2017 · Week 11

Final / OT

Chiefs

Kansas City

QB Alex Smith

9·12

Giants

New York

QB Eli Manning

MetLife Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 50°F · wind 23mph

Closing spread

KC -10

Total

44.5

Model margin

-1.3est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

2.9%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Chiefs

How each play moved the game.

Giants winsChiefs wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Chiefsedge mapGiants
  • +0.082EPA / play-0.106
  • 44.2%Success rate41.1%
  • +0.170EPA / dropback-0.099
  • -0.071EPA / rush-0.119
  • 9.8%Explosive rate6.2%
  • +4.58CPOE-3.91
  • 39.2%Third-down rate32.5%
  • 53.9%Red-zone TD rate51.3%
  • 2.21Points / drive1.19
  • 1.1%Turnover rate2.1%

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

NYG lead 4–3 since 1999

KC have won 2 straight. Meetings average 32.9 points. NYG are 5-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W3KC @ NYG229KC
2021 · W8NYG @ KC1720KC
2013 · W4NYG @ KC731KC
2009 · W4NYG @ KC2716NYG
2005 · W15KC @ NYG1727NYG
2001 · W2NYG @ KC133NYG

Box score

Individual performances

Chiefs

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Alex Smith27/4023002
Travis Kelce0/1001

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kareem Hunt18734.10
Alex Smith5275.40
Tyreek Hill11616.00
Charcandrick West4153.80
Akeem Hunt133.00

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Eli Manning19/3520500
Shane Vereen0/1001

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Orleans Darkwa20743.71
Wayne Gallman6193.20
Shane Vereen2136.50
Eli Manning252.50
Kalif Raymond1-1-1.00

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 -102.9%4.6%3.0%7.5%7.2%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Chiefs.

Half-point at risk

2.87%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

45.6%

Expected total

43.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.48
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.56
  • Expected margin-1.30