Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2017 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Cowboys

Dallas

QB Dak Prescott

6·0

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Nick Foles

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 19°F · wind 17mph

Closing spread

DAL -3.5

Total

41

Model margin

-1.9est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Cowboys

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsCowboys wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Cowboysedge mapEagles
  • +0.008EPA / play+0.051
  • 43.8%Success rate43.3%
  • -0.007EPA / dropback+0.144
  • +0.027EPA / rush-0.093
  • 7.8%Explosive rate8.9%
  • -0.45CPOE+0.38
  • 43.3%Third-down rate42.0%
  • 57.4%Red-zone TD rate63.8%
  • 1.85Points / drive2.12
  • 1.8%Turnover rate1.6%

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 29–26 since 1999

Meetings average 44.8 points. PHI are 27-27-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W12PHI @ DAL2124DAL
2025 · W1DAL @ PHI2024PHI
2024 · W17DAL @ PHI741PHI
2024 · W10PHI @ DAL346PHI
2023 · W14PHI @ DAL1333DAL
2023 · W9DAL @ PHI2328PHI
2022 · W16PHI @ DAL3440DAL
2022 · W6DAL @ PHI1726PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Cowboys

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Dak Prescott17/3017910

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ezekiel Elliott271033.80
Dak Prescott2168.00
Terrance Williams199.00
Alfred Morris210.50

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Nate Sudfeld19/2313400
Nick Foles4/113901

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
LeGarrette Blount9374.10
Nate Sudfeld12222.00
Nelson Agholor177.00
Wendell Smallwood461.50
Nick Foles100.00
Corey Clement100.00
Kenjon Barner1-2-2.00

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 -3.52.9%4.7%3.1%7.5%7.1%2.7%4.1%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Cowboys.

Half-point at risk

7.50%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

44.0%

Expected total

42.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.82
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment-5.36
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin-1.88