Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2019 · Week 11

Final

Patriots

New England

QB Tom Brady

17·10

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Carson Wentz

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 42°F · wind 13mph

Closing spread

NE -4.5

Total

45

Model margin

+1.4est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Patriots

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsPatriots wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Patriotsedge mapEagles
  • +0.010EPA / play+0.004
  • 42.6%Success rate44.9%
  • +0.065EPA / dropback+0.069
  • -0.078EPA / rush-0.105
  • 9.2%Explosive rate8.4%
  • -2.06CPOE-1.01
  • 39.1%Third-down rate45.1%
  • 57.0%Red-zone TD rate64.4%
  • 1.85Points / drive2.01
  • 1.2%Turnover rate1.7%

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

NE lead 5–4 since 1999

Meetings average 49.4 points. PHI are 6-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W1PHI @ NE2520PHI
2017 · playoffsPHI @ NE4133PHI
2015 · W13PHI @ NE3528PHI
2011 · W12NE @ PHI3820NE
2007 · W12PHI @ NE2831NE
2004 · playoffsNE @ PHI2421NE
2003 · W2NE @ PHI3110NE
1999 · W15NE @ PHI924PHI

Box score

Individual performances

Patriots

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tom Brady26/4721600
Julian Edelman1/11510

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Sony Michel10333.30
James White5204.00
Rex Burkhead5142.80
Mohamed Sanu188.00
Tom Brady1-1-1.00

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Carson Wentz20/4021410

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Miles Sanders11383.50
Boston Scott7263.70
Carson Wentz3175.70

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 -4.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Patriots.

Half-point at risk

2.37%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.0%

Expected total

42.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.29
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.45