2015 · Week 15

Final

Cardinals

Arizona

QB Carson Palmer

40·17

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Sam Bradford

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 37°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

ARI -3.5

Total

50.5

Model margin

-1.3est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Cardinals

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsCardinals wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Cardinalsedge mapEagles
  • +0.133EPA / play-0.044
  • 47.7%Success rate42.7%
  • +0.260EPA / dropback-0.008
  • -0.059EPA / rush-0.105
  • 10.8%Explosive rate8.7%
  • +4.51CPOE-0.86
  • 47.4%Third-down rate39.1%
  • 61.1%Red-zone TD rate66.8%
  • 2.34Points / drive1.56
  • 2.1%Turnover rate2.7%

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

ARI lead 11–8 since 1999

Meetings average 46.9 points. PHI are 8-11 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W17ARI @ PHI3531ARI
2022 · W5PHI @ ARI2017PHI
2020 · W15PHI @ ARI2633ARI
2017 · W5ARI @ PHI734PHI
2014 · W8PHI @ ARI2024ARI
2013 · W13ARI @ PHI2124PHI
2012 · W3PHI @ ARI627ARI
2011 · W10ARI @ PHI2117ARI

Box score

Individual performances

Cardinals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Carson Palmer20/3227410
Drew Stanton0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
David Johnson291876.43
Kerwynn Williams6345.70
Stepfan Taylor2115.50
Drew Stanton2-2-1.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Sam Bradford28/4136122

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ryan Mathews11585.30
Darren Sproles691.50
Sam Bradford144.00
DeMarco Murray231.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Jordan Matthews8111591
Zach Ertz813781
Josh Huff44520
Brent Celek22310
Riley Cooper24220
Darren Sproles34160
Ryan Mathews1230
Nelson Agholor0100

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 -3.52.9%4.6%3.0%7.5%7.2%2.8%4.2%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Cardinals.

Half-point at risk

7.47%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

45.5%

Expected total

45.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.57
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.24
  • Expected margin-1.32