Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2018 · Week 16

Final

Texans

Houston

QB Deshaun Watson

30·32

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Nick Foles

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 44°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

PHI -1

Total

47

Model margin

+0.3est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

2.2%est.

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Texans

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsTexans wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Texansedge mapEagles
  • +0.032EPA / play+0.037
  • 44.3%Success rate46.2%
  • +0.144EPA / dropback+0.110
  • -0.149EPA / rush-0.097
  • 8.5%Explosive rate8.9%
  • +4.58CPOE+5.11
  • 36.4%Third-down rate40.4%
  • 54.1%Red-zone TD rate62.6%
  • 1.91Points / drive2.01
  • 1.4%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

PHI lead 6–0 since 1999

PHI have won 6 straight. Meetings average 50.7 points. PHI are 4-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2022 · W9PHI @ HOU2917PHI
2014 · W9PHI @ HOU3121PHI
2010 · W13HOU @ PHI2434PHI
2006 · W1PHI @ HOU2410PHI
2002 · W4HOU @ PHI1735PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Texans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Deshaun Watson29/4033920

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Deshaun Watson8496.12
Alfred Blue4143.50
D'Onta Foreman7-1-0.10

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Nick Foles35/4947141
Nate Sudfeld0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Darren Sproles9323.60
Josh Adams11211.90
Wendell Smallwood133.00
Nick Foles111.00

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 +12.7%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.7%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Texans.

Half-point at risk

2.16%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

50.0%

Expected total

43.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.98
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.33
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+0.35