drive1.88
  • 2.5%Turnover rate3.0%

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

TEN lead 5–2 since 1999

Meetings average 48.6 points. PHI are 3-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W13TEN @ PHI1035PHI
2018 · W4PHI @ TEN2326TEN
2010 · W7PHI @ TEN1937TEN
2006 · W11TEN @ PHI3113TEN
2002 · W1PHI @ TEN2427TEN
2000 · W14TEN @ PHI1513TEN

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Zach Mettenberger20/3934521

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Bishop Sankey10373.70
Shonn Greene6152.51
Dexter McCluster122.00
Zach Mettenberger2-2-1.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Delanie Walker591550
Justin Hunter410641
Nate Washington46630
Kendall Wright16280
Dexter McCluster34151
Bishop Sankey22140

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mark Sanchez30/4330712

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy211306.21
Darren Sproles6254.21
Chris Polk750.70
Mark Sanchez441.00

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 +115.9%7.3%3.2%5.0%3.4%3.2%2.6%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

1.63%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

66.9%

Expected total

43.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.60
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment+1.64
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+6.81