2020 · Week 2

Final

Giants

New York

QB Daniel Jones

13·17

Bears

Chicago

QB Mitch Trubisky

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 66°F · wind 12mph

Closing spread

CHI -4.5

Total

42.5

Model margin

+2.4est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Bears
  • Giants

How each play moved the game.

Bears winsGiants wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Giantsedge mapBears
  • -0.057EPA / play-0.016
  • 42.1%Success rate44.0%
  • -0.051EPA / dropback+0.014
  • -0.067EPA / rush-0.073
  • 7.5%Explosive rate7.5%
  • -2.04CPOE+1.28
  • 35.1%Third-down rate34.8%
  • 51.7%Red-zone TD rate57.4%
  • 1.57Points / drive1.97
  • 2.1%Turnover rate2.0%

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

CHI lead 7–6 since 1999

Meetings average 38.4 points. CHI are 4-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W10NYG @ CHI2024CHI
2022 · W4CHI @ NYG1220NYG
2021 · W17NYG @ CHI329CHI
2019 · W12NYG @ CHI1419CHI
2018 · W13CHI @ NYG2730NYG
2016 · W11CHI @ NYG1622NYG
2013 · W6NYG @ CHI2127CHI
2010 · W4CHI @ NYG317NYG

Box score

Individual performances

Giants

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Daniel Jones25/4024101

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Saquon Barkley4287.00
Daniel Jones3217.00
Dion Lewis10202.01
Sterling Shepard166.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Evan Engram68650
Golden Tate55470
Dion Lewis45360
Darius Slayton36330
C.J. Board33320
Sterling Shepard24290
Damion Ratley0200
Kaden Smith23-10

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mitchell Trubisky18/2819022

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
David Montgomery16825.10
Cordarrelle Patterson7253.60
Mitchell Trubisky4164.00
Tarik Cohen5122.40

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 +4.54.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%2.6%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Giants.

Half-point at risk

1.94%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.6%

Expected total

43.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.64
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+2.43