Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2019 · Week 7

Final

Cardinals

Arizona

QB Kyler Murray

27·21

Giants

New York

QB Daniel Jones

MetLife Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 56°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

NYG -3.5

Total

49.5

Model margin

+1.7est.

NYG perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Giants
  • Cardinals

How each play moved the game.

Giants 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 mapGiants
  • +0.014EPA / play-0.064
  • 42.7%Success rate41.8%
  • +0.020EPA / dropback-0.034
  • +0.004EPA / rush-0.129
  • 9.9%Explosive rate8.9%
  • -1.81CPOE-1.92
  • 36.0%Third-down rate37.8%
  • 57.8%Red-zone TD rate69.6%
  • 1.85Points / drive1.56
  • 1.7%Turnover rate3.1%

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

ARI lead 9–8 since 1999

Meetings average 40.8 points. NYG are 5-12 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W2NYG @ ARI3128NYG
2020 · W14ARI @ NYG267ARI
2017 · W16NYG @ ARI023ARI
2014 · W2ARI @ NYG2514ARI
2011 · W4NYG @ ARI3127NYG
2009 · W7ARI @ NYG2417ARI
2008 · W12NYG @ ARI3729NYG
2005 · W1ARI @ NYG1942NYG

Box score

Individual performances

Cardinals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kyler Murray14/2110400

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chase Edmonds271264.73
Kyler Murray10282.80
David Johnson122.00

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Daniel Jones22/3522311

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Saquon Barkley18724.01
Daniel Jones4358.80

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Golden Tate611800
Bennie Fowler45350
Rhett Ellison22331
Cody Latimer45330
Darius Slayton22280
Saquon Barkley3580
Evan Engram1560

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 +3.54.1%2.8%7.1%7.5%3.1%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Giants; negative favour Cardinals.

Half-point at risk

2.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.7%

Expected total

44.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.24
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.24
  • Expected margin+1.74