Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2016 · Week 6

Final

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Joe Flacco

23·27

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

MetLife Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 66°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

NYG -3.5

Total

42.5

Model margin

+3.6est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Ravens

How each play moved the game.

Giants winsRavens wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Ravensedge mapGiants
  • -0.060EPA / play-0.074
  • 40.7%Success rate40.8%
  • -0.041EPA / dropback-0.035
  • -0.100EPA / rush-0.142
  • 7.1%Explosive rate7.3%
  • -0.41CPOE-1.63
  • 38.2%Third-down rate36.0%
  • 53.9%Red-zone TD rate61.2%
  • 1.63Points / drive1.46
  • 1.8%Turnover rate2.4%

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

BAL lead 5–3 since 1999

Meetings average 45.3 points. NYG are 3-5 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W15BAL @ NYG3514BAL
2022 · W6BAL @ NYG2024NYG
2020 · W16NYG @ BAL1327BAL
2012 · W16NYG @ BAL1433BAL
2008 · W11BAL @ NYG1030NYG
2004 · W14NYG @ BAL1437BAL
2000 · playoffsBAL @ NYG347BAL

Box score

Individual performances

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco26/4830700

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Terrance West23873.82
Kenneth Dixon2115.50
Joe Flacco100.00

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning32/4640332

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Rashad Jennings9151.70
Bobby Rainey6132.20
Paul Perkins2105.00

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 +3.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.2%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Ravens.

Half-point at risk

2.55%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.8%

Expected total

43.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.88
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.62