2021 · Week 11

Final

Saints

New Orleans

QB Trevor Siemian

29·40

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Jalen Hurts

Lincoln Financial Field · outdoors · grass · 51°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

PHI -2.5

Total

42.5

Model margin

+2.1est.

PHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Eagles
  • Saints

How each play moved the game.

Eagles winsSaints wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Saintsedge mapEagles
  • -0.063EPA / play+0.061
  • 41.1%Success rate46.4%
  • +0.003EPA / dropback+0.091
  • -0.147EPA / rush+0.025
  • 7.0%Explosive rate10.5%
  • -5.00CPOE+0.39
  • 36.1%Third-down rate45.5%
  • 64.1%Red-zone TD rate66.1%
  • 1.88Points / drive2.39
  • 1.6%Turnover rate1.5%

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

NO lead 8–7 since 1999

Meetings average 48.1 points. PHI are 9-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W3PHI @ NO1512PHI
2022 · W17NO @ PHI2010NO
2020 · W14NO @ PHI2124PHI
2018 · playoffsPHI @ NO1420NO
2018 · W11PHI @ NO748NO
2015 · W5NO @ PHI1739PHI
2013 · playoffsNO @ PHI2624NO
2012 · W9PHI @ NO1328NO

Box score

Individual performances

Saints

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trevor Siemian22/4021432

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Mark Ingram16885.50
Trevor Siemian2168.01
Dwayne Washington133.00
Tony Jones320.70

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jalen Hurts13/2414700

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Miles Sanders16945.90
Jalen Hurts18693.83
Jordan Howard10636.30
Boston Scott6162.70

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 +2.54.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Eagles; negative favour Saints.

Half-point at risk

7.51%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

54.9%

Expected total

41.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.45
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.15