Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2014 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Mark Sanchez

34·26

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

MetLife Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 48°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

PHI -1

Total

51.5

Model margin

+2.5est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

Giants 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 mapGiants
  • -0.005EPA / play-0.014
  • 43.7%Success rate41.2%
  • +0.063EPA / dropback+0.072
  • -0.113EPA / rush-0.147
  • 9.9%Explosive rate7.7%
  • -0.76CPOE+0.79
  • 44.2%Third-down rate43.5%
  • 57.8%Red-zone TD rate63.1%
  • 1.88Points / drive1.78
  • 3.0%Turnover rate2.2%

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 38–20 since 1999

Meetings average 43.1 points. NYG are 27-30-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W8NYG @ PHI2038PHI
2025 · W6PHI @ NYG1734NYG
2024 · W18NYG @ PHI1320PHI
2024 · W7PHI @ NYG283PHI
2023 · W18PHI @ NYG1027NYG
2023 · W16NYG @ PHI2533PHI
2022 · playoffsNYG @ PHI738PHI
2022 · W18NYG @ PHI1622PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mark Sanchez23/3629221

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeSean McCoy17995.80
Chris Polk7385.41
Mark Sanchez7223.10
Darren Sproles155.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Jordan Matthews8101051
Zach Ertz46560
Jeremy Maclin36490
Riley Cooper23370
Darren Sproles36230
LeSean McCoy11150
Josh Huff1260
Brent Celek1111
Chris Polk0100

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning28/5342911

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Andre Williams15432.91
Rashad Jennings10333.30

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 -14.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%2.6%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

2.10%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.9%

Expected total

44.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.12
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+2.53